David_Lohr
Verified Media/Crime Reporter
I have completed my story on the case. It will run in the next day or two. I interviewed several key players, including James McAlphin. I'll post a link once it's live.
Is that her translation? It seems to be a poem or song "A mi caballo peruano". I've seen it (or variants of it) on several websites about Peruvian paso horses, but it's never attributed to anyone.
http://www.ancpcpp.org.pe/revista/amicaballo.htm
It really sickens me that we actually know who the person is that can totally solve this and he wont talk!!!!! here are our ruleouts and Kelly isnt on it, I know I have asked this over and over and for some reason cant retain the answer, but dont they get automaticly compared in NAMUS? I know they do in CODIS.
Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent: First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Janet Brice 1961 Louisiana
Sherry Bynum 1957 Colorado
Tracy Byrd 1968 Pennsylvania
Melinda Creech 1900 Indiana
Linda Davis 1946 Oklahoma
REBECCA DUNN 1958 Nevada
Elizabeth Gill 1962 Missouri
DEBORAH GREEN 1961 Florida
Shelley Hoke 1969 Arizona
Wendy Huggy 1965 Florida
Rochelle Ihm 1966 Arizona
Rochelle Ihm 1966 Arizona
Tricia Kellett 1973 Illinois
Kim Leggett 1962 Texas
Laurie Lucas 1966 Colorado
Staci Madison 1970 Arkansas
Stacie Madison 1970 Texas
Michelle Mulcahy 1961 Florida
Judith ODonnell 1961 New York
Tracy Ramsey 1964 Missouri
Lisa Sexton 1966 Ohio
Amanda Slaughter 1976 Texas
Susan Smalley 1969 Texas
Pamela Tinsley 1966 Oklahoma
Darlene Webb 1962 Florida
Sherri White 1964 Alaska
Lisa Wilson 1960 Texas .
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I have completed my story on the case. It will run in the next day or two. I interviewed several key players, including James McAlphin. I'll post a link once it's live.
If you have spoke with anyone involved, or think you know someone I should reach out to (aside from the police or medical examiner who I am in contact with), please email me at david.lohr@huffingtonpost.com. Thanks.
The story publication date has been pushed to next week.
has rochelle ihm been suggested as el dorado jane doe?
Height is way off and i doubt she could grow that much at her age but i saw rochelle on fb and instantly thought of edjd.
http://www.missingkids.org/poster/ncmc/1094007
Back in the '90s, she was an exotic dancer who had a secret life, perhaps as a prostitute with links to organized crime. Some say she was working on the fringes to send money back home to her two kids.
Still, 24 years after she was shot to death at a seedy Arkansas hotel, it's unclear if those kids ever existed. We don't even know her name.
She was known in the clubs as "Mercedes," and the detective who has doggedly searched for the truth calls her "El Dorado Jane Doe."
It's not a whodunit -- her killer was charged and convicted. It's a case of who is it: Who is Mercedes? The question has confounded authorities and, for the past 12 years, has become an obsession for Detective Lt. Cathy Phillips, a 23-year veteran of the El Dorado Police Department.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eldorado-jane-doe_us_56e6d679e4b0b25c918276a3?x3l3di
Back in the '90s, she was an exotic dancer who had a secret life, perhaps as a prostitute with links to organized crime. Some say she was working on the fringes to send money back home to her two kids.
Still, 24 years after she was shot to death at a seedy Arkansas hotel, it's unclear if those kids ever existed. We don't even know her name.
She was known in the clubs as "Mercedes," and the detective who has doggedly searched for the truth calls her "El Dorado Jane Doe."
It's not a whodunit -- her killer was charged and convicted. It's a case of who is it: Who is Mercedes? The question has confounded authorities and, for the past 12 years, has become an obsession for Detective Lt. Cathy Phillips, a 23-year veteran of the El Dorado Police Department.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eldorado-jane-doe_us_56e6d679e4b0b25c918276a3?x3l3di
was it determined if she had given birth or not?
Very happy to see a new article on EJD - thank you, David! Had some new details I hadn't seen before.
Just my thoughts:
McAlphin is a filthy murdering liar and always has been.
I'm really not sure at all that he ever knew EJD's real name or where she came from.
I believe it's quite possible that her family does know what happened to her and chose to deal with it privately.
I don't think this young woman was ever reported missing. But with so many photos of her on the UID sites, it would have been easy for someone looking for her to ID her and learn her fate.
IMO, if we ever find out this JD's real name, it won't be courtesy of McAlphin.