According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, new evidence suggests the woman found murdered in the ditch of a rural county road in May, 1984, is most likely from Arizona or New Mexico.
Recently, all of the clothing found with the victim was submitted to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Chicago for pollen testing. The pollen profile suggests the victim is most likely from an urban area in the Semi-Arid Highlands or lowest elevation zone of the Temperate Sierra found in the states of Arizona or New Mexico.
By some it has been called the perfect murder because in a time when fingerprints were the best method of identification, this Jane Doe had no hands. They had been severed at the wrist.
In 31 years, technology has drastically changed and investigators are hoping that change will mean they can soon give Jane Doe her name back.
“It was dumped like a bag of garbage,” said Lt. Scott Bjerkos of the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department.
Her body has recently been exhumed by investigators and sent for testing with the hope that new technology can shed some light on the case.
“There was no procedure for DNA. I mean, DNA (testing) did not exist 31 years ago. You’re concentrating on a blood type, type of hair, other things that we would say are old school type of technology,” Bjerkos said.
Bjerkos said the tests being done on Jane Doe will create a more accurate “likeness” or facial reconstruction photo, and the DNA testing should hopefully give Jane Doe back her true identity.
“In our Jane Doe case we know the hair color, we know the color (of her) eyes, and along with the precision measurements that the forensic artist is going to be doing, we feel very confident that the likeness is going to be a life-like likeness,” Bjerkos said.
According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, new evidence suggests the woman found murdered in the ditch of a rural county road in May, 1984, is most likely from Arizona
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