Identified! IL - Grundy Co, BlkFem UP17621, 18-23, body in ditch at U.S. Rte 6, Oct'76 JoAnn "Vickie" Smith

[Cubby]

Sent the most recent WCPO article to a close friend with a large family in Cinci who have been there for several generations. Asked her to please pass the info to her family.

Fingers crossed she finally gets her name back.

 

[branmuffin]

I hope a family member isn't involved in her death.

 

[subaw0067]

I hope a family member isn't involved in her death.

I've always suspected that she was trafficked and a pimp or a john was responsible for her death. JMO IMO.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

https://www.facebook.com/2011009255824516/posts/3395747397350688

 

[John/Jane Doe]

 

[EmiliaRT007]

Jane Seneca Doe! I haven’t followed her case in AGES! It’s about damn time I start investigating again! Is the postmortem still up on Namus?

 

[DS2021]

Is the postmortem still up on Namus?

I dont see it.

 

[AubrieC]

Just posting some thoughts to one, bump the post and 2 things I thought about after watching Gabulosis' video.
I'm wondering if it was an adoption situation and the Jane Doe was adopted when she was little, thus the family in New York doesn't remember her.

I also wonder if she was out visiting the Chicago area? Its about an hour and a half away from Seneca.
OR she came to visit Starved Rock State Park, which is a half hour away from Seneca. Possibly a Tourist or a transient?

Mentioned in Gabby's video she has connections to Alabama and New York
Its about a 13 hour drive from Seneca to the state of New York - Route I-90
Then about an 12 hour drive to Selma Alabama - Route I-65

Gabby also said they have flowers near the site she was found, I believe this little cross on Route 6 might be it. The coordinates are 41.343640578025216, -88.55685446236626. The location she was discovered based on the photos on Namus is at, 41.34284960685957, -88.55779275808904 at minute drive/2 minute walk away.

Hoping to hear some answers within the next coming months it sounds like DNA Doe Project is getting close!

 

[branmuffin]

I wonder what happened to the wine bottle that was found with her? If she shared the wine with her killer it's possible two sets of DNA was on it. I suppose it eventually got junked like a lot of evidence that doesn't seem to have any bearing on the case until years later.

 

[Aurora90]

oops, mistake post

 

[branmuffin]

I have often wondered if she this young woman was Shirley Scott. She has a NAMUS profile that is yet made public.

Missing Person / NamUs # MP53081
Shirley Scott, Female,
Black / African American
Date of Last Contact July 1, 1974
County Cook, IL

I’ve attached the correspondence with the coroner’s office, as proof of the missing person in question.

I think there was mention of her in a Vanished podcast, and I think someone had a very blurry photo of her.

Didn't the officer state Shirley wasn't a match for this Doe?

 

[Aurora90]

Didn't the officer state Shirley wasn't a match for this Doe?

I must have made a mistake, apologies. I will see if I can create a thread for Shirley. I feel she is a doe somewhere.

 

[branmuffin]

No for a different doe I email about. Is there a vanished podcast episode on this Jane doe?

He said the Grundy Jane Doe. Is there another Grundy Jane Doe?

 

[iulia]

Her NamUs page is down at the moment. It was modified earlier today, I'm keeping my fingers crossed the Resolved cases goes up at the next update.

ETA: The Resolved cases did go up at the last update.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Oh, I hope this is it! DDP has been working so long and hard on this case -I'm crossing both fingers and toes now!

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Her NamUs page is down at the moment. It was modified earlier today, I'm keeping my fingers crossed the Resolved cases goes up at the next update.

ETA: The Resolved cases did go up at the last update.

Oh wow! I'd love to see her identified after so many years of genealogical work.

 

[Moonwalker9]

According to doenetwork she's also identified now. Wonder when well get the news conference confirmation her identification?

 

[Romulus]

 

[doggybag2355]

According to doenetwork she's also identified now. Wonder when well get the news conference confirmation her identification?

Not sure still. DN tends to mark cases as identified even before any announcements are made and their NamUs is just taken down.

 

[EmiliaRT007]

Not sure still. DN tends to mark cases as identified even before any announcements are made and their NamUs is just taken down.

So the DN identified is like a maybe.