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Their Bodies Made Headlines, But Their Names Were A Mystery: Famous Jane Doe Cases
In the case of this Jane Doe, authorities knew how and where she died. They knew who her killer was. They knew what she looked like and spoke to several of her friends and acquaintances — but still, they had no idea who she actually was.
The El Dorado Jane Doe was shot to death at the Whitehall Motel in El Dorado, HuffPost reported in 2019 . He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent nearly 15 years in prison.
This Jane Doe’s friends and acquaintances all gave police different names, saying she went by the alias “Mercedes,” as well as “Cheryl,” “Shannon,” and “Kelly.” She was a sex worker and exotic dancer who worked in various places in the south. Nobody knew her birth identity, and she gave different friends different stories: To some she claimed to be in the Mafia, to others she said she was wanted for bank robbery, and to a few she even said she was a mother of two, according to the outlet.
A recent break in the case came in 2019 when her DNA was shared with GEDmatch, a genomics and genealogy website, and it turned up a hit. Police were able to track down her relatives and get one step closer to uncovering her true identity.
“I was really shocked,” Christina Tilford, the Jane Doe’s relative, told HuffPost. “I didn’t expect something like this to come from my DNA test.
In the case of this Jane Doe, authorities knew how and where she died. They knew who her killer was. They knew what she looked like and spoke to several of her friends and acquaintances — but still, they had no idea who she actually was.
The El Dorado Jane Doe was shot to death at the Whitehall Motel in El Dorado, HuffPost reported in 2019 . He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent nearly 15 years in prison.
This Jane Doe’s friends and acquaintances all gave police different names, saying she went by the alias “Mercedes,” as well as “Cheryl,” “Shannon,” and “Kelly.” She was a sex worker and exotic dancer who worked in various places in the south. Nobody knew her birth identity, and she gave different friends different stories: To some she claimed to be in the Mafia, to others she said she was wanted for bank robbery, and to a few she even said she was a mother of two, according to the outlet.
A recent break in the case came in 2019 when her DNA was shared with GEDmatch, a genomics and genealogy website, and it turned up a hit. Police were able to track down her relatives and get one step closer to uncovering her true identity.
“I was really shocked,” Christina Tilford, the Jane Doe’s relative, told HuffPost. “I didn’t expect something like this to come from my DNA test.