Identified! CO - Boulder Co., WhtFem 'Boulder Jane Doe, 17-20, Mar'54 - Dorothy Howard
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Wow, what amazing news!
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Why is she still listed on Doenetwork?
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/433ufco.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/433ufco.html
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they might not be aware of it yet...it's ok to inform them of updates. i had to let the Charley Project know about that young woman Dawn that Snuf solved--I emailed over this weekend & the site admin hadn't been informed yet.
does anyone know if Doe has been contacted? happy to do so...
it also may be that they are aware but haven't had a chance to update yet.
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My condolences to the Dorothy Gay Howard's family. I hope this discovery will bring about some degree of closure.
Silvia, my hat is off to you for doggedly pursuing this and finding the answer. WTG to all Websleuths members who contributed to this research.
Silvia, my hat is off to you for doggedly pursuing this and finding the answer. WTG to all Websleuths members who contributed to this research.
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Here's an updated article:
http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_13791337
http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_13791337
Positive Identification of Victim in 1954 "Jane Doe" Homicide case
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
TO: Boulder County Area Media
FROM: Cmdr. Rick Brough, #303-441-3631
RE: Positive Identification of 1954 Jane Doe Homicide Victim
Case #04-2822
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation.
The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8th, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read
Jane Doe April 1954 - Age About 20 Years.
In 2004, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office, prompted by local Boulder historian Silvia Pettem, resurrected the investigation. With funds contributed by the community, the donated expertise of several forensic authorities, and Pettems able assistance as a researcher, Sheriffs detectives made significant progress in furthering the investigation, utilizing modern investigative methods. Notably, an exhumation in 2004 and an artists recreation of Jane Does face from her re-constructed skull provided a DNA profile and an image that caught the publics attention, respectively. The case received extensive regional publicity and was featured in an episode of Americas Most Wanted television program. Still, Jane Does identity eluded Sheriffs investigators and a cadre of private volunteer researchers coordinated by Ms. Pettem.
However, late last week that all changed. The Sheriffs Office was notified by Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister.
Jane Doe was positively identified as Dorothy Gay Howard, who was reported as missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 years old at the time of her disappearance. A photograph accompanies this media release.
Ms. Howards great-niece, whose identity is not being released at this time at her request, had been following Jane Does saga on-line via Ms. Pettems Jane Doe web-site, www.boulderjanedoe.com, but did not pursue her suspicions that Jane Doe might be her great-aunt Dot as investigators had focused on another likely candidate, Katharine Farrand Dyer. However, when Ms. Dyer was discovered alive and well and living in an assisted living center in Australia last month, Dots great-niece came forward and proposed her great aunt as a possible candidate for a match for Jane Doe. She provided information about another aunt, a younger sibling of Ms. Howards, who in turn provided a DNA sample that was then compared against Jane Does profile, establishing a matrilineal family match.
Ms. Pettem, who recently authored the book, Someones Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe which chronicles her quest to identify the young woman, commented, In recent years, the search for Jane Does identity has spread around the world, touching the lives of thousands of people, including me. I feel sadness for her tragic death, but relief that her family now has closure. I look forward to Dorothys real name on a new gravestone, and Im proud to have played in solving this mystery.
Sheriff Joe Pelle commended Ms. Pettems skills as a researcher and her persistence in pushing the investigation forward, while complimenting Sheriffs Detective Steve Ainsworth, who has diligently pursued and documented every lead in the case. Together, they built a compelling circumstantial case for naming serial-killer Harvey Glatman (executed in California in 1959 for the murder of three other women) as Ms. Howards murderer. Detective Ainsworth said, With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added. Im confident now that we will be able to find the missing links that will tie this all together.
Ms. Howards surviving family members have expressed their preference that she remain interred in Boulders Columbia Cemetery. Ms. Pettem, with Sheriff Pelles cooperation, has announced a fund drive to purchase a new headstone for Ms. Howard. Donations may be made to the Jane Doe Fund, c/o the Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriffs Office web-site at: www.bouldersheriff.org
Dorothy Gay Howard, age 17, circa 1953
Forensic artist Frank Bender's recreation of Jane Doe's facial features, 2005
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
TO: Boulder County Area Media
FROM: Cmdr. Rick Brough, #303-441-3631
RE: Positive Identification of 1954 Jane Doe Homicide Victim
Case #04-2822
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation.
The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8th, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read
Jane Doe April 1954 - Age About 20 Years.
