Identified! TX - Huntsville, 'Walker County Jane Doe', WhtFem 14-16, 91UFTX, 1 November 1980 - id'd November 2021 - Sherri Ann Jarvis (14)

[daisy6441]

We have discussed the possibility of her living a more transient lifestyle...moving for work etc. but I don't know that I have thought much about the possibility of being a military family. I do know that the Naval Air Station in Beeville (Corpus/Aransas area) was very active at the time. I wonder if her father could have been in the Navy? If so did they have schools there available for the families or did they attend public school primarily. Beeville is also where "Kathy/Kathleen" was photo'd at the hotel. Has there been any investigating of Beeville area schools that we know of?

I had thought about her coming from a base but I never got around to looking if there was one in that area. As far as I have read there was only a concentration on the Aransas area since it was reported that she claimed to be from there. I also wandered if the waitress was mistaken and remembered incorrectly. There are plenty of towns in Texas that have similar names. Rockport/Rockdale/Round Rock/Rocksprings/Rockland
One thing I think would have stuck out was her having a different accent. I feel like she had to have at least grown up here or around here so she sounded somewhat like a Texan. I don't know if we all do it but I immediately take notice if someone doesn't sound like they are from around here. When I am outside Texas people ask if we are from Texas or where we are from.

 

[Jdart14]

I had thought about her coming from a base but I never got around to looking if there was one in that area. As far as I have read there was only a concentration on the Aransas area since it was reported that she claimed to be from there. I also wandered if the waitress was mistaken and remembered incorrectly. There are plenty of towns in Texas that have similar names. Rockport/Rockdale/Round Rock/Rocksprings/Rockland
One thing I think would have stuck out was her having a different accent. I feel like she had to have at least grown up here or around here so she sounded somewhat like a Texan. I don't know if we all do it but I immediately take notice if someone doesn't sound like they are from around here. When I am outside Texas people ask if we are from Texas or where we are from.

Look up Chase Field...it was a training field for Navy pilots and was most active during Vietnam era....so 75-80 would have been on the tail end of some of its busiest years.

I know it. Pretty much all of the information we have is based on what he or she said and remembered.

 

[TmmEye]

Hello,

Update from Chenealogy,

“As of 12/17/18, no updates have happened with the possible family. If we cannot get a genetic sample before 12/24/18, we will have to stop investigating the case.”

 

[sloane7777]

I finally have my computer fixed so here are some articles on Rebekah house:

The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 99, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1979

The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1979

Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 23, 1980

This one talks about it being closed but it was operated by a different group called People's Baptist Church which sounds like one of the cults (wasn't that the name of Jim Jones' church?) Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 145, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1981

sounds like Tony Alamo.

 

[Mysteries1974]

Was this Jane doe ruled out as being all three of the Fort Worth trio missing girls or just Mary Trilica?

 

[Paul B.]

I know that WCJD was ruled out as being Julie Ann Moseley not Mary Trilica. Kathleen/Cathleen in the motel photo looks a lot like Julie Ann though - as i said, just shows that everyone has a double.

 

[detective24-7]

I'm new this forum (but I have been following this WCJD for some time now) and I know this thread was recently started because the previous one was so large so forgive me if this has been discussed - what does everyone think of Samuel Little and all of the confessions he's been having of decades old cold-cases? I think i'm just being overly-optimistic but I'm hoping he gets linked to WCJD; that could shed a lot of light on who she was.

 

[Gaba]

Those VHS screencaps that Blogger blog posted look a lot like Our Girl.

can you provide a link to where the pictures are posted?

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

can you provide a link to where the pictures are posted?

TX - Huntsville, 'Walker County Jane Doe' WhtFem 91UFTX, 14-16, Nov'80 *GRAPHIC*

 

[daisy6441]

I'm new this forum (but I have been following this WCJD for some time now) and I know this thread was recently started because the previous one was so large so forgive me if this has been discussed - what does everyone think of Samuel Little and all of the confessions he's been having of decades old cold-cases? I think i'm just being overly-optimistic but I'm hoping he gets linked to WCJD; that could shed a lot of light on who she was.

We brought that up a little at the end of the last thread. Especially disturbing is the description of him beating his victims. I have looked at the time lines for the murders and it doesn't say if he was in Texas at the time but I believe that within a year or two of the murder they have him in Louisiana so its not too much of a stretch that a man who traveled around killing could have passed through Huntsville at the time.
The problem is that he seems to be confessing to everything like Henry Lee Lucas did. I wonder if we could find out what kind of car Little was driving at the time? I am still suspicious of the blue car that WCJD was seen getting into/out of.

 

[daisy6441]

By the way, I can never remember what kind of car she was seen in. Anyone ever have a photo of the type of car?

 

[TmmEye]

Update on Chenealogy Work:

“Our Jane Doe is under comparison with a missing 18-yr old from Louisiana. Ms. Mary Rodermund is being compared, and collection of a reference genetic sample from a family member of Mary has been unsuccessful. Hopes for the best!”

 

[detective24-7]

By the way, I can never remember what kind of car she was seen in. Anyone ever have a photo of the type of car?

It's been said it was a 1973 or 1974 Chevy Caprice. I am so haunted and unsettled by this case. I live in Huntsville, TX. I've always been suspicious about the car she got out of and wonder if they tried finding 73/74 Chevy Caprices in Huntsville at the time for questioning or looking for evidence. They seem to never mention any interest in that car aside from the fact they mentioned she got out of it. The fact that she didn't have a bag/purse/backpack also sticks out to me. I wish we could know (if she really WAS heading to the prison) who was waiting for her? Male or female? Young or old? Related or friend? What was her plan once she visited given it was so late at night?

 

[Jdart14]

I'm new this forum (but I have been following this WCJD for some time now) and I know this thread was recently started because the previous one was so large so forgive me if this has been discussed - what does everyone think of Samuel Little and all of the confessions he's been having of decades old cold-cases? I think i'm just being overly-optimistic but I'm hoping he gets linked to WCJD; that could shed a lot of light on who she was.

I agree it would be nice to have some closure as far as the killer goes but if he was a drifter and a killer I seriously doubt it would shed much light on her identity.

 

[detective24-7]

We brought that up a little at the end of the last thread. Especially disturbing is the description of him beating his victims. I have looked at the time lines for the murders and it doesn't say if he was in Texas at the time but I believe that within a year or two of the murder they have him in Louisiana so its not too much of a stretch that a man who traveled around killing could have passed through Huntsville at the time.
The problem is that he seems to be confessing to everything like Henry Lee Lucas did. I wonder if we could find out what kind of car Little was driving at the time? I am still suspicious of the blue car that WCJD was seen getting into/out of.

What really made my stomach drop when I was reading about Sam Little was the fact he brutally beat and strangled his victims and that he targeted women "who wouldn't be missed." That irks me. I hope we can find out what car he was driving at the time and a more precise location of his whereabouts that time of year. I believe they mentioned he was in Houston around the time which is about an hour and a half from Huntsville.

 

[detective24-7]

I agree it would be nice to have some closure as far as the killer goes but if he was a drifter and a killer I seriously doubt it would shed much light on her identity.

You're right. I've had that same thought... IF he did remember doing it, I think it would be hoping too much that he also remembered her name given his excess of encounters of young women.

 

[Jdart14]

It's been said it was a 1973 or 1974 Chevy Caprice. I am so haunted and unsettled by this case. I live in Huntsville, TX. I've always been suspicious about the car she got out of and wonder if they tried finding 73/74 Chevy Caprices in Huntsville at the time for questioning or looking for evidence. They seem to never mention any interest in that car aside from the fact they mentioned she got out of it. The fact that she didn't have a bag/purse/backpack also sticks out to me. I wish we could know (if she really WAS heading to the prison) who was waiting for her? Male or female? Young or old? Related or friend? What was her plan once she visited given it was so late at night?

I have always wondered how much they looked into the car also. The scenario that she remained with that person and was possibly asking directions to the prison for that person is intriguing to me. And makes a lot of sense. Especially since she was never seen carrying any bags or a purse. It makes me think she was with that person all along and that here she had her items. The car should’ve been looked at as a key piece of evidence in my opinion

 

[Jdart14]

You're right. I've had that same thought... IF he did remember doing it, I think it would be hoping too much that he also remembered her name given his excess of encounters of young women.

But stranger things have happened!! You never know. He may at least have Visited with her enough to know her name which would be the hope

 

[daisy6441]

What really made my stomach drop when I was reading about Sam Little was the fact he brutally beat and strangled his victims and that he targeted women "who wouldn't be missed." That irks me. I hope we can find out what car he was driving at the time and a more precise location of his whereabouts that time of year. I believe they mentioned he was in Houston around the time which is about an hour and a half from Huntsville.

I believe she first showed up at a gas station on the south end of town. That would lead you to believe she was traveling north on 45.

I have always wondered how much they looked into the car also. The scenario that she remained with that person and was possibly asking directions to the prison for that person is intriguing to me. And makes a lot of sense. Especially since she was never seen carrying any bags or a purse. It makes me think she was with that person all along and that here she had her items. The car should’ve been looked at as a key piece of evidence in my opinion

I think to have left a bag in the car with the person she either knew them or had some reason to trust them. You don't leave your purse with a stranger.
I also wondered if she might have been killed in a hotel. She never asked about places she could stay considering she had to have known she couldn't get into the prison at night. She was carrying nothing with her so I highly doubt she planned to sleep rough. It also sounds like she didn't spend much time at the truck stop even though it was already dark at that time and if she didn't have a place to stay you would think she might try to stay as long as they would let her. Its possible this person told her he would take her to a hotel. I just wonder if it came down to him expecting "payment" for helping her out and she refused.

 

[detective24-7]

I have always wondered how much they looked into the car also. The scenario that she remained with that person and was possibly asking directions to the prison for that person is intriguing to me. And makes a lot of sense. Especially since she was never seen carrying any bags or a purse. It makes me think she was with that person all along and that here she had her items. The car should’ve been looked at as a key piece of evidence in my opinion

Hmm.. that's interesting. It would make sense that she kept her belongings in the car if she stepped in anywhere to ask for directions. Just imagining that the few days after she was found that there could have been the Chevy Caprise still in town with maybe her purse/backpack or ANYTHING of hers just sitting going un-investigated makes me want to scream. I wonder if they did search for blue Chevy Caprises and never mentioned it in updates or reports. I sometimes wonder how much info is being shared on this case...