Racine County Sheriff's Office identifies 1999 Jane Doe as Peggy Lynn Johnson
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released a new artist’s rendering in 2012 of an unidentified woman whose body was found in a Raymond cornfield in 1999.
Racine County investigators comb the area where the body of a young woman was found in July 1999 along 92nd Street in the Town of Raymond. The woman had been tortured, beaten, sexually assaulted and possibly denied food before she died.
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling announces Friday the identify of "Jane Doe." She was Peggy Lynn Johnson.
Racine County investigators comb the area where the body of a young woman was found in July 1999 along 92nd Street in the Town of Raymond. The woman had been tortured, beaten, sexually assaulted and possibly denied food before she died.
A funeral service was held for a woman who had been a Jane Doe on Oct. 27, 1999 at Holy Family Cemetery in Caledonia.
Sandi Muleski, of Racine, bows her head during a funeral service on Oct. 27, 1999 at Holy Family Cemetery in Caledonia. The service was held for a woman who had been a Jane Doe, but whose identity was revealed by the Racine County Sheriff's Office Frida
We finally know who she was.
After pursuing thousands of leads over the past 20 years, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office announced they now know the identity of the young woman that had been known as “Jane Doe.”
Her name was Peggy Lynn Johnson.
Johnson's identity, and the identity of the suspected killer, were made public Friday morning during a press conference led by Sheriff Christopher Schmaling.
The suspect in the case has been identified as Linda Sue La Roche.
"After her mother died, Peggy was approximately 18 years old, cognitively impaired, on her own, and went searching for help at a medical clinic in McHenry, Illinois. There, she met a registered nurse named Linda La Roche, who recognized Peggy's disability and took her into her home," Sheriff Christopher Schmaling explained Friday.
Jane Doe to be identified 20 years after her death