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

[CarlK90245]

Tammy Jo's chin is way off from all of the PM photos I've seen. Her lips aren't as thick either.

WCJD's lips might be swollen from the beating. I doubt it, but it's possible.

But if Tammy Jo's sister is right that she is 5'5" to 5'6" tall, then she would be the same height as WCJD.

What is interesting is if you zoom in on Tammy Jo's right eyebrow, there might be a vertical scar there. It might be a photo anomaly, or I might just be imagining things. But I see a scar right where WCJD's scar is.

 

[Jondalar45]

How close was she to the prison the last time she was seen? There are probably a lot of former prisoners in that area. I also wonder if she had a southern accent.

Her death was extremely violent. Is there a particular type of trait for killers who bite and strangle their victims? Did the FBI or anyone work up a profile on the killer?

 

[Houston Mom]

Question, does anyone see moles on Tammy's chin and left cheek?

 

[Lyssav]

Question, does anyone see moles on Tammy's chin and left cheek?

Sent Tammy's info over to Dr. D yesterday, and got a response early this morning:

I hope Tammy's sister does get her DNA into the system. However, I don't believe our decedent is Tammy. Tammy has very definitive moles on her face that should still be there even if faded out. They are not present on the decedent from Walker County.
Thanks,
S

 

[CarlK90245]

Question, does anyone see moles on Tammy's chin and left cheek?

At least one of those "moles" on her chin appears to be a speck of dirt on the photo, as evidenced by a circle of image discoloration around the spot. The "mole" on her left cheek also has a similar circle around it, though that one is less obvious.

 

[carbuff]

How close was she to the prison the last time she was seen? There are probably a lot of former prisoners in that area. I also wonder if she had a southern accent.

Her death was extremely violent. Is there a particular type of trait for killers who bite and strangle their victims? Did the FBI or anyone work up a profile on the killer?

That's a good point about the accent. Presumably if she didn't sound like she was from that part of Texas, the difference would have been noticed.

 

[Jondalar45]

so do we know if she had an accent or not?

 

[Roselvr]

Sent Tammy's info over to Dr. D yesterday, and got a response early this morning:

I hope Tammy's sister does get her DNA into the system. However, I don't believe our decedent is Tammy. Tammy has very definitive moles on her face that should still be there even if faded out. They are not present on the decedent from Walker County.
Thanks,
S

Tammy's sisters DNA has been sent to Texas. We're waiting for it to be processed.

 

[CarlK90245]

Question, does anyone see moles on Tammy's chin and left cheek?

At least one of those "moles" on her chin appears to be a