FL FL - Miami Lakes, Wht Fem, 25-35, UP6098, found in lake, 29 October 1996

[MagicCityMan]

Exclusion list:

MP52271 Linda Fledderman 08/16/1996 Manatee FL (added twice)
MP4480 Paula Burnette 09/17/1996 Hamilton TN
-- Ginette Landry 04/04/1994 -- --
MP9366 Angela Williams 07/10/1995 Harrison MS
MP7503 Michelle Maitland 09/12/1996 Pierce WA
MP52 Heather Teague 08/26/1995 Henderson KY
MP5353 Lurline Bergeron 07/01/1991 Palm Beach FL
MP6312 Desiree Lopez 08/15/1996 Miami-Dade FL
MP1372 Clarissa Culberson 08/28/1996 Clinton OH
MP16945 Colleen Voitik McHugh 04/17/1994 Will IL
MP12243 Luz Rodriguez 08/25/1989 Miami-Dade FL
MP2413 Tiffany Sessions 02/09/1989 Alachua FL
MP8385 Nadine Timm 11/16/1965 Will IL
MP974 Patricia Schmidt 06/04/1985 Henrico VA
MP170 Jennifer Casper-Ross 05/05/2005 Washoe NV
MP23 Janet March 08/15/1996 Davidson TN

Thank you for posting the current rule outs. This is a special case to me. I would love to see her identified.

 

[theshadow45]

Lake Placid Jane Doe has been unidentified for 27 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Lake Placid Jane Doe has been unidentified for 28 years today.

 

[MagicCityMan]

Would someone mind posting the exclusion list? Wondering if anyone has been added.

 

[Caring1]

Would someone mind posting the exclusion list? Wondering if anyone has been added.

16 Missing Person Exclusions

 

[MagicCityMan]

Bumping this case. Nearly 29 years since this poor woman met her terrible fate and was dumped in a canal inside a box like garbage. Someone got away with murder.

 

[theshadow45]

Lake Placid Jane Doe has been unidentified for 29 years today.

 

[GatorFL]

Lake Placid Jane Doe has been unidentified for 29 years today.

Just an FYI, Lake Placid is about 150 miles north of Miami Lakes.

 

[PatLaurel]

Modified March 6, 2026

No new exclusions. Linda Fledderman is entered twice though.

 

[PatLaurel]

article/the-miami-herald-785uffl/194189884/

Her first sketches when she was found.

 

[MagicCityMan]

Just an FYI, Lake Placid is about 150 miles north of Miami Lakes.

Correct, but where she was found is at the end of Lake Placid CT and the residential complex that is there is called Lake Placid Condominiums. Honestly, in 1996 I think the condo complex had a different name but the street name was the same.

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[PatLaurel]

in 1996 I think the condo complex had a different name but the street name was the same.

Oxford House Apartments?

the-miami-herald-up6098/194196619/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-nuevo-herald-up6098-espaol/194196920/

ETA: Article in Spanish

 

[MagicCityMan]

Oxford House Apartments?

the-miami-herald-up6098/194196619/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-nuevo-herald-up6098-espaol/194196920/

ETA: Article in Spanish

Yes, sounds about right.
Wow, the Spanish article was way more graphic than the English one as far as the man's description of what he saw in the box. It is mind boggling that box laid there for a month or so...hiding in plain sight. I drove by that area darn near every day back at that time. Sends chills up my spine.

 

[GatorFL]

Correct, but where she was found is at the end of Lake Placid CT and the residential complex that is there is called Lake Placid Condominiums. Honestly, in 1996 I think the condo complex had a different name but the street name was the same.

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I believe she was found in the canal.

I was also in that area a lot, back then. My company had a factory on the other side of the airport. I miss the good old days of a nice long lunch at Shula's.

 

[PatLaurel]

Yes, sounds about right.
Wow, the Spanish article was way more graphic than the English one as far as the man's description of what he saw in the box. It is mind boggling that box laid there for a month or so...hiding in plain sight. I drove by that area darn near every day back at that time. Sends chills up my spine.

Yeah, I usually look for the Spanish articles. They always describe things with a lot of "lujo de detalles".

BBM

May I ask what route you usually took? Was it W 84th St? If so, do you think it would’ve been easy for someone to stop and toss the box into the water there without being noticed?

 

[MagicCityMan]

Yeah, I usually look for the Spanish articles. They always describe things with a lot of "lujo de detalles".

BBM

May I ask what route you usually took? Was it W 84th St? If so, do you think it would’ve been easy for someone to stop and toss the box into the water there without being noticed?

I was up and down all over the place really. Probably would have passed by that area on Ludlam (aka W 12th Ave or NW 67th Ave). That was a usual route if I was going to Hialeah, particularly Big Daddy's or Ranch House which were restaurants I went to fairly often back then. I could imagine that section of NW 138th Street (W. 84th Street in Hialeah) could be pretty desolate in the middle of the night as it was mostly industrial right in that section. Most if not all of those businesses would have been closed and not a ton of traffic. I still feel like the box was put in on the north side of the canal which was industrial but then turns into a residential neighborhood (part of Miami Lakes) with much quieter streets, etc especially in the middle of the night. I came home many nights at 2 or 3 am (my house was in a different yet very similar part of Miami Lakes) and there was no one on the streets. I mean no one, not a soul.
Yes @GatorFL Shula's was great! I loved Beverly Hill's Cafe as well which is gone now .

 

[GatorFL]

I was up and down all over the place really. Probably would have passed by that area on Ludlam (aka W 12th Ave or NW 67th Ave). That was a usual route if I was going to Hialeah, particularly Big Daddy's or Ranch House which were restaurants I went to fairly often back then. I could imagine that section of NW 138th Street (W. 84th Street in Hialeah) could be pretty desolate in the middle of the night as it was mostly industrial right in that section. Most if not all of those businesses would have been closed and not a ton of traffic. I still feel like the box was put in on the north side of the canal which was industrial but then turns into a residential neighborhood (part of Miami Lakes) with much quieter streets, etc especially in the middle of the night. I came home many nights at 2 or 3 am (my house was in a different yet very similar part of Miami Lakes) and there was no one on the streets. I mean no one, not a soul.
Yes @GatorFL Shula's was great! I loved Beverly Hill's Cafe as well which is gone now .

Don't forget that little grocery store just off Main Street. Great sandwiches and Cuban coffee.