Some new details from podcast:
- Autopsy report said "fell in the river and strangled on water; did not drown" and "very drunk" and that she died of asphyxiation (I'm not sure how someone can be strangled by water?) Tox screen showed she had a very high BAC for her size but no barbiturates in system. Forensic pathologist asked by podcasters was unable to interpret what "strangled by water" means. She may or may not have been sexually assaulted before her death, but it is uncertain; it also could have been consensual sex.
- Nashville police learned from St. Paul police that a runaway from the Ramsey Hospital in St. Paul fitting Jane Doe's description was recorded as having gone missing in March 1976, but the Ramsey Hospital claimed that they never had a missing patient fitting that description and no answers were found about the discrepancy.
- LE is unsure of where she was buried, possibly because of grave markers shifting and then being removed altogether. No DNA available in her case, and hair samples are no longer available. Dentals are available.
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Daughter news: A woman contacted her detective to say that she believes Sherry Doe may be her mother, and he believes it is a strong possibility based on information provided (certain scars and other defining features, history of alcoholism, etc.). Unfortunately, this woman does not know much about her bio mother because she was given up for adoption as a baby and only knows about her bio mother from her adoptive parents, who are now deceased. Another issue is that the adoption agency used to adopt her is unknown. The woman's name was Sherry Ann Jones or Sherry Ann Smith (Sherry Jones was the name she primarily used), she disappeared in 1972, and she was Puerto Rican; her SSN had been issued in Tennessee. Sherry Jones also had a unique canine tooth like Sherry Doe. She has a NamUs profile (
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)) which lists her as 24 at the time of her disappearance while Sherry Doe is estimated to be 14-17. LKA was Greer, SC. Sherry's race is listed as white in NamUs, but I'd assume that's because sometimes Hispanic MPs just get listed as white as she was known to be Puerto Rican anyway.
MOO: I think it is very likely that Sherry Ann Jones is Sherry Doe, but unfortunately at this point in time, there's no way to verify it.