Identified! IN - Angola, WhtFem, 180UFIN, 30-50, Pachuco Cross tattoo, Sept 1999 - Tina Cabanaw

[Dark Knight]

If LE believes she is from the Southwest, then I suggest that is where to concentrate on research. I have to disagree with you on the gang activity. Not sure where you live, but Texas, Arizona and California are the hub states for Mexican gang activity and it is increasing daily. This includes everything from street corner hanging out (original definition of "gang") all the way up to the Texas Mafia - crimes dealing with homicide, drugs, auto theft, rape, home invasions, drugs - just pick a crime. Much of that activity is controlled from and by prison inmates who were outside gang members. DOJ stats available to the public.

I meant there is no Mexican gang activity where she was found, to speak of.

She was wearing a Lucky Star watch, and Lucky Star is a casino in Oklahoma. If I remember right, the logos were even similar.

LE is just assuming she is from the SW, there is no concrete evidence of it.

 

[Dark Knight]

Another link from the Steuben County Website:

http://www.steubencounty.com/steuben_news_detail.aspx?nid=4c07d044-d9e8-4333-ae9a-d5d1bbbd68cf

 

[reasypeasy]

This case has proven to be almost unsolvable:

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seekinfo/janedoeindiana.htm

Most theories believe that she was a truck stop prostitute and was killed by a trucker and dumped on one of his trips far away from the crime.

She seems a bit on the old side to be a prostitute. I'm not saying that there aren't 40 to 50 year old prostitutes, just it is way up the top end of the age range and you'd expect her either to be really well known somewhere (because to make a full living at that age you would really have to work it and spend a lot of time approaching a lot of guys) or to only do it occasionally when the money and foodstamps ran out before the month did. Coincidentally, a five week timeframe would put her death around about the change of months.

 

[A_News_Junkie]

The watch appears to be possibly a nursing/military watch - or marketed as such. I found a battery for sale on ebay for a Lucky Star nursing watch and then I just found this forum and the company name has changed - but perhaps finding out where the watches were sold - marketed could provide clue of where she is from.
Snip"The lucky Star Brand military wristwatch, were the 1980s, the Jilin Wrist watch plant (original Chinese one of eight dexterity watch factories; Latter changes the name for the Jilin wristwatch Industrial corporation) produces. "
http://www.unionjack4.com/?s=lucky+star

 

[Dark Knight]

The watch appears to be possibly a nursing/military watch - or marketed as such. I found a battery for sale on ebay for a Lucky Star nursing watch and then I just found this forum and the company name has changed - but perhaps finding out where the watches were sold - marketed could provide clue of where she is from.
Snip"The lucky Star Brand military wristwatch, were the 1980s, the Jilin Wrist watch plant (original Chinese one of eight dexterity watch factories; Latter changes the name for the Jilin wristwatch Industrial corporation) produces. "
http://www.unionjack4.com/?s=lucky+star

Any chance of finding a photo of the military watch logo to see if it matches? I didn't see one at the link.

 

[believe09]

I wonder if there was any physical evidence at the time or could be processed now...like touch DNA on the bra?

 

[A_News_Junkie]

Any chance of finding a photo of the military watch logo to see if it matches? I didn't see one at the link.

I see this link on ebay - maybe we write the seller?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Larger-Lucky-St...=ViewItem&pt=Wristwatches&hash=item27ac192cde

 

[A_News_Junkie]

I see this link on ebay - maybe we write the seller?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Larger-Lucky-St...=ViewItem&pt=Wristwatches&hash=item27ac192cde

WHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAH, SCROLL DOWN!!!!!! IS THAT IT? THE LOGO, THAT IS? Sorry, cap lock on, excited!

 

[Vask]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAH, SCROLL DOWN!!!!!! IS THAT IT? THE LOGO, THAT IS? Sorry, cap lock on, excited!

Yes, it's the same logo. Even has a small star in front of the "S" in the word "Star". The first image is from the ebay link, the 2nd belonging to Jane Doe.

 

[Vask]

I think I might've found who owns Lucky Star. I ran across this page: http://jewelry.zibb.com/trademark/lucky+star/29536513 which led to me googling 'dingbats inc' and came across this page: http://www.dingbatswatch.com/index.html. If you click 'About Us' it lists LuckyStar.

