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The idea of ear piercing signaling sexual orientation is a complete urban legend which was really popular (at least in the United States) in the 1990s. No one could agree on which ear was supposed to be "the gay ear", and it seemed to vary by town, area of the country, or sometimes even...

Pretty accurate. Age estimations are done via an examination of the bones and teeth of the deceased person, and there are usually some noticeable differences between younger teens and someone in the 18-23 range. You can get some information here...

On top of this, dilation and curettage is actually quite rarely used for abortion. I don't have any exact statistics for how common it was in the mid-1980s, but its popularity has been gradually declining for decades in favor of the less costly and safer method of vacuum aspiration. As of 2003...

I agree that there's a definite physical resemblance between Teresa Faye Hammon and the sketch of Jane Doe. However, it seems like the general opinion based on the available evidence, namely that many of her belongings were burned and thrown in a dumpster, is that Hammon was murdered...

Playing skeptic here, I think Occam's razor really puts a damper on your hypothesis. 1. Our Jane Doe had multiple items (extra cash, credit card, ID, jewelry, etc.) on her person that no one is ever known to have seen. Despite possibly having extra money which she would've presumably invested...

According to the Doe Network, the purse was stolen in 1975, so this Carol would've been only nine years old at the time. While theoretically a possibility, it seems improbable that such a young girl would both own an adult purse and have had it personalized.

She could have, especially if she was sufficiently impoverished, simply not had any of those things. There's also the possibility that she might have purposefully disposed of possessions prior to her suicide. The Doe Network states that it was a map which looked like it was for tourists, so...

The Doe Network is the only source I've ever seen on the Carol Pinkham info, and there are things I think it's highly likely they've erred on, but I'm hopeful they got that right. Ms. Pinkham might be difficult to locate for a variety of reasons. She could've moved away and left no easily...

I don't know about anyone else, but I've never looked into Linda Ann House before. That said, the height issue really bothers me. It wouldn't be a big deal if it was minor, but Linda was 5'9" and Jane Doe was measured at 5'4". I know plenty of people who've had estimations off by two or three...

I apologize, but I hadn't been completely forthcoming in my previous posts. One of the major reasons I made this topic is because I am a family member (a cousin) of Kristine, but I didn't feel comfortable divulging that for personal reasons. I think about her all the time and I miss her a lot...

Sundgaard doesn't seem right to me at all. On top of what EmmaliLucia said, there are other issues to contend with. According to NamUs: Yet our Jane Doe was sporting three piercings. Vicky was an asthmatic who, if we presume she disappeared willingly, had left her inhaler behind. Our...

I'm fairly certain that I've read everything which exists about this case, and I've never heard of anything even similar to that. Unless someone can provide some verification, I can only assume you're confusing this with some other case. The only clothing she was wearing which wasn't women's...

I have not as I'm still holding out hope of eventually finding something somewhere which makes a more clear link between the two cases. If you or anyone else wants to get this sorted out far more quickly than I'm likely to, you have my blessing to go forward with that.

I decided to do a little more research into my pet theory regarding Rachel Ziselman, and that included scouring for news articles from the time period of her disappearance. A couple of things turned up which I found a bit interesting. According to an October 1, 1977 article in the Los Angeles...

There are possible ways to write off the eye color issue. It could be as easy as someone not paying sufficient attention and writing the wrong thing down or checking the wrong box while filling out information for either Jane or Rachel. I can't name one off the top of my head, but I know I've...

If we're going to look at people who disappeared in the 70s, I'd like to reintroduce Rachel Hanna Ziselman. (NamUs Page) She also apparently had blue eyes instead of brown, but her picture resembles the sketch more than anyone else I've ever seen. She's described as having strawberry blonde...

I don't think the article itself was posted here, but it was one of the Los Angeles Times articles I used as a source and quoted from in my 2010 summary of the media coverage the case had received over the years. At the time that was composed, the actual articles were behind a paywall. Let's see...

That's interesting. The chart at NamUs says there was a root canal at tooth 30, and the chart seen on the Orange County Sheriff's page says that there's a carious crown at that tooth. I'm not exactly certain as to what a carious crown is, so I'm going to need help on this one. We must have...

Concerning Ellen Akers, there is a possible problem which would pretty much eliminate her as a possibility. Doe Network says that Akers teeth had a crown. Jane Doe lacks a crown. If the Doe Network is correct — they aren't always — Akers and our Jane Doe couldn't be the same person...

It probably does. That said, it's still worth trying to figure out how much of Darnell's description is accurate. For instance, I've seen multiple conflicting statements regarding her teeth. So far I've read reports that her teeth were perfect, that her teeth were okay but had one or two...