In 2004, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office, prompted by local Boulder historian Silvia Pettem, resurrected the investigation. With funds contributed by the community, the donated expertise of several forensic authorities, and Pettems able assistance as a researcher, Sheriffs detectives made significant progress in furthering the investigation, utilizing modern investigative methods. Notably, an exhumation in 2004 and an artists recreation of Jane Does face from her re-constructed skull provided a DNA profile and an image that caught the publics attention, respectively. The case received extensive regional publicity and was featured in an episode of Americas Most Wanted television program. Still, Jane Does identity eluded Sheriffs investigators and a cadre of private volunteer researchers coordinated by Ms. Pettem.
However, late last week that all changed. The Sheriffs Office was notified by Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister.
Jane Doe was positively identified as Dorothy Gay Howard, who was reported as missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 years old at the time of her disappearance. A photograph accompanies this media release.
Ms. Howards great-niece, whose identity is not being released at this time at her request, had been following Jane Does saga on-line via Ms. Pettems Jane Doe web-site, www.boulderjanedoe.com, but did not pursue her suspicions that Jane Doe might be her great-aunt Dot as investigators had focused on another likely candidate, Katharine Farrand Dyer. However, when Ms. Dyer was discovered alive and well and living in an assisted living center in Australia last month, Dots great-niece came forward and proposed her great aunt as a possible candidate for a match for Jane Doe. She provided information about another aunt, a younger sibling of Ms. Howards, who in turn provided a DNA sample that was then compared against Jane Does profile, establishing a matrilineal family match.
Ms. Pettem, who recently authored the book, Someones Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe which chronicles her quest to identify the young woman, commented, In recent years, the search for Jane Does identity has spread around the world, touching the lives of thousands of people, including me. I feel sadness for her tragic death, but relief that her family now has closure. I look forward to Dorothys real name on a new gravestone, and Im proud to have played in solving this mystery.
Sheriff Joe Pelle commended Ms. Pettems skills as a researcher and her persistence in pushing the investigation forward, while complimenting Sheriffs Detective Steve Ainsworth, who has diligently pursued and documented every lead in the case. Together, they built a compelling circumstantial case for naming serial-killer Harvey Glatman (executed in California in 1959 for the murder of three other women) as Ms. Howards murderer. Detective Ainsworth said, With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added. Im confident now that we will be able to find the missing links that will tie this all together.
Ms. Howards surviving family members have expressed their preference that she remain interred in Boulders Columbia Cemetery. Ms. Pettem, with Sheriff Pelles cooperation, has announced a fund drive to purchase a new headstone for Ms. Howard. Donations may be made to the Jane Doe Fund, c/o the Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriffs Office web-site at: www.bouldersheriff.org
Dorothy Gay Howard, age 17, circa 1953
Forensic artist Frank Bender's recreation of Jane Doe's facial features, 2005
Positive Identification of Victim in 1954 "Jane Doe" Homicide case
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
TO: Boulder County Area Media
FROM: Cmdr. Rick Brough, #303-441-3631
RE: Positive Identification of 1954 Jane Doe Homicide Victim
Case #04-2822
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation.
The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8th, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read
Jane Doe April 1954 - Age About 20 Years.
In 2004, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office, prompted by local Boulder historian Silvia Pettem, resurrected the investigation. With funds contributed by the community, the donated expertise of several forensic authorities, and Pettems able assistance as a researcher, Sheriffs detectives made significant progress in furthering the investigation, utilizing modern investigative methods. Notably, an exhumation in 2004 and an artists recreation of Jane Does face from her re-constructed skull provided a DNA profile and an image that caught the publics attention, respectively. The case received extensive regional publicity and was featured in an episode of Americas Most Wanted television program. Still, Jane Does identity eluded Sheriffs investigators and a cadre of private volunteer researchers coordinated by Ms. Pettem.
However, late last week that all changed. The Sheriffs Office was notified by Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister.
Jane Doe was positively identified as Dorothy Gay Howard, who was reported as missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 years old at the time of her disappearance. A photograph accompanies this media release.
Ms. Howards great-niece, whose identity is not being released at this time at her request, had been following Jane Does saga on-line via Ms. Pettems Jane Doe web-site, www.boulderjanedoe.com, but did not pursue her suspicions that Jane Doe might be her great-aunt Dot as investigators had focused on another likely candidate, Katharine Farrand Dyer. However, when Ms. Dyer was discovered alive and well and living in an assisted living center in Australia last month, Dots great-niece came forward and proposed her great aunt as a possible candidate for a match for Jane Doe. She provided information about another aunt, a younger sibling of Ms. Howards, who in turn provided a DNA sample that was then compared against Jane Does profile, establishing a matrilineal family match.