Whether or not this is the SAME Lucky Star I can't be sure without some sort of logo image.
I'm going to email them and see if JD's watch is one of theirs or not.

//edit
Here is my email I sent (included with pictures of JD's watch):

Hi, my name is Melissa and I help a group of people at a website known as Websleuths.com who work to identify/locate missing and unidentified people.

A Jane Doe was found in Angola, Indiana wearing a LuckyStar brand watch with a leather strap. After some searching I noticed Dingbats Inc/TooStars also owns a "LuckyStar" brand name. If you could, could you please let me know if this watch design/logo is one of yours? And if so, possibly the date range and/or areas it would've been sold.

Also, I'm including the link to her missing persons report at FBI.gov: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seekinfo/janedoeindiana.htm

Thank you,
Melissa.

 

[Vask]

Cross posted to the other thread, possible connection?
Unidentified White Female, 19-27, Found in Darlington County, South Carolina - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

Both females found off of an interstate with their bras/bra wires around their necks.

Also, I believe this is the same UID: http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12314&highlight=strangle+bra

 

[mahoneys07]

What about Annabelle Ludwig?
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5150/26/



NamUs MP#5152

 

[Dark Knight]

Yes, it's the same logo. Even has a small star in front of the "S" in the word "Star". The first image is from the ebay link, the 2nd belonging to Jane Doe.

Good job!!!!!!!!! That's a perfect match! :woohoo:

 

[CarlK90245]

What about Annabelle Ludwig?
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5150/26/

NamUs MP#5152

Interesting - Not for this Jane Doe, but for the Knox County TN Shotgun Jane.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/607uftn.html

 

[Dark Knight]

What about Annabelle Ludwig?
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5150/26/



NamUs MP#5152

It sure looks like her, but the timeline seems way off, if I read it right.

 

[mahoneys07]

I missed the time of death within 5 weeks sorry about that.

 

[Vask]

So far no email back yet.

I think I might've found who owns Lucky Star. I ran across this page: http://jewelry.zibb.com/trademark/lucky+star/29536513 which led to me googling 'dingbats inc' and came across this page: http://www.dingbatswatch.com/index.html. If you click 'About Us' it lists LuckyStar.

Whether or not this is the SAME Lucky Star I can't be sure without some sort of logo image.
I'm going to email them and see if JD's watch is one of theirs or not.

//edit
Here is my email I sent (included with pictures of JD's watch):

 

[nerosleuth]

Cross posted to the other thread, possible connection?
Unidentified White Female, 19-27, Found in Darlington County, South Carolina - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

Both females found off of an interstate with their bras/bra wires around their necks.

Both female victims were strangled and were found away from the interstate.

Just thinking out loud here about this.

I have to wonder that if the poor dental conditions of both female victims were the result of being involved with narcotics. It could be possible that they were drug couriers or drug users.

It also possible that the interstates where they were found away from are the main drug pipeline routes. In Indiana, I-69 starts at Indianapolis and ends in Port Huron, Michigan where it connects with the bridge that crosses into Canada. I-20 starts at I-10 in Texas and ends at I-95 in South Carolina.

So I have to wonder if it is possible that the killings were actually drug related and the killer wanted the victim's deaths to appear as the handiwork of a serial killer in order to throw LE off track.

 

[Vask]

Heard back regarding the watch manufacturer:

Melissa,

I received your email.
I am very sorry about the situation.
I have seen the online post and hope you can find resolution.
We do make Luckystar watches and this watch was marketed in mass market stores all over the USA.
I do not have other information as the watch is very basic and not unique to one retailer.
I am sorry I do not have more information for you.

Regards,
<name removed just in case>

 

[angelwngs]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/19/grace.coldcase.jane.doe/index.html?hpt=T2

Sterling silver and turquoise ring thought to be one of a kind and guessed to be around 20 years old and a watch were found on the female white or hispanic female Jane Doe located in a field on the outskirts of Angola, Indiana. The victim is thought to be between 40 and 50 at the time of her death almost 11 years ago. DNA was recovered from the body. Much more information and a sketch of how the victim might have looked at the time of her death can be found at link above.