CANADA Canada - Bowmanville, Ont, Black/S. AsianFem 18-30, 90UFON, near freeway, 27 October 2006

[Susikatze]

I doubt the ring was something she wore. Either it is a random, unrelated find in the area or whoever dumped her, lost it.
Also the nasal fracture may be an indication of domestic violence. She was well cared for, had extensive dental work and her nasal fracture was surgically repaired.
My theory is that a domestic partner/husband killed her. Would be the most common scenario with this evidence.
Another possibility is that she was engaged in sexwork (many Caribbeans in the industry) and was murdered by a client.

jmoo

 

[Crimestopper88888]

I doubt the ring was something she wore. Either it is a random, unrelated find in the area or whoever dumped her, lost it.
Also the nasal fracture may be an indication of domestic violence. She was well cared for, had extensive dental work and her nasal fracture was surgically repaired.
My theory is that a domestic partner/husband killed her. Would be the most common scenario with this evidence.
Another possibility is that she was engaged in sexwork (many Caribbeans in the industry) and was murdered by a client.

jmoo

If the killer knew the ring would identify her or even himself he would have taken it with him. The fact that he didn’t. Suggests it doesn’t play much importance to this case.

Based on the piece of ribbon found I think she was at a party or some sort of event. In some wedding traditions it’s common to bound the hands to symbolize their Union. Or we could be looking at an inexpericed killer who tried to bound her with ribbon and she easily escaped but he caught her; the piece of ribbon was left behind.

 

[Susikatze]

If the killer knew the ring would identify her or even himself he would have taken it with him. The fact that he didn’t. Suggests it doesn’t play much importance to this case.

Based on the piece of ribbon found I think she was at a party or some sort of event. In some wedding traditions it’s common to bound the hands to symbolize their Union. Or we could be looking at an inexpericed killer who tried to bound her with ribbon and she easily escaped but he caught her; the piece of ribbon was left behind.

Not necessarily, the ring could have slipped off while strangling her or while dumping her body. He may not have been aware of where he lost it and since noone knew about the ring belonging to him, it did not matter much.

jmoo

 

[Crimestopper88888]

Not necessarily, the ring could have slipped off while strangling her or while dumping her body. He may not have been aware of where he lost it and since noone knew about the ring belonging to him, it did not matter much.

jmoo

I’d also look into serial killers or serial offenders. Or traffickers.

The body was disposed immediately adjacent to highway 101 this fits the pattern of highway serial killers, who use the major transit routes to transport victims across jurisdictions. Also the Durham region is said to be a major hotspot for trafficking.

 

[dotr]

Out of the blue suggestion, fwiw..

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[branmuffin]

I am circling back to my previous comment regarding Tahiya Shiekh.

I am now quite confident that this Jane Doe is Tahiya Shiekh, who last seen in Scarborough Ontario in July of 1985. There are a lot of things that line up and make me certain this is her, but it requires a bit of explanation. So apologies for the novel I am about to write, but hopefully it makes sense once I explain it all.

When I started digging into Tahiya Shiekh and her ancestry, I was able to find her father's obituary: Naseem Ahamed Shiek's Obituary

His heritage is interesting and important to follow. It explains why I am positive that she is Bowmanville Jane Doe.

As per her father's obituary, Tahiya is the great-granddaughter of Rahim Baksh Shiekh. That is very important. Baksh is an Indian variant of the Persian "Bakhsh" and is unique to a handful of locations. Mainly the Indian subcontinent; and Trinidad and Tobago, & Guyana.

I remember this quote from the Dna Doe Project:


Interesting that there is also a connection to Persia (now known as Iran). I wonder if this accounts for the 0.48% Western Asia DNA in our Jane Doe? (Western Asia is more commonly known as the Middle East)

- Tahiya's paternal grandmother is Atta Mohammed. "Atta" is a forename Muslim name (primarily within Pakistan and Egypt) and is a variant of "Ata" a West African name. I wonder if this accounts for the 1.82% North-East African DNA.

- So according to the obit and also my research, Tahiya's father is Tanzanian & Pakistani (50% Sub-Saharan Africa & 50% South Asian). Looking into her mother side, she is primarily Sub-Saharan African as well (Tanzania), but she appears to have some roots in the Mediterranean and around the Baltic Sea (Greece/Portugal/Spain) but not by much.