Ms. Pettem, who recently authored the book, Someones Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe which chronicles her quest to identify the young woman, commented, In recent years, the search for Jane Does identity has spread around the world, touching the lives of thousands of people, including me. I feel sadness for her tragic death, but relief that her family now has closure. I look forward to Dorothys real name on a new gravestone, and Im proud to have played in solving this mystery.
Sheriff Joe Pelle commended Ms. Pettems skills as a researcher and her persistence in pushing the investigation forward, while complimenting Sheriffs Detective Steve Ainsworth, who has diligently pursued and documented every lead in the case. Together, they built a compelling circumstantial case for naming serial-killer Harvey Glatman (executed in California in 1959 for the murder of three other women) as Ms. Howards murderer. Detective Ainsworth said, With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added. Im confident now that we will be able to find the missing links that will tie this all together.
Ms. Howards surviving family members have expressed their preference that she remain interred in Boulders Columbia Cemetery. Ms. Pettem, with Sheriff Pelles cooperation, has announced a fund drive to purchase a new headstone for Ms. Howard. Donations may be made to the Jane Doe Fund, c/o the Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriffs Office web-site at: www.bouldersheriff.org
Dorothy Gay Howard, age 17, circa 1953
Forensic artist Frank Bender's recreation of Jane Doe's facial features, 2005
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
TO: Boulder County Area Media
FROM: Cmdr. Rick Brough, #303-441-3631
RE: Positive Identification of 1954 Jane Doe Homicide Victim
Case #04-2822
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation.
The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8th, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read
Jane Doe April 1954 - Age About 20 Years.
In 2004, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office, prompted by local Boulder historian Silvia Pettem, resurrected the investigation. With funds contributed by the community, the donated expertise of several forensic authorities, and Pettems able assistance as a researcher, Sheriffs detectives made significant progress in furthering the investigation, utilizing modern investigative methods. Notably, an exhumation in 2004 and an artists recreation of Jane Does face from her re-constructed skull provided a DNA profile and an image that caught the publics attention, respectively. The case received extensive regional publicity and was featured in an episode of Americas Most Wanted television program. Still, Jane Does identity eluded Sheriffs investigators and a cadre of private volunteer researchers coordinated by Ms. Pettem.
However, late last week that all changed. The Sheriffs Office was notified by Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister.
Jane Doe was positively identified as Dorothy Gay Howard, who was reported as missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 years old at the time of her disappearance. A photograph accompanies this media release.
Ms. Howards great-niece, whose identity is not being released at this time at her request, had been following Jane Does saga on-line via Ms. Pettems Jane Doe web-site, www.boulderjanedoe.com, but did not pursue her suspicions that Jane Doe might be her great-aunt Dot as investigators had focused on another likely candidate, Katharine Farrand Dyer. However, when Ms. Dyer was discovered alive and well and living in an assisted living center in Australia last month, Dots great-niece came forward and proposed her great aunt as a possible candidate for a match for Jane Doe. She provided information about another aunt, a younger sibling of Ms. Howards, who in turn provided a DNA sample that was then compared against Jane Does profile, establishing a matrilineal family match.
Ms. Pettem, who recently authored the book, Someones Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe which chronicles her quest to identify the young woman, commented, In recent years, the search for Jane Does identity has spread around the world, touching the lives of thousands of people, including me. I feel sadness for her tragic death, but relief that her family now has closure. I look forward to Dorothys real name on a new gravestone, and Im proud to have played in solving this mystery.
Sheriff Joe Pelle commended Ms. Pettems skills as a researcher and her persistence in pushing the investigation forward, while complimenting Sheriffs Detective Steve Ainsworth, who has diligently pursued and documented every lead in the case. Together, they built a compelling circumstantial case for naming serial-killer Harvey Glatman (executed in California in 1959 for the murder of three other women) as Ms. Howards murderer. Detective Ainsworth said, With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added. Im confident now that we will be able to find the missing links that will tie this all together.
Ms. Howards surviving family members have expressed their preference that she remain interred in Boulders Columbia Cemetery. Ms. Pettem, with Sheriff Pelles cooperation, has announced a fund drive to purchase a new headstone for Ms. Howard. Donations may be made to the Jane Doe Fund, c/o the Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriffs Office web-site at: www.bouldersheriff.org
Dorothy Gay Howard, age 17, circa 1953
Forensic artist Frank Bender's recreation of Jane Doe's facial features, 2005
Positive Identification of Victim in 1954 "Jane Doe" Homicide case
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
TO: Boulder County Area Media
FROM: Cmdr. Rick Brough, #303-441-3631
RE: Positive Identification of 1954 Jane Doe Homicide Victim
Case #04-2822
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation.
