I re-stumbled upon this case today. I had some insight on Jock Doe's ring inscription JPF. When I was in my late teen's I would wear my mother's class ring. Her initials are no where close to mine so could Jock's ring have been a relative's? Scenario #2 would be that it is in fact his initials he just was never reported missing due to being in his late 20's and having left home on his own accord.
As for Jane Doe who was found with him, I wonder if they dated before his departure or he met her along the way. I recently found a case where two teens ran way together but it was in 1977 so I checked in to compare the date. They were too young and disappeared a year later. However, it got me wondering if they knew each other before and planned to leave together or met while he was passing through somewhere and she decided to go along. In that case since Jock wasn't likely reported missing maybe she was.
I found two possibilities:
1.
Lynn Ruth Connes (The Doe Network: Case File 827DFCA)
- Missing since May 20, 1976 from Berkeley, Alameda County, California
-20 years old, 5'4, 110 lbs, blonde hair, green eyes. Inconsistency being the scar on lip and blonde hair.
-She went missing after she had an appointment with a man named "Jeff". According to police she had advertised to be photographed as a model. Notice his name starts with a J.
2.
Rebecca Ann Kellison (The Doe Network: Case File 2781DFCO)
-Missing since June 24, 1976 from Denver, Colorado
-21 years old, 5'4, 110-113 lbs, strawberry blonde shoulder length hair, blue eyes.
-she went missing en route to her home possibly hitchhiking.
-her resemblance to Jane Doe is very strong IMO. Although it's not listed, moles are seen in the same spot on both of her pictures although the quality of the pictures isn't the greatest to confirm this observation.
- her purse with ID was found in Dec 1977 in a field in rural Adams county.
A re-cap of clues:
- JPF possible initials of Jock Doe inscribed on ring. (A search of those initials in a missing person site came up empty)
-his Coors Light shirt had 'Camel Challenger G-T Sebring 75' across the back possibly sponsoring the Sebring races in Florida. A witness met the couple at a camp ground in Santee, SC on their way to Florida and saw them when they stopped by on their way back. (This encounter is documented on their doe network casefile; however, it doesn't mention a timeframe:
189UFSC)
- he had Grant's truck stop matches on him. There was three locations; York, Nebraska; Lupton, Arizona; and Boise, Idaho.
- a mechanic in York, NE remembers working on van with Washington or Oregon plates for a couple matching their description.
-the murder weapon was found in possession of a George Henry of Wadesboro, North Carolina. It was determined to be the murder weapon through ballistics. He has not been charged due to lack of evidence. Further research of the gun found that before it came into possession of Henry it was stolen from the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina.
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