Hi there, thought this looked like a possibility and wondered what everyone out there thought? Mindi fits the time frame for the Jane Doe and had just had her braces removed. She also is the right height and bares a good resemblance to the Jane Doe sketch.
http://doenetwork.org/cases/72uftx.html
Unidentified White Female
Located on January 1, 1984 in Orange County, Texas
The victim was deceased for at least one year prior to discovery.
Skeletal Remains
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Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 13-18 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 4'10-5'2"; weight unknown.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown, thick hair. Eye color unknown.
Clothing: She was wearing a blue and white terry cloth, short-sleeved shirt,
Present Company brand, Junior size 9-12. A green comb.
Dentals: Evidence suggests that she previously wore braces on her teeth,
although there were none present when she was discovered. Mandible not recovered.
DNA: in CODIS
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Case History
The victim was located south of Interstate 10, at the Highway 1132 overpass. The remains were found by a property owner in a wooded area near FM 1135 on New Year's Day 1984.
A forensic anthropologist with Texas State University reviewed the remains in 2008, and believes the bones had been there for about a year before being found. The cause of death is a possible decapitation. With Interstate 10 being so accessible to the location, police feel that she was dumped on the property, but since so much time had passed before being found there is no way of knowing for sure.
Mindi Chambers
Missing since October 19, 1982 from Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
Classification: Endangered Missing
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Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: May 28, 1965
Age at Time of Disappearance: 17 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'10" (147 cm); 86 lbs (39 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Sandy hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Not available. Mindi had prior orthodontic treatment, as her braces were removed in 1980.
DNA: Available in CODIS
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Circumstances of Disappearance
Mindi Chambers was was last seen walking her stepsister to school on the 2100 block of East University Drive, in Mesa. She left behind her purse, ID and other personal items. She was not reported missing until April 17, 1995, by her aunt. She was last seen three days after she told Mesa police her father had been molesting her for five years. Child Protective Services immediately placed her in the care of her stepmother, who said Mindi had helped her get her children ready for school the day she disappeared, but wasn't home when she returned from work.
Her father had previously been sentenced to seven years in prison for assaulting a woman. He was also a suspect in the death of Mindy's mother in 1984. He died in 1994.