Identified! CO - Boulder Co., WhtFem 'Boulder Jane Doe, 17-20, Mar'54 - Dorothy Howard

[Silvia]

Please see www.boulderjanedoe.com
I have posted the photo, plus all TV and newspaper articles.
I will also email the photo to anyone (and any website) who wants it.
Thank you all for your interest in this case. We WILL identifiy Boulder Jane Doe.

 

[Richard]

Please see www.boulderjanedoe.com
I have posted the photo, plus all TV and newspaper articles.
I will also email the photo to anyone (and any website) who wants it.
Thank you all for your interest in this case. We WILL identifiy Boulder Jane Doe.

I urge anyone to look at the bust of this girl. It is a work of art in itself. Hopefully it will lead to a resolution in this case.

Silvia, did the sculptor, Mr. Bender, use only facial bones for his reconstruction, or did he also have autopsy and crime scene photos available to him?

 

[Silvia]

The "bust" of Jane Doe was based only on her reconstructed skull.

 

[mysteriew]

Boulder County sheriff's deputies are chasing down a new lead in the 51-year-old murder of Jane Doe, the unidentified naked woman found dead in Boulder Canyon in 1954.

An investigator traveled to Nebraska last week to meet with a woman who may be related to the victim. Her sister ran away from home and has been missing since.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3868202,00.html

 

[Rle7]

There is also a thread about this case in the COLD CASES forum at this link:

http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14254

 

[mysteriew]

There is also a thread about this case in the COLD CASES forum at this link:

http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14254

Ok, thanks Rle7. I tried to run a search but didn't find anything. Sorry.

 

[pardilia]

*bump*

She still hasn't been ID'd and there isn't much going on in the media now since the unveiling of the bust and finding out that she definitely is *not* Twylia May Embrey.

Seems the only way it'll get solved is if someone remembers something about a relative who lost touch with their family.

 

[shadowangel]

Here's another of my "back to the basics" questions...Is it known if her hair was naturally blonde? I talked with my Mommy-in-law, she said the "reddish blonde" or orangey color was often the result of store-bought hair-coloring products available then (or out of a peroxide bottle).

 

[camracrazy]

I wonder if posting her story at genealogy sites would help. I know in tracing my ancestors, I have found that sometimes they suddenly "disappear" from where they were living. Usually, you assume that means they moved or were deceased, but I don't think many genealogists would think to look at Doe sites for a missing "Aunt Jane".

Just a thought.

 

[shadowangel]

Okay, dug through some archives for the time period, filled up a page with notes in just one hour.....

Here are a few of the missing girls who have something in common with the Boulder Jane Doe, including time frame and physical attributes (as usual, I consider height to be within limits if only an inch or two off)...

Donna Hriesik-missing from Mt. Gilead, OH, as of 02/22/52. Miss Hriesik, age 15, stood 5'2" and weighed approximately 130. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. A friend reported that her and Donna were hitch hiking, the friend returned home while Miss Hriesik supposedly continued on to TN. I could find no further info (NFI).
Janet Sheperd-missing from McCook, NE as of 09/23/53. 17 year-old Janet disappeared after leaving home to mail a letter. Janet was reported to be 5"5' with blonde hair and blue eyes. NFI.
Dianne Butler-missing as of August 12 of '52 from Newport RI. 17 year-old Dianne, 5'4" and 110, was believed to have run away from home. She had red hair which she was known to dye and brown eyes. NFI.

 

[pardilia]

I'd really encourage you to post this information on the message board at the site set up for the boulder jane doe:

http://www.boulderjanedoe.com/index.cfm?go=Message_Board

I'd love to do research and stuff, but well, honestly I'm a newbie and mostly a lurker, this case has just really intrigued me. I wouldn't know the first thing about researching all this stuff.

I'm just a poor college student and rather swamped with school. =)

 

[smile22]

when u have time to research start online through doenetwork.org do search engines on the person u are researching look for message boards hook up with other sleuthers and share info. go to the local library and search in microfilm on the person usualy the bigger papers such as the ny times boston globe all have stuff on national cases and missing persons and unidentified. when i first started researching the case of janice pockett what drew me to her case was she lived in my state 45 minnuts away she was 7 some sites say 8 when she vanished riding her bike in the summer of 73. ( i was born in 81) 8 years after she vanished. shes considered a cold case they had no solid leads some guy confessed to her murder but he was crazy and sick and old and had his dates off and where he led them to where the body was no body was found. also web boards are good like they have an unsolved mystries one. alot of the case on websleuths can be found on unsolved


such as the
3 women who went missing in ok mother was visiting her son ( he lived with ex) stepdoughter and sister in law all went and never came back ex husbands family is a main suspect.

and a lot more but thats the only one i can really remember

good luck in ur sleuthing if u want pm and i can give u a listing of some good websites to start ur search

 

[shadowangel]

Was the area where Jane Doe was found easily accessible by car? The articles posted indicate the area was a popular picnicing spot...Would one have to park near a local highway and hike into the area, or was there parking close by?

 

[mysteriew]

Jane Doe, the subject of one of the city's enduring mysteries, will be featured on a national television show and during a simulated resurrection at a very old cemetery.

"America's Most Wanted" is doing a segment on Jane Doe and will come to Boulder on Oct. 23 to film the annual "Meet the Spirits" resurrection at historic Columbia Cemetery.

