MD MD - Wayside, near Mt Victoria, WhtFem 40-60, UP14979, gallbladder & liver disease, Jan'65

[Richard]

William D. "Billy" Zantzinger died on 3 January 2009, a month short of his 70th birthday.

Although he may or may not have had anything to do with the death of Mount Victoria Jane Doe, he has been mentioned in this thread and the unidentified woman was found on or near his family farm.

Zantzinger's last known address was Bel Alton, in Charles County, MD.

This case is still unsolved, and unfortunately investigators have not been able to locate much information about it.

William Zantzinger dies: inspired a Dylan song
Douglas Martin, New York Times
Jan. 15, 2009

In this Feb. 11, 1963 file photo, William Zantzinger, 24, left, of Mount Victoria, Md., is led to city jail by two unidentified Baltimore policemen after he was ordered held without bail on homicide charges in Baltimore, Md. Zantzinger, a wealthy Maryland landowner whose fatal beating of a black barmaid was recounted in a Bob Dylan protest song of the 1960s, was buried Friday Jan. 9, 2009. He died on Jan. 3, 2009. He was 69. (AP Photo/File)AP

William Devereux Zantzinger, whose six-month sentence in the fatal caning of barmaid Hattie Carroll, a black woman, at a Baltimore charity ball moved Bob Dylan to write a dramatic song in 1963 that became a classic of modern American folk music, died on Jan. 3. He was 69.

His death was confirmed by an employee of the Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, who said Mr. Zantzinger's family had prohibited the release of more details...

LINK:
William Zantzinger dies: inspired a Dylan song

 

[Richard]

It has been over 56 years since this woman died. Her murder has yet to be solved, and her identity remains unknown.

 

[Richard]

57 Years ago...

 

[Richard]

58 years have passed since Mount Victoria Jane Doe was found. She remains unidentified and the circumstances unresolved.

 

[Richard]

Walter Lee Parman​

Mentioned in previous posts to this thread, Parman had murdered a woman in Washington DC just around the same time as this unidentified woman's death.

Former Ten Most Wanted Fugitive #204: On January 31, 1965, Parman was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.

He later escaped from prison and lived under an alias. Years passed before he was recaptured and returned to prison. He has since died.



LINK:

204. Walter Lee Parman | Federal Bureau of Investigation

Former Ten Most Wanted Fugitive #204: On January 31, 1965, Parman was arrested in Los Angeles, California, after a citizen recognized him from a newspaper article.

www.fbi.gov

 

[Richard]

This woman's body was found on 27 January 1965. She has remained unidentified for the past 59 years.

She was between 40 and 60 years old. 5 foot, 1 inch tall, she weighed about 113 pounds. Her hair was brown with some streaks of gray.

She was found clad only in pink panties, a white slip, and brown hose.

It was estimated that she may have died some 3 weeks prior to discovery. The autopsy indicated that she suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, however cause of death was not stated.

Because of the circumstances of this woman being found in a remote rural area, partially dressed, and covered with leaves, it is likely that she was murdered and her body dumped at Mount Victoria.

Since no one in the local area recognized her, and there were no missing persons reported in Southern Maryland around that time, it is a good possibility that she was from elsewhere- or new to the area.

 

[Richard]

The Charles County Sheriff's Office (Maryland) had original jurisdiction in this case and conducted the initial investigation.

 

[Richard]

December, 2024 or January 2025 will mark the 60 year anniversary of this unidentified woman's death.

Her body was discovered by Harry Earl Taylor, Jr. on 27 January 1965 in a remote, wooded area while he was riding his horse.

Referred to as "Mount Victoria Jane Doe" , she remains unidentified. Although a coroner stated that she died from cirrhosis of the liver, circumstances and details of the case suggest that she was murdered.

 

[Richard]

60 years ago...

Who was this woman? And who killed her?

 

[Richard]

Although this woman may have suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, the fact that she was found only partially clothed in an isolated rural location and covered in leaves and in cold winter weather, is an indication that she may have met with foul play.

The land where she was found was/is a favorite place for the sport of fox hunting - the type where packs of dogs, followed by specially dressed riders on horseback chase a fox through fields and woods. Was "Mount Victoria Jane Doe" a follower of the fox hunting crowd? Did a member of the fox hunt club know her?

The Charles County (Maryland) Sheriff Office had jurisdiction in investigating this case.

 

[Richard]

Mount Victoria Jane Doe is a woman whose body was discovered on 27 January 1965. It was estimated that she had been dead aproximately 3 weeks. She has never been identified.

She was described as of small build with brown hair. Her age was estimated as between 40 and 50 years old at time of death (which would indicate a birth year between 1915 and 1925).

Her body was found in a wooded, some 200 yards from the nearest road. She was covered with leaves and dressed in only underwear. Her face appeared badly beaten.

The investigating agency is:

Charles County Sheriff's Office
6915 Crain Highway
P. O. Box 189
LaPlata, MD 20646

Phone: 301-932-2222

Charles County Sheriff's Office

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