Someone answered the city-data post saying they spoke to his mom who even gave the investigators all his credit card records so they could check every place he stopped along the road. Through that, they found a witness who saw her and was able to describe how she looked and what she was wearing. The passenger was not his gf and is believed to be Native American or Hispanic. A drawing of her reconstructed face has been released and the story is airing on TV in the Wa area.
Someone came forward with information of a person from Portland who went missing in WA in that timeframe, and they are checking that out as a possible match.
Forensic artist works to recreate face of woman killed decades ago - UPDATE April 4, 2014 –
Another update on the mission to identify a woman killed in a fiery crash.
This week, Washington State Patrol detective Greg Wilcoxson began visiting truck stops between Tacoma and the crash site, posting fliers and asking for anyone who may think they know her name to contact them.
Investigators think she may be Native American based on people who saw her before she and long haul truck driver Lester Harvel died in the accident on I-5 in 1991.
Her body was exhumed in January. Then forensic artist Natalie Murry created a sketch of her. It’s generated many leads, even one from Canada.
Now, Wilcoxson hopes the flyers he’s handing out finally solves the mystery of who she is.
“We will continue to post the truck flyers along the route of the truck,” he said. “We will contact the truck stops and weigh stations and ask them if they will post this flyer in their facilities as well.”
He is also going to send the fliers to law enforcement agencies and the media in cities along the route between Washington and Missouri where Harvel’s trip started.
Authorities release facial reconstruction drawing of 1991 'Jane Doe' “I want to make sure she gets back to her family,” said Cowlitz County Coroner Tim Davidson. “So they can have some closure after wondering what’s happened to her for all these years.”
The woman was traveling with trucker Lester Dean Harvel of Illinois when both of them died in the May 14, 1991, crash on Interstate 5 near Kalama. She wasn’t supposed to be in his truck, and authorities believe Harvel picked up a hitchhiker somewhere between Missouri and here. He stopped in Tacoma and was headed to Portland when the crash happened.
The woman’s body was burned in the fire that followed the crash, hampering the identification. All officials knew in 1991 was that she was between 5-foot 1-inch and 5-foot 4-inches tall and had been treated for scoliosis. Her age was estimated as early 20s and officials thought she might be Native American. Unable to identify her, the woman was buried as a Jane Doe in Longview.