The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8th, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read
Jane Doe April 1954 - Age About 20 Years.
In 2004, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office, prompted by local Boulder historian Silvia Pettem, resurrected the investigation. With funds contributed by the community, the donated expertise of several forensic authorities, and Pettems able assistance as a researcher, Sheriffs detectives made significant progress in furthering the investigation, utilizing modern investigative methods. Notably, an exhumation in 2004 and an artists recreation of Jane Does face from her re-constructed skull provided a DNA profile and an image that caught the publics attention, respectively. The case received extensive regional publicity and was featured in an episode of Americas Most Wanted television program. Still, Jane Does identity eluded Sheriffs investigators and a cadre of private volunteer researchers coordinated by Ms. Pettem.
However, late last week that all changed. The Sheriffs Office was notified by Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister.
Jane Doe was positively identified as Dorothy Gay Howard, who was reported as missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 years old at the time of her disappearance. A photograph accompanies this media release.
Ms. Howards great-niece, whose identity is not being released at this time at her request, had been following Jane Does saga on-line via Ms. Pettems Jane Doe web-site, www.boulderjanedoe.com, but did not pursue her suspicions that Jane Doe might be her great-aunt Dot as investigators had focused on another likely candidate, Katharine Farrand Dyer. However, when Ms. Dyer was discovered alive and well and living in an assisted living center in Australia last month, Dots great-niece came forward and proposed her great aunt as a possible candidate for a match for Jane Doe. She provided information about another aunt, a younger sibling of Ms. Howards, who in turn provided a DNA sample that was then compared against Jane Does profile, establishing a matrilineal family match.
Ms. Pettem, who recently authored the book, Someones Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe which chronicles her quest to identify the young woman, commented, In recent years, the search for Jane Does identity has spread around the world, touching the lives of thousands of people, including me. I feel sadness for her tragic death, but relief that her family now has closure. I look forward to Dorothys real name on a new gravestone, and Im proud to have played in solving this mystery.
Sheriff Joe Pelle commended Ms. Pettems skills as a researcher and her persistence in pushing the investigation forward, while complimenting Sheriffs Detective Steve Ainsworth, who has diligently pursued and documented every lead in the case. Together, they built a compelling circumstantial case for naming serial-killer Harvey Glatman (executed in California in 1959 for the murder of three other women) as Ms. Howards murderer. Detective Ainsworth said, With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added. Im confident now that we will be able to find the missing links that will tie this all together.
Ms. Howards surviving family members have expressed their preference that she remain interred in Boulders Columbia Cemetery. Ms. Pettem, with Sheriff Pelles cooperation, has announced a fund drive to purchase a new headstone for Ms. Howard. Donations may be made to the Jane Doe Fund, c/o the Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriffs Office web-site at: www.bouldersheriff.org
Dorothy Gay Howard, age 17, circa 1953
Forensic artist Frank Bender's recreation of Jane Doe's facial features, 2005
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
TO: Boulder County Area Media
FROM: Cmdr. Rick Brough, #303-441-3631
RE: Positive Identification of 1954 Jane Doe Homicide Victim
Case #04-2822
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation.
The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8th, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read
Jane Doe April 1954 - Age About 20 Years.
In 2004, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office, prompted by local Boulder historian Silvia Pettem, resurrected the investigation. With funds contributed by the community, the donated expertise of several forensic authorities, and Pettems able assistance as a researcher, Sheriffs detectives made significant progress in furthering the investigation, utilizing modern investigative methods. Notably, an exhumation in 2004 and an artists recreation of Jane Does face from her re-constructed skull provided a DNA profile and an image that caught the publics attention, respectively. The case received extensive regional publicity and was featured in an episode of Americas Most Wanted television program. Still, Jane Does identity eluded Sheriffs investigators and a cadre of private volunteer researchers coordinated by Ms. Pettem.
However, late last week that all changed. The Sheriffs Office was notified by Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister.
Jane Doe was positively identified as Dorothy Gay Howard, who was reported as missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 years old at the time of her disappearance. A photograph accompanies this media release.
Ms. Howards great-niece, whose identity is not being released at this time at her request, had been following Jane Does saga on-line via Ms. Pettems Jane Doe web-site, www.boulderjanedoe.com, but did not pursue her suspicions that Jane Doe might be her great-aunt Dot as investigators had focused on another likely candidate, Katharine Farrand Dyer. However, when Ms. Dyer was discovered alive and well and living in an assisted living center in Australia last month, Dots great-niece came forward and proposed her great aunt as a possible candidate for a match for Jane Doe. She provided information about another aunt, a younger sibling of Ms. Howards, who in turn provided a DNA sample that was then compared against Jane Does profile, establishing a matrilineal family match.
