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

[Ambercat]

I wonder whether it might be worth asking people again, now that the statute of limitations (or whatever the American equivalent is, if there is one) on statutory rape has passed? I can't imagine it would be a nice experience being asked about your girlfriend because she's dead and unidentified, and having to say "Nope, never seen her." Someone might be willing to talk if they know it is too late to get in trouble.

It's statute of limitations here, too. I think the statute is somewhere between 5 to 7 years depending on the jurisdiction, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[justthinkin]

I don't know if anyone is aware of this or not, but a high school girl was murdered in August of that same year in an adjoining county. Girl died by slow strangulation.

There have been a number of victims along I-45 attributed to more than one serial killer. Details in the other murder warranted its mention as to a possible suspect in this case. Unfortunately I don't see where Walker Co. took bodily samples or fingernail scrapings.

 

[CarlK90245]

Thanks, Carl! Maybe its just me, but I thought both the straight on and the angled reconstruction looked Hispanic, and I was worried that's how this DOE would be viewed in Port A. Perhaps its my computer, but the skin tone looks too dark for someone labeled white in 1980 Texas from my POV.

Remember that Lt. Perkins told Mia G that he thought that WCJD might be partially Hispanic or Asian.

 

[reasypeasy]

Has it been considered that a person might get a slight asiatic/indigenous genetic heritage from being of Eastern European descent? Just my opinion, but to me she looks like she got her exotic looks from the other side of the Bering Straight. That chin and all through her jawline area looks very Russian to me.

 

[CarlK90245]

Has it been considered that a person might get a slight asiatic/indigenous genetic heritage from being of Eastern European descent? Just my opinion, but to me she looks like she got her exotic looks from the other side of the Bering Straight. That chin and all through her jawline area looks very Russian to me.

I was thinking the same thing, that she might have Eastern European lineage. She might have even been adopted from an Eastern Bloc country.

 

[CarlK90245]

My Aransas Pass contact has friends who own restaurants and other businesses around the area, and she is going to distribute flyers all over the area. She has given them to the three local newspapers and the local Police departments and schools in Rockport, Ingleside, Portland, and Aransas Pass.

I'm very pleased that she is clearly taking a strong interest in this case.

 

[JeannaT]

I located 10 Aransas Pass HS alumni (Five from the Class of 1983 and five from the Class of 1984) in Facebook, and sent them messages with the two recons attached.

(If she was approximately 14-15 in 1980, her peers would have been from approximately the 1983-84 graduation classes)

Here is the text of my message:



I'll keep you all posted on any replies.

That's really good, I also wonder if she was from Rockport-Fulton High School population instead? She mentioned both Aransas Pass and Rockport apparently. I'm really tempted to go to Classmates.com and try to post something on those class websites.

 

[CarlK90245]

I just got a call from the Rockport Pilot. They are going to put a notice on WCJD in their newspaper.

 

[JeannaT]

I just got a call from the Rockport Pilot. They are going to put a notice on WCJD in their newspaper.

Carl, that is FABULOUS!! Great job -

 

[KLCD620]

I checked Rockport Pilot online to see if they have article about WCJD but I cannot find it.

 

[JeannaT]

KLCD, I think they only publish twice a week. They have a "midweek" edition, and a weekend edition from what I can tell.

 

[EGirl]

KLCD, I think they only publish twice a week. They have a "midweek" edition, and a weekend edition from what I can tell.

Yes, it is only out 2x a week.

 

[CarlK90245]

I just received a voicemail message from a woman who saw the article in the Rockport Pilot. When I called back, she said that she was thinking at first that she might be Blanca Elisa Robertson, but after she left the message, she realized the dates were wrong.

She didn't have too much info on WCJD, but we talked for a few minutes, and she was saying that there is a Foster Care facility in the area, and she knows the people who run the facility, and perhaps they know something about runaways from the facility dating back to 1980. She says that she will let me know if she finds out anything.

At least I know now that the article is in circulation in the current issue of the Rockport Pilot.

 

[taramarie]

Carl, thank you. My thoughts are always with this girl. I would love if she could be given back her name. I hope the new publicity you're getting may be one step closer.

 

[JeannaT]

I'm going to the Rockport area tomorrow. I'll try to get a copy of the paper - the article doesn't seem to be in the online version.

 

[taramarie]

I know this may seem like an odd possibility, but has Mary Louise Day ever been considered? I know Jane Doe is approximately 5'2" or so, and that Mary is approximately 5'8" which would obviously rule her out, however, 5'8" for a 12 year old seems awfully tall. Thoughts? I think their noses look very much alike - very dainty.

Far fetched I know, but does anyone else see a resemblence?

http://charleyproject.org/cases/d/day_mary.html

 

[taramarie]

To clarify, if anyone else sees a resemblence, there could always be a possibility that Mary's information was added incorrectly. If I'm not the only one who sees similarities in their facial features, maybe they've never been compared because of inaccurate measurements.

 

[belfastgirl73]

I do see a resemblence and 5ft 8 does seem awfully tall for a twelve year old girl!

 

[CarlK90245]

I received an e-mail from the woman from the Aransas Pass HS alumni club. She said that to her knowledge, nobody at the reunion recognized the images of WCJD.

But she says that the Aransas Pass Progress published an article last Wednesday about WCJD, and included the reconstruction.

Here it is:
http://www.aransaspassprogress.com/news/article_8d112002-a28d-11e0-b765-001cc4c002e0.html

She also put up flyers on a bulletin board at the local WalMart.

 

[taramarie]

Namus entered a missing girl named Barbara Bruno earlier this month, but there's no photo available and nothing really came up when I googled her name. Anyhow, she was last seen June 1, 1980 when she was 18 or 19 yrs old. The UID said she was 19 to the server at the diner she was seen at, and there's always the possibility she was telling the truth - I'm in my late 20's and when I order alcohol, my ID is always thoroughly examined so I would understand if she just looked young for her age.

She was from Rochester, NY, but according to her listing, it was rumored that she moved to California and our Jane Doe was hitchhiking out west.

Namus gives no other information about Barbara, except that she had hazel eyes and brown hair, which is a match to our Jane. Can anyone else find additional information about Barbara or is our best bet to contact the case manager listed on Namus and find out if there are any photos?

Here's the link:
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/11582/0/

Thoughts?