Thirty of Boulder's most notorious and famous dead people will be represented. Among the scholars, scalawags and shady ladies are bounty hunter Tom Horn; photographer "Rocky Mountain Joe" Sturtevant; the University of Colorado's first female professor, Mary Rippon; and prostitute Marietta Kingsley.

This June, forensics experts made public the reconstructed skull and facial features of the woman, based on an exhumation of her body and careful work by renowned forensics sculptor Frank Bender.

They hope the publicity will lead to someone finally identifying her, or even to the killer's capture.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4142318,00.html

 

[talelights]

See the website www.boulderjanedoe.com for further information on this case. People Magazine may have an article on Boulder Jane Doe the week of Nov. 14 and America's Most Wanted to air a segment on the Boulder Jane Doe in the near future.

Meanwhile we search for information on a Jane Doe found October 31, 1958 near Skinner Ridge Road, ten miles southwest of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. She was nicknamed "Little Miss X" and is thought to be, ten-year-old Wyoming girl, Connie Smith, missing from summer camp in Connecticut, July 1952. But these remains have not been located since 1962 when they were compared to dental records of Connie Smith and no positive identification was made.

Information on the entombment of these remains is now a mystery. They could be in Williams, AZ but information is sketchy. Newspaper clipping suggest Denver, CO, Spearfish, SD or Newcastle, WY.

If this is not Connie Smith we need to have this Jane Doe listed on a date base. Assistance is requested to locate these Jane Doe remains.

 

[Silvia]

Thanks for everyone's continued interest in Boulder Jane Doe. Yes, People Magazine gave us part of a page in their Nov. 14th issue but, so far, it hasn't brought in any new leads. The America's Most Wanted program is in the editing stage, no air date yet.
I am very interested in ALL Jane Does of the 1950s, and I will help in the search for the identity of "Little Miss X." I would like to know more about what was found and where. Please feel free to contact me through the message board at www.boulderjanedoe.com.

 

[Silvia]

Previous messages on Boulder Jane Doe are under "Unidentified Girl, Boulder CO, 8 April 1954." With the ongoing interest in this case, however, I decided to start a new "Boulder Jane Doe" thread. Please also see www.boulderjanedoe.com for a complete archive of articles and progress as well as a separate message board. The TV show "America's Most Wanted" will be airing a segment on Boulder Jane Doe, supposedly sometime in February. My goal is to identify this young woman and return her remains to her family. She was beaten, stripped, and dumped like a sack of garbage down an embankment where she landed on rocks next to Boulder Creek, west of Boulder CO. We have exhumed her body, obtained her DNA profile, and completed a sculptured facial reconstruction. DNA has ruled out two women (Marion Joan McDowell from Toronto and Twylia May Embrey from Nebraska). I welcome all comments and inquiries, either here, at the Boulder Jane Doe website, or directly to me. (My email is listed on www.boulderjanedoe.com) Thanks.

 

[Silvia]

This thread ("Unidentified girl, Boulder CO, 8 April 1954") is being continued under Boulder Jane Doe. It just makes more sense and is easier to find in searches. Thanks to all for your continued interest and support. For more detail on this case see www.boulderjanedoe.com.

 

[PonderingThings]

Please read the circumstances of Georgia's disappearance at:
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Jane Doe on Left, Georgia on right

Georgia Jean Weckler
Missing since May 1, 1947 from Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Classification: Non-Family Abduction

Vital Statistics

* Date Of Birth: 1939-1940
* Age at Time of Disappearance: 8 years old
* Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'3"; 70 lbs.
* Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde shoulder length straight hair; brown eyes.
* Clothing: Pink button sweater over a blue T-shirt, blue jeans, blue flowered skirt, rubbers and a brown flowered head scarf.

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Possible match?:

1. Georgia disappeared in May 1947, she was 8. Georgia would have been 15 in 1954. Jane Doe is estimated to be 17-20. ... that's close.
2. Georgia has blonde hair, Jane Doe has blonde hair.
3. Georgia disappeared from Wisconsin, Jane Doe was found in Colorado.

>>>>If Georgia was abducted by someone that "raised" her, like a Sharon Marshall situation, it could possibly be her. However, the odds of this being her are extremely slim.

Just putting it out there for consideration

 

[PonderingThings]

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Jane Doe on left, Connie on right

Connie Smith
Missing since July 16, 1952 from U.S. Route 44 in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Classification: Missing

# Vital Statistics Date Of Birth: 1942
# Age at Time of Disappearance: 10 years old
# Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0"; 85 lbs.
# Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde shoulder-length hair.
# Clothing: She was last seen wearing a red windbreaker and blue shorts with a plaid edge. She wore a red ribbon in her hair.

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Possible match?:

1. There is a strong resemblence between the young Connie and Jane Doe
2. Connie was 10 when she disappeared in 1952. She would have been 12 in 1954. Jane Doe is estimated to be 17-20 - this is a DISCREPANCY but I've seen the age estimates being wrong - especially with teenage girls.
3. Connie had Blonde Hair, Jane Doe has Blonde Hair
4. At 10 Connie was already 5' tall... Jane Doe is estimated to be 5'2", would she have grown 2" in 2 years? I think so.
5. Connie went missing from Conneticut, Jane Doe was found in Colorado.
Is it possible that Connie actually ran away and was waiting for someone to pick her up? Please read the details of her disappearance on the Doe Network.

****To me this is almost a "perfect" match... its only the 2 year delay between her disappearance and the time she would have been found dead. Could someone have kept her all that time? I think its possible.