Ms. Pettem, who recently authored the book, Someones Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe which chronicles her quest to identify the young woman, commented, In recent years, the search for Jane Does identity has spread around the world, touching the lives of thousands of people, including me. I feel sadness for her tragic death, but relief that her family now has closure. I look forward to Dorothys real name on a new gravestone, and Im proud to have played in solving this mystery.
Sheriff Joe Pelle commended Ms. Pettems skills as a researcher and her persistence in pushing the investigation forward, while complimenting Sheriffs Detective Steve Ainsworth, who has diligently pursued and documented every lead in the case. Together, they built a compelling circumstantial case for naming serial-killer Harvey Glatman (executed in California in 1959 for the murder of three other women) as Ms. Howards murderer. Detective Ainsworth said, With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added. Im confident now that we will be able to find the missing links that will tie this all together.
Ms. Howards surviving family members have expressed their preference that she remain interred in Boulders Columbia Cemetery. Ms. Pettem, with Sheriff Pelles cooperation, has announced a fund drive to purchase a new headstone for Ms. Howard. Donations may be made to the Jane Doe Fund, c/o the Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriffs Office web-site at: www.bouldersheriff.org
Dorothy Gay Howard, age 17, circa 1953
Forensic artist Frank Bender's recreation of Jane Doe's facial features, 2005
Silvia
Member
As Paul Harvey used to say, here's "the rest of the story."
http://www.silviapettem.com/JANE DOE articles/Epilogue.html?articleid=1880&zoneid=2
Thanks for caring about Boulder Jane Doe (Dorothy Gay Howard),
Silvia
http://www.silviapettem.com/JANE DOE articles/Epilogue.html?articleid=1880&zoneid=2
Thanks for caring about Boulder Jane Doe (Dorothy Gay Howard),
Silvia
Silvia
Member
Update on Boulder Jane Doe/ Dorothy Gay Howard tonight (Jan. 23, 2010) on Fox TV's "America's Most Wanted" (1 of several segments in hour-long show). Afterwards, watch online at http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=amw#
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The AMW episode on Dorothy Gay Howard was very good. Thanks for the heads up, Silvia. I sincerely wish they could find those lost Glatman photos. I agree with Det. Ainsworth, I can't imagine someone throwing historical photos like that away. I hope lots of retired LE officers saw the episode tonight and check their files at home!
This was the origional thread on the case which became known as Boulder Jane Doe. It is certainly nice to see a very Cold Case solved.
Here is the summary now seen on the Doenetwork website:
Dorothy Gay Howard
The victim was located on April 8, 1954 in Boulder Creek, Colorado. She was identified in 2009 by DNA as Dorothy "Dot" Gay Howard, who was reported missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 at the time of her disappearance. Howard's great-niece had tracked Boulder historian Silvia Pettem's Web site on the Jane Doe mystery and thought the unidentified woman could be her aunt. A DNA sample provided by one of Howard's younger siblings provided the match.
Source:
the Doe Network Site Updates
Here is the summary now seen on the Doenetwork website:
Dorothy Gay Howard
The victim was located on April 8, 1954 in Boulder Creek, Colorado. She was identified in 2009 by DNA as Dorothy "Dot" Gay Howard, who was reported missing from Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1954. She was 18 at the time of her disappearance. Howard's great-niece had tracked Boulder historian Silvia Pettem's Web site on the Jane Doe mystery and thought the unidentified woman could be her aunt. A DNA sample provided by one of Howard's younger siblings provided the match.
Source:
the Doe Network Site Updates
Could someone please update The Charley Project?
on a note on the 4th case down -still listed as Boudler jane Doe!
http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved/resolved54.html
on a note on the 4th case down -still listed as Boudler jane Doe!
http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved/resolved54.html
Silvia
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Please see www.boulderjanedoe.com (particularly the EPILOGUE) for the latest information on this case. Yes, this murder victim from 1954 was identified in October 2009 as Dorothy Gay Howard, an 18-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona. Thank you for caring about this young woman.
Silvia
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I agree, the Charley Project listing under Katharine Farrand Dyer (which discusses the Boulder Jane Doe case) needs to state that Boulder Jane Doe has been identified. I can't get the Charley Project home page to open without an error message, and I can't get contact info. Maybe someone else can do this. Hope so.