Knowing all this, we can deduce that Tayhia is approximately 75% sub-Saharan African and roughly 25% South Asian give or take a few percentages or so.

Let's look at Bowmanville Jane Doe's admixture again.

It's not exact but it matches up pretty darn well if you ask me. I also tried to account for the smaller dna percentages that were found in Bowmanville Jane Doe's admixture.

A few more things are connecting Bowmanvile Jane Doe to Tahiya Sheikh.

1. Jane Doe's watch
"Investigators determined that the watch was manufactured by the Omni Watch Company in the early 1980s. It was sold exclusively at the now-defunct Consumers Distributing from 1981 to 1983.

Jane Doe's watch looks like very similar to the one Tahiya is seen wearing in this picture taken before she went missing in 1985.
Jane Doe Watch
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Photo of Tahiya
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(IMHO she also really looks like the recon with the brown afro hair in this photo)

2. The Distance
Tahiya was last seen in Scarborough, Ontario. From Scarborough it is only a 25-minute drive to Oshawa where the watch is believed to have been purchased.

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Honestly, I feel like a lot lines up here. And if this is Tahiya the next question is what have happened to her?

According to Tahiya's case file on Canada's Missing:


We know Bowmanville Jane Doe had a previous nose fracture and is believed to have been the victim of a homicide. If this is her, did Tahiaya experience any domestic abuse? Maybe from A boyfriend? Or a relative?

I have my suspicions, but I won't speculate much further. What I will say is that it is very common to live in Scarborough but work in a neighbouring city like Oshawa. I am curious to know who exactly it was that reported her missing and when. (one of her siblings is a criminal defence lawyer in a neighbouring city).

I hope once she is formally identified whoever did this is persecuted for their crimes. Assuming they are still alive to be held accountable that is.

Lastly, I have sent all this information to the Dna Doe Project and also to Detective Paul Grigoriou. However, I would not be surprised if they already know this is her and are waiting on DNA to confirm. I get that impression somehow.

Her mother's name is Leocadia Mbaiya which is one of several spellings of the name from Zambia. Zambia borders Tanzania. Is it possible her mother was from Zambia and was black? I don't see a Muslim woman being named Mbaiya and Leocadia has Portuguese roots and Tanzania was once colonized by Portugal. I worked with quite a few Tanzanians whose family origins were from Pakistan. They were Ismaili Muslims, followers of the Aga Khan. They were very wealthy in Tanzania but left due to civil unrest in the mid 1970s. They spoke Swahili, Urdu and German from when Tanzania was called Tanganyika. The name Tahiya has Swahili origins.

 

[Melt71]

Her mother's name is Leocadia Mbaiya which is one of several spellings of the name from Zambia. Zambia borders Tanzania. Is it possible her mother was from Zambia and was black? I don't see a Muslim woman being named Mbaiya and Leocadia has Portuguese roots and Tanzania was once colonized by Portugal. I worked with quite a few Tanzanians whose family origins were from Pakistan. They were Ismaili Muslims, followers of the Aga Khan. They were very wealthy in Tanzania but left due to civil unrest in the mid 1970s. They spoke Swahili, Urdu and German from when Tanzania was called Tanganyika. The name Tahiya has Swahili origins.

I have lived and worked in the horn of Africa. I had female Muslim colleagues, and their names did not distinguish them from others in their community who were generally Christian. Even the country where I live now, in the Middle East, is populated by migrants from all over the world, you often cannot tell one's religion by name.

 

[branmuffin]

I have lived and worked in the horn of Africa. I had female Muslim colleagues, and their names did not distinguish them from others in their community who were generally Christian. Even the country where I live now, in the Middle East, is populated by migrants from all over the world, you often cannot tell one's religion by name.

Absolutely, I agree. But in this particular case all of the signs that this JD could very well be the missing woman in question: the names, the dates, the former country, etc, that reflect the admixture. People can name their kids anything, especially in western culture, Scottish girls can be called Sophia because their mom admired an actress. I knew an Italian woman named Narchieka; her mom got the name from a romance novel. It's a made up name, but sounds Russian. But I believe there are still cultures where the naming of their children uphold centuries of tradition. All you have to do it read what the most popular boy's name has been in the UK for the last couple of years: Muhammed. And Noah is still the most popular name for Jewish boys despite a few Timothy's, etc.