Identified! TN - Nashville, Sulphur Creek Rd, Blk/Hisp Fem 20-40, UP52531, Vandy clothes, 8 September 2018 - Yadezia Jones (25) *id'd February 2026*

[Gee_rich1]

Leydi Nohemy Dubon-Ramirez seems like a good shout. Missing from La Vergne which is very close by to Nashville Tennessee. There isn’t any photos of her available that I can find, however her height is within range, and she disappeared in August which is a month and a bit before the UID was found. However she is very young compared to this doe, at only 16 years old.

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[holidayhouse]

Leydi Nohemy Dubon-Ramirez seems like a good shout. Missing from La Vergne which is very close by to Nashville Tennessee. There isn’t any photos of her available that I can find, however her height is within range, and she disappeared in August which is a month and a bit before the UID was found. However she is very young compared to this doe, at only 16 years old.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I don't think this would be Vandy Doe as there's no indication that Leydi is Black. I also found a Facebook account which I'm sure is her and the last post was in 2020. She also says on this Facebook account that she's from Honduras. I wonder what happened to her though as nothing about her comes up online and her last post was so long ago

Wait, *if* this is the right Leydi (the Facebook location does say Nashville), then I found another account which is her, then she's alive.

 

[Bobban]

Is there any reason why the NCMEC recreation of Vandy doe depicts her hair in a very simple ponytail as supposed to her having her hair in braids as is listed on namus?

 

[fsngruv]

Is there any reason why the NCMEC recreation of Vandy doe depicts her hair in a very simple ponytail as supposed to her having her hair in braids as is listed on namus?

Just a guess... But I imagine a braided pony tail or a cornrow pony, which is a very popular hair style. But perhaps she had plait braided hair and some of the rows became undone?

 

[Bobban]

That's a good point. I wonder if they would list the hair as cornrows or braided ponytail if that was the hairstyle she had. I immediately think of box braids as the standard when people say "braids".

 

[fsngruv]

That's a good point. I wonder if they would list the hair as cornrows or braided ponytail if that was the hairstyle she had. I immediately think of box braids as the standard when people say "braids".

I agree, and when I think of box braids usually there's other hair braided in as well, I have seen other uid on namus listed as having hair sewn in or even referencing a weave or wig. But you make a great point. According to this Vandy Jane Doe it doesn't appear as if her skull was attached at the time of discovery, so I too, wonder about the pony tail and braids. It might be possible the artist surmised that much because of evidence or to make her appear more life like? Because what if she did have cornrows that became undone, short hair or if she had a full head of hair she should pull into a big pony tail? You make a great point and it might open up other possibilities!

 

[MagicCityMan]

I don't think this would be Vandy Doe as there's no indication that Leydi is Black. I also found a Facebook account which I'm sure is her and the last post was in 2020. She also says on this Facebook account that she's from Honduras. I wonder what happened to her though as nothing about her comes up online and her last post was so long ago

Wait, *if* this is the right Leydi (the Facebook location does say Nashville), then I found another account which is her, then she's alive.

Not weighing in on whether or not the proposed missing person is this UID, however, I want to clarify that someone can be both Honduran and of black ancestry. I personally know people who fit this description.

 

[holidayhouse]

Not weighing in on whether or not the proposed missing person is this UID, however, I want to clarify that someone can be both Honduran and of black ancestry. I personally know people who fit this description.

Yes, I'm aware. I just think it would've been mentioned on NamUs if that were the case & that they would've put Black & Hispanic/ Latino? But I guess the race description is up to whoever reported the person missing.

But like I said, I'm 99% sure I found her Facebook and based on the photos, I don't think she's Black.

 

[BindingBloodline]

Does anyone know where the initial first reporting of the half hispanic dna came from? I ask because I wonder if the biomarkers were misread as hispanic when it should have been native american - I found a tribe of native americans whose descendants are mostly black and native with some white thrown in the mix, this particular line has a bunch of Moore and Butler surnames. I sent it in to Namus but havent heard back yet.

 

[BindingBloodline]

That assumption was not based on DNA testing; the possibility of Hispanic heritage was the result of an anthropology consult.

Did not know that - thanks!

 

[keeks70]

(DBM), realized there was already a previous thread on this case.

 

[MamaSleuth5]

(DBM), realized there was already a previous thread on this case.

Welcome to Websleuths, @keeks70 !

 

[moonglow123]

I wish her case would get more media attention... so many potential clues with the full Vandy getup, awareness of her general ancestry and potential last names in her genealogy etc. someone must know who she is. </3

 

[Melt71]

The case was updated a few days ago in Namus.

The current ruleout list is mostly the same as upthread back in late 2024. The only recent ruleout is Ciara Stacho, who was suggested upthread.

Could she be Ciara Stacho, missing from Inkster (MI) since August 2014?
I believe her mom’s side is Italian.
Found the obituary of her greatgrandmother who was born in Italy and her last name is connected to Brunetti.

Missing Person / NamUs #MP31949

View NamUs missing person case MP31949 for Ciara Simone Stacho missing from Inkster, Michigan. Date of last contact: Aug 07, 2015. NCMEC case number: 1253136.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

 

[moonglow123]

Thank you so much for sharing. I'm so glad she's been identified finally. RIP Yadezia.

 

[othram]

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, as part of a longstanding collaboration with Othram, has now identified a 2018 Jane Doe previously known as Vandy Doe, as Yadezia Jones. An investigation into her death continues.

After Eight Years, Vandy Jane Doe is Now Identified

 

[HmmMysterious]

Just saw a Facebook post that tells Yadezia's story. Her family thought she was still alive and said that they had seen the Vandy Jane Doe posters but that they didn't think the reconstructions resembled Yadezia She had a troubled life and was never reported missing because Yadezia's friends told her family that they had allegedly seen her.

About the Vandy clothing - Yadezia stayed at Vanderbilt Hospital and got the clothes from there. Seems like we were looking at the wrong Vanderbilt.

 

[othram]

Just saw a Facebook post that tells Yadezia's story. Her family thought she was still alive and said that they had seen the Vandy Jane Doe posters but that they didn't think the reconstructions resembled Yadezia She had a troubled life and was never reported missing because Yadezia's friends told her family that they had allegedly seen her.

About the Vandy clothing - Yadezia stayed at Vanderbilt Hospital and got the clothes from there. Seems like we were looking at the wrong Vanderbilt.

Very sad case.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I would agree with her family. I don’t think the reconstruction looks much like her.

 

[moonglow123]

Still so happy she was identified, thank goodness for the hard work of everyone trying to get her her name back. I remember reading about this case when it first happened, I can't believe it's been so long now.

It sounds like she had a difficult life, it's heartbreaking her family didn't know to report her missing, or didn't care to. I hope LE will be able to figure out exactly what happened to her.