CA UP53209 Jane Doe, La Jolla CA (Jan 2018)

[Lwieckowicz]

On January 26th, 2018 a deceased woman was found lying in a riverbed in a ravine off of Via Alicante and Gilman Drive in La Jolla, California. At the time of the discovery there was around 8-12 in of water in the riverbed.

She was described as a white female, 5’6 in tall, around 130-170 lbs and between the ages 30 and 55. A few identifying characteristics including a healing left femur fracture and the left leg amputated below the knee. Jane doe also had tattoos including a flower on the top of her right foot and palm trees and butterflies on the back of her right lower leg. Personal items found with the body were articles of clothing including a black t-shirt, jean shorts, a tan bra, one gray athletic shoe, a blue and white beaded necklace, a white and orange beaded necklace and an earring. Her estimated year of death is listed as between 2017 and 2018.

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Distinctive flower tattoo on foot


T-shirt found on the body




Jewelry found on the body

 

[Lwieckowicz]

Coordinates where the body was located


Street view of location

 

[Lwieckowicz]

I just noticed the skeleton’s toes on the shirt appear to say “never sleep” does anybody recognize this brand??

 

[Lwieckowicz]

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I just noticed the skeleton’s toes on the shirt appear to say “never sleep” does anybody recognize this brand??

I reached out to a brand called Never Sleep out of Lancaster CA that had some skeleton designs as well but the artist confirmed it is not their stuff.

 

[annemc2]

I wish they'd show the rest of the t-shirt. It's weird how the necklaces are so clean. They usually don't wash jewelry for the photos -it just seems like they'd be muddy like everything else. How many young-ish tattooed amputees are unaccounted for? It would be interesting to know the shoe brand, as well. She might have bought it from a place that sells single shoes.

I wonder what stage of healing the stump was in, as the femur fracture wasn't completely healed. It takes awhile to get the limb ready to attempt prosthesis fittings. Indicates that the leg injuries were likely traumatic. I wonder if there were any other visible healing injuries, especially to the left side (ribs, pelvis, etc)?

 

[Lwieckowicz]

I wish they'd show the rest of the t-shirt. It's weird how the necklaces are so clean. They usually don't wash jewelry for the photos -it just seems like they'd be muddy like everything else. How many young-ish tattooed amputees are unaccounted for? It would be interesting to know the shoe brand, as well. She might have bought it from a place that sells single shoes.

I wonder what stage of healing the stump was in, as the femur fracture wasn't completely healed. It takes awhile to get the limb ready to attempt prosthesis fittings. Indicates that the leg injuries were likely traumatic. I wonder if there were any other visible healing injuries, especially to the left side (ribs, pelvis, etc)?

Yeah the part of the shirt it does show looks like it’s got more letters possibly “pun”? Very hard to say from the one partial shot of it. I hadn’t thought about the necklaces looking clean. From what it sounded like the femur was still healing so maybe she hadn’t had the leg amputated for very long. MOO

 

[HopeRains]

Just poking around on the internet, the fracture to her femur could have occurred After the amputation and not been a part of the original injury requiring the amputation. While apparently rare, it does occur. (see info below). I also read that average time for healing of a femur fracture is approximately 4-6 months. It's difficult to imagine that she would have ventured far from medical services if she was be treated for the fracture (which apparently also includes physical therapy, etc). Many medical facilities in that area, to include the naval hospital and facilities given close proximity to navy base in San Diego.

La Jolla is a beautiful area and definitely touristy - I've been there. Outside of San Diego. It's where everyone goes to see the sea lions - lots of cool restaurants, shops, etc. I noted on the map provided that her location was also < 1/2 mile from I-5 and within only a couple of miles of the ocean/beach.

I think the word at the bottom of the T-shirt might be "Run".

NIH National Library of Medicine

 

[Lwieckowicz]

Just poking around on the internet, the fracture to her femur could have occurred After the amputation and not been a part of the original injury requiring the amputation. While apparently rare, it does occur. (see info below). I also read that average time for healing of a femur fracture is approximately 4-6 months. It's difficult to imagine that she would have ventured far from medical services if she was be treated for the fracture (which apparently also includes physical therapy, etc). Many medical facilities in that area, to include the naval hospital and facilities given close proximity to navy base in San Diego.

La Jolla is a beautiful area and definitely touristy - I've been there. Outside of San Diego. It's where everyone goes to see the sea lions - lots of cool restaurants, shops, etc. I noted on the map provided that her location was also < 1/2 mile from I-5 and within only a couple of miles of the ocean/beach.

I think the word at the bottom of the T-shirt might be "Run".

NIH National Library of Medicine
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Thats good information to know the time frame in which she could have been healing after the injury

 

[Caring1]

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