CA CA - Newark "Mowry Ave Jane Doe" WhtFem UP53306 <40, Oct 85

[djanga]

The DDP has clarified on Twitter:

“It is not a matter of closed or open records, however - the difficulty in finding records in this case has more to do with the uncertainty of where and when Jane Doe was born. Thank you so much for sharing her story!”

 

[AggieLou]

I'm not sure how close of a match DDP goes on but what about the mother's twin sister. I'm guessing they already dealt with this issue either in the science or talking to family. Was her twin sister identical or fraternal. In obituary both have same first name, just different middle names.

 

[djanga]

I'm not sure how close of a match DDP goes on but what about the mother's twin sister. I'm guessing they already dealt with this issue either in the science or talking to family. Was her twin sister identical or fraternal. In obituary both have same first name, just different middle names.

Well, I think the DDP is certain she is not the mother, I think there are possibilities to rule her out. We don’t know when the twin sister died.

 

[AggieLou]

Well, I think the DDP is certain she is not the mother, I think there are possibilities to rule her out. We don’t know when the twin sister died.

Sorry, at Find a Grave, source listed that mother's twin sister died as an infant so that is not a possibility.

 

[djanga]

Sorry, at Find a Grave, source listed that mother's twin sister died as an infant so that is not a possibility.

Yes, I though that she died young, so the DDP ruled her out. I mean in other cases, it would be difficult to say who is the mother, as twins share a lot of DNA. There was a documentary of Corean born twin sisters adopted in different U.S. families, who learn about each other after the daughter of one of twin sisters uploaded her DNA to one of the national DNA data bases and had a mother-daughter match with her mother’s twin sister. Twin sisters can have almost identical DNA

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Authorities in Newark have used the latest forensic technology to try to identify a Jane Doe from a cold case murder from 1985. Newark Police Detective Todd Nobbe enlisted the help of the DNA Doe Project, Astrea Forensic Labs, and the FBI, along with a forensic imaging specialist from the Texas Department of Public Safety in an effort to identify the woman.

The woman’s rootless hair DNA and drawings developed from pictures of her skull were developed to try to recreate what she looked like. If anyone recognizes the woman or has any information or tips about this case, they are asked to call an anonymous tip line at (510) 578-4965 or contact Detective Nobbe at (510) 578-4937.

Newark authorities seek public’s help in identifying victim from 1985 cold case murder

NEWARK, Calif. (BCN) — Authorities in Newark have used the latest forensic technology to try to identify a Jane Doe from a cold case murder from 1985. Newark Police Detective Todd Nobbe enlis…

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[AggieLou]

I have looked at obituaries of family members of JD's birth mother. Also looking at Find A Grave. Mother and others in her family were born, died and were buried in same county, and buried in their county cemetery where they lived what appears to be their entire life.
I'm thinking, unless this mother was sent away to have her child, she may have been born in that county as well.
But there have been many articles about a wave of adoptions following WWII. Many fathers did not come back from the war, many families could not afford their children. These children were put up for adoption. There was no where near the help and social services available for families in poverty like there is today. These are the likely years this Jane Doe was born, and could also be involved in the circumstances of her and half sister being put up for adoption.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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Age	25 to 36 years old
Hair	Brown/red/auburn, shoulder length
Height	5’6” to 5’8”
Sex	Female
Race	White

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Her bottom two front teeth were missing (antemortem). She was recovered wearing multiple pieces of jewelry including: red/orange dangling glass earrings with red lower design and metal framework; a Timex wrist watch with black strap; a white metal ring with a pink stone surrounded by small white stones; a white metal ring with the number "69" present on both sides of the band; and two yellow plastic barrettes.

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On October 24, 1985, the nearly skeletal remains of an unidentified White female were discovered in a field next to Mowry Avenue in Newark, California (Alameda county), located approximately two miles from I-880. The victim had been shot and is estimated to have died approximately two months to one year prior. Forensic anthropologists determined the victim was approximately 5’6” to 5’8” with brown/red/auburn shoulder-length hair and between the ages of 25 and 36. Her bottom two front teeth were missing and are believed to have been missing for some time (possibly since childhood) as the other teeth had grown together to close the gap. She was recovered wearing multiple items of jewelry (no pictures available).

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JANE DOE - NEWARK, CALIFORNIA | Federal Bureau of Investigation

October 24, 1985 Newark, California

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[summergirl1]

Her half sister who was probably adopted slightly after her was apparently born in Texas? Then maybe she was, too. Anyway, wherever the adopted half sister was born might be an important clue as to where she was born. Also, it is interesting about her missing bottom teeth. That is distinctive, in a way.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Astrea Forensics in Santa Cruz extracts DNA from strands of rootless hair belonging to Jane Doe and collected following her murder in 1985.

They say advanced computers are used to find patterns and sequence the DNA. And from there, profiles are built to create a sort of roadmap.

Newark Police Department partnered with nonprofit DNA Doe Project, which builds and uses that genetic information to identify John and Jane Does.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/unsolved-jane-doe-murder-case-reopened-using-rootless-hair-dna

 

[summergirl1]

Is the area she was found in on Mowry Ave still remote or has it been built up now?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“Astrea’s proprietary methods make it possible to recover genetic profiles from rootless hair and other highly degraded samples that otherwise fail traditional forensic DNA testing,” the company says on its website – which also identifies their reason for existing as to help solve cold cases and “determine the identify of unknown individuals.”

The NPD teamed up with the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that specializes in building and using genetic profiles to help law enforcement identify unknown and deceased individuals and “solve their most intractable cases,” their website says.

The group also has a grant program that they say specifically aims to help “smaller and less-well-funded agencies.”

The DNA extracted from that rootless hair led investigators to a since-passed woman named Marian Marie Richardson, who lived in a small Missouri town just across the border with Kansas. That woman had a distant relative in the Lone Star State named Ruth Ellis.

Ellis was adopted when she was an infant and didn’t have much testimonial information to provide investigators. But she did provide her DNA. The test results came back with a match and a high likelihood that she and the wetlands Jane Doe had the same mother.

“Of course I didn’t know her and didn’t know she existed,” Ellis told the TV station. “It was . . . just the strangest thing. I was amazed. I couldn’t believe it, but it was true because the DNA proved it.”

Undeterred and hopeful, Nobbe provided old Polaroids of the deceased woman’s skull to Jorge Molina, a forensic imaging specialist who works for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

After mapping the woman’s skull, Molina produced two computer-generated images of what the woman would have looked like in 1985.

Eliis was then shown those images. And she was shocked.

“I thought, oh my God she looks like I did when I was younger, much younger,” Ellis told KTVU. “She also had a lot of characteristics . . . facial with kind of a long face and a pointy chin of our birth mother’s.”

Details Emerge About 1985 California Wetlands Murder Victim

A cold case in California has been reopened on the strength of DNA testing, and investigators believe they may have finally found some relevant information

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[Ms Suzanne]

She has a facebook page now. Please like and share her page someone must know who she is. I pray she is Identified soon Mowry Wetlands Jane Doe Newark, California October 24, 1985

 

[MadMcGoo]

JANE DOE - NEWARK, CALIFORNIA | Federal Bureau of Investigation

October 24, 1985 Newark, California

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[John/Jane Doe]

Mowry Wetlands Jane Doe | DNA Doe Project

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[SunflowerKate]

The half sister in Texas was born at a home for unwed mothers in Pilot Point, Texas in 1949, where Marie was sent from Missouri when she was pregnant. It is likely Jane Doe was born before the half sister, which could put her birth year 1945-early 1948. Marie married in 1950 and began a family, giving birth to a son in 1951 and then several other children thereafter. It is unknown what state and what year Marie gave birth to Jane Doe. All of Marie's siblings who may have had info are deceased. The half sister nor Marie's other children were ever aware that Jane Doe existed. In fact, the other children never knew that the half sister in Texas existed until the half sister found Marie and the biological family in 2003. I have been following this case but had not read about the missing teeth until today. The jewelry is also interesting, is it a number 69 or the cancer sign? And is the pink ring, light or dark pink? If it's a dark pink and is actually a Ruby which is the birthstone for July, perhaps the 69 IS a cancer symbol which would possibly make a birth month July? But then, is it hers or her child's? So many questions and so few clues....

 

[AggieLou]

The half sister in Texas was born at a home for unwed mothers in Pilot Point, Texas in 1949, where Marie was sent from Missouri when she was pregnant. It is likely Jane Doe was born before the half sister, which could put her birth year 1945-early 1948. Marie married in 1950 and began a family, giving birth to a son in 1951 and then several other children thereafter. It is unknown what state and what year Marie gave birth to Jane Doe. All of Marie's siblings who may have had info are deceased. The half sister nor Marie's other children were ever aware that Jane Doe existed. In fact, the other children never knew that the half sister in Texas existed until the half sister found Marie and the biological family in 2003. I have been following this case but had not read about the missing teeth until today. The jewelry is also interesting, is it a number 69 or the cancer sign? And is the pink ring, light or dark pink? If it's a dark pink and is actually a Ruby which is the birthstone for July, perhaps the 69 IS a cancer symbol which would possibly make a birth month July? But then, is it hers or her child's? So many questions and so few clues....

Great theory about her ring. Could possibly narrow down search for her birth. Cancer zodiac sign is the Crab and the symbol is crab claws. And if the stone is a ruby that fits. Rubies fade as do other stones like amethyst.

It is stylized different ways but indeed someone not knowing Cancer the Crab's zodiac symbol is the Crab's claw mostly looks like this or embellished some.

Again, great theory!

 

[SophieRose]

i wonder where david misch was around this time.

He committed a double murder the very next year in fremont.

Duey and Xavier (the double murder) were last seen on Mowry Avenue in Fremont. Could be a possibility.

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[taramarie]

i wonder where david misch was around this time.

He committed a double murder the very next year in fremont.

Seems like a solid theory. LE probably already looked into this, but sometimes things fall through the cracks. Have you called this tip in? Location is right and according to the timeline posted in his thread, it appears he was out of prison at the time (thanks for posting @Hockeyfan158!). Jane doe was found late October 1985 with a PMI of a few months to a year. It appears Misch was free from Jan 1984-Aug 1985. That lines up perfectly + it’s right in his stomping grounds. I’d be surprised if he hasn’t murdered more women than is currently known.
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1977: Misch, then 16, breaks into a neighbor's house and rapes the household maid (at knifepoint).

1978: Paroled for this crime.

February 1979: Arrested for false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon (later charged with assault with intent to commit rape). Released just months later in September on parole.

July 1982: Convicted of beating a woman at knifepoint. Amazingly, he is paroled again in January 1984.

August 1985: Arrested for indecent exposure after he was found to be driving around naked in Oakland.

1986: Was under suspicion for several drug and burglary incidents, diversion court was being considered.

February 1986: Murders Michelle Xavier and Jennifer Duey by shooting and strangulation. Rape also occurred, according to the police. Misch isn't charged until much later for this case.

May 1988: Convicted of burglary and given a sentence of one year plus one year of probation. Paroled in October-November 1988.

November 19, 1988: Michaela Garecht is abducted from the Rainbow Market parking lot in Hayward, CA.

November 21-25, 1988: Arrested for drug possession.

November 17, 1989: Paroled for the drug possession charges.

December 1989: Murders Margaret Ball. The crime is horrific: Ball was found in a fetal possession laying on a butcher's knife that she had been stabbed with numerous times, and she was beaten so badly that Misch knocked out one of Ball's teeth.

1990: Convicted of Ball's murder. Receives a term of 18 years to life in prison.

2006: Denied parole.

2009: Denied parole for a second time.

2018: Charged with the Duey and Xavier homicides.

December 21, 2020: Charged with murder in the presumed death of Michaela Garecht

 

[SophieRose]

The Baby Holly Marie Clouse case was cracked in a similar way, hopefully they will have similar luck here.

Hard to say where she would have been given up for adoption, but I think it's possible that she was born circa 1947-1948 unless the mother secretly had another child while she was married.

The mother at some time did divorce the father and then remarried but don't know when the events took place. The second husband, William Richardson, died in June 1985. Her first husband Winfred Thorburn died in 2017, and oldest son Winfred Eugene died in 2018. A child could have been born between the divorce and remarriage. I wonder if any of her other children were contacted. IMO