Death masks were made before burial to aid in the search for the girls' identities.

Some clothing, towels, and children's books were found, but labels which may have contained their names had been torn off.

Noakes and Pierce were found over 100 miles away, near Altoona, Pennsylvania the day after discovery of the girls' bodies.

Using the description of the car, the reasoning for this identification the physical features of the dead girls, and Elmo Noakes' fingerprints on military records, the bodies were identified.

Early speculations included a cult killing due to a "sign" or mystic symbol found upon the head of Norma Sedgwick.

York of Roseville, California, believed that Elmo Noakes did not kill the girls because, "His affection for the children was known all over the community."

Upon being sentenced, the two sisters screamed furiously and disrupted the court, requiring the judge to restore order.

"[18] Case photographs, newspaper articles, and artifacts can be viewed at the Pennsylvania State Police Museum, located in Hershey, PA. Funeral services for the three girls were attended by thousands of people.

He was the youngest son of John Thomas Noakes and Amilla Ann Guymon.

[28] Mary Noakes, née Hayford, died from "septicemia hemolytic" following a self-induced abortion on July 10, 1932, in Salt Lake City, Utah.