Identified! TX - Huntsville, 'Walker County Jane Doe', WhtFem 14-16, 91UFTX, Nov'80 Sherry Ann Jarvis

[Adrian_Almost_Sleuth]

I'm sure this question has been asked but have Aransas Pass or Rockport year books been checked for a student resembling Jane Doe?

 

[Alleykins]

I'm sure this question has been asked but have Aransas Pass or Rockport year books been checked for a student resembling Jane Doe?

Yes. CarlK has and I think a few others have, too.

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

Yes. CarlK has and I think a few others have, too.

I remember high school yearbooks being checked, to the best of their availability, but I can't remember if middle school yearbooks were checked? If she were at the lower end of the age range or had dropped out, she might be in a middle school book.

 

[Alleykins]

I remember high school yearbooks being checked, to the best of their availability, but I can't remember if middle school yearbooks were checked? If she were at the lower end of the age range or had dropped out, she might be in a middle school book.

I think CarlK said those books weren't on line.

 

[TmmEye]

In 10 days, WCJD will have been unidentified for 38 years.

 

[carbuff]

He left her where she would definitely be found. I'm wondering how he wasn't seen on the side of the road while he took her body from the vehicle. Unless he was parked on a side road and came toward the highway from that way.

He wouldn't even have to leave the vehicle. He could just open the passenger door and push her out. The truck would provide a screen if anybody did go past.

And trucks stop beside the road all the time to check the tires or the ties on their load. Even if somebody saw him, they wouldn't likely think anything of it.

 

[daisy6441]

He wouldn't even have to leave the vehicle. He could just open the passenger door and push her out. The truck would provide a screen if anybody did go past.

And trucks stop beside the road all the time to check the tires or the ties on their load. Even if somebody saw him, they wouldn't likely think anything of it.

But was she that close to the road? It was a trucker that ended up spotting her so that makes it sound like she was not readily seen.

 

[carbuff]

But was she that close to the road? It was a trucker that ended up spotting her so that makes it sound like she was not readily seen.

I don't mean to be gross, but most roadsides are sloped, and anything pushed out of a vehicle tends to roll, especially if the vehicle is in motion...

 

[daisy6441]

I don't mean to be gross, but most roadsides are sloped, and anything pushed out of a vehicle tends to roll, especially if the vehicle is in motion...

True. I don't know what it looked like back then but today you have a few sloping ditches but a lot of the time they are just nearly flat areas. There side roads running along side 45 and their distance varies in different areas. It is also possible to park on the side of those roads and not necessarily be visible to traffic on 45. The trees might have been closer to the road then too. There are still big areas where the dead trees are still standing after the fire a few years ago.

 

[Paul B.]

Anyone planning to visit Our Girl on the anniversary?

 

[Jdart14]

Anyone planning to visit Our Girl on the anniversary?

I was planning to go by possibly this weekend

 

[Malene]

I wish I could, unfortunately I live too far away

I pray for her to be giving her name back and for justice of this hidious crime. May her dear soul rest in peace!

 

[daisy6441]

I don't remember if I brought it up before but I was reading a thread on another site and the question was raised if its possible the girl the waitress talked to was a different girl.
Also I have found old articles that state several girls that had disappeared in Bryan/College Station were later found dead in Sam Houston Park. One woman who disappeared in Bryan in May 1979 is pictured wearing a very similar necklace to the one WCJD was found wearing. I am curious if it is possible a serial killer could have been putting other woman's jewelry on his victims. The chain on her necklace was described as thin in one report. If her attack and murder were that violent the necklace could have been damaged. I have never seen any documentation that it was broken when she was found.
Did the waitress mention the necklace in the interview with detectives? I know they described clothing and the shoes.
Have the police ever released the actual reports on the case? Autopsy report? I am surprised that there are no photographs besides the coroner head shots. I have been able to find actual crime scene photos for so many other murders of that time but not hers. Either Walker County is good at keeping secrets or they don't exist/were lost.
I have also found no newspaper articles online about the crime.

 

[Paul B.]

do serial killers often do that? turn their female victims into dress-up dolls?

 

[CarlK90245]

I don't remember if I brought it up before but I was reading a thread on another site and the question was raised if its possible the girl the waitress talked to was a different girl.

The girl whom the waitress and gas station manager talked to is clearly the same girl. They accurately described the sandals she was carrying before it was ever publicly disclosed that sandals were found at the scene.

 

[daisy6441]

The girl whom the waitress and gas station manager talked to is clearly the same girl. They accurately described the sandals she was carrying before it was ever publicly disclosed that sandals were found at the scene.

Have you ever found old articles about the case? I have searched all over and can't find a thing before the last few years. I wonder how hard they publicized the case.

 

[Jdart14]

I don't remember if I brought it up before but I was reading a thread on another site and the question was raised if its possible the girl the waitress talked to was a different girl.
Also I have found old articles that state several girls that had disappeared in Bryan/College Station were later found dead in Sam Houston Park. One woman who disappeared in Bryan in May 1979 is pictured wearing a very similar necklace to the one WCJD was found wearing. I am curious if it is possible a serial killer could have been putting other woman's jewelry on his victims. The chain on her necklace was described as thin in one report. If her attack and murder were that violent the necklace could have been damaged. I have never seen any documentation that it was broken when she was found.
Did the waitress mention the necklace in the interview with detectives? I know they described clothing and the shoes.
Have the police ever released the actual reports on the case? Autopsy report? I am surprised that there are no photographs besides the coroner head shots. I have been able to find actual crime scene photos for so many other murders of that time but not hers. Either Walker County is good at keeping secrets or they don't exist/were lost.
I have also found no newspaper articles online about the crime.

I have always felt there was a lack of sharable evidence/reports/coverage of this crime.

The girl whom the waitress and gas station manager talked to is clearly the same girl. They accurately described the sandals she was carrying before it was ever publicly disclosed that sandals were found at the scene.

Carl,

I know you are probably really busy but I wanted to request that at some point maybe we start a 2nd thread. and start it with a good summary of known information. it seems like a lot has gotten lost in this long one and it may help clear up some of the repeat questions pop up. It may even help some of us who are more familiar with the case to re focus our attention to more productive paths forward.

Hope yall are having a great week!

 

[Paul B.]

@Jdart14 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this thread needs to be laid to rest and reborn as a second thread. It's way too large and ungainly.

 

[CarlK90245]

Have you ever found old articles about the case? I have searched all over and can't find a thing before the last few years. I wonder how hard they publicized the case.

There aren't many newspaper articles that I've seen. Most of what I know has been picked up over the years from various blog posts, and from talking to detectives a few times.

 

[daisy6441]

There aren't many newspaper articles that I've seen. Most of what I know has been picked up over the years from various blog posts, and from talking to detectives a few times.

I find that very odd considering they went as far as traveling down to Aransas Pass to try to ID her. It doesn't seem like they were getting the word out very well.