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I came across this article about an unidentified teenager found on October 25, 1981 and could not find a listing on the Doe Network. Also I couldn't find her listed on the Texas Unidentified Person's Website.
Her description does closely resemble a female that was found in January 1981, but it appears they are two different Jane Doe's.
Unidentified Female
NO PHOTO OR RECONSTRUCTION
Date found: October 29, 1981
Place Found: Grimes County, Texas
Cause of death: Blunt trauma
Estimated date of death: 1976-1980
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age: 16-17
Height: 5'3"-5'4"
Weight: Medium build
Hair: Red or Auburn hair
Dentals: Extensive dental work - about 14 fillings
Distinguishing Characteristics: There was evidence of prior abuse as several ribs had been broken but were healed.
Jewelery/clothing: She was found wearing only a pair of pink panties and a coin ring with the year "1904" engraved on it.
Circumstances of discovering the body:
According to reports, on Oct. 29, 1981, a worker with the Texas Highway Department came across the remains while working on F.M. 244, just south of Iola near Bull Creek Bridge.
The body was inside a large plastic bag, which also contained a type of rag commonly used by mechanics. An investigation was launched by the Grimes County Sheriff's Department and the Texas Rangers, but the identity of the girl was never established and no local children were reported missing about that same time.
Additional Crime Scene information:
The report indicated that the body likely decomposed in a different location from where it was discovered, and the girl likely was killed between one and five years before being found in 1981. It's a detail that debunks Lucas' confession, in which he said he had dumped his victim's body shortly after killing her.
Higginbotham theorizes that the girl likely was physically abused and eventually killed. She possibly had dropped out of school, he said. Considering the condition of the body, Higginbotham said, the killer or killers may have stored the body in a cool, dry place - possibly a closet - where it decomposed over several years.
He said the killer probably needed to get rid of the body, then placed it in a bag and dumped it on the side of the road in 1981.
Contact: Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Travis Higginbotham at the Grimes County District Attorney's Office at 936-873-2137 or Todd Green at 936-873-2151.
Information from: http://www.theeagle.com/stories/020106/nation_20060201001.php
Please note: There was another unidentified female, located in Harris County, Texas in January 1981. Some of the stats are the same, therefore, you may see the same people being presented as possible matches on both threads. Please go the thread http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35813
to find information about the January 1981 Jane Doe.
Her description does closely resemble a female that was found in January 1981, but it appears they are two different Jane Doe's.
Unidentified Female
NO PHOTO OR RECONSTRUCTION
Date found: October 29, 1981
Place Found: Grimes County, Texas
Cause of death: Blunt trauma
Estimated date of death: 1976-1980
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age: 16-17
Height: 5'3"-5'4"
Weight: Medium build
Hair: Red or Auburn hair
Dentals: Extensive dental work - about 14 fillings
Distinguishing Characteristics: There was evidence of prior abuse as several ribs had been broken but were healed.
Jewelery/clothing: She was found wearing only a pair of pink panties and a coin ring with the year "1904" engraved on it.
Circumstances of discovering the body:
According to reports, on Oct. 29, 1981, a worker with the Texas Highway Department came across the remains while working on F.M. 244, just south of Iola near Bull Creek Bridge.
The body was inside a large plastic bag, which also contained a type of rag commonly used by mechanics. An investigation was launched by the Grimes County Sheriff's Department and the Texas Rangers, but the identity of the girl was never established and no local children were reported missing about that same time.
Additional Crime Scene information:
The report indicated that the body likely decomposed in a different location from where it was discovered, and the girl likely was killed between one and five years before being found in 1981. It's a detail that debunks Lucas' confession, in which he said he had dumped his victim's body shortly after killing her.
Higginbotham theorizes that the girl likely was physically abused and eventually killed. She possibly had dropped out of school, he said. Considering the condition of the body, Higginbotham said, the killer or killers may have stored the body in a cool, dry place - possibly a closet - where it decomposed over several years.
He said the killer probably needed to get rid of the body, then placed it in a bag and dumped it on the side of the road in 1981.
Contact: Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Travis Higginbotham at the Grimes County District Attorney's Office at 936-873-2137 or Todd Green at 936-873-2151.
Information from: http://www.theeagle.com/stories/020106/nation_20060201001.php
Please note: There was another unidentified female, located in Harris County, Texas in January 1981. Some of the stats are the same, therefore, you may see the same people being presented as possible matches on both threads. Please go the thread http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35813
to find information about the January 1981 Jane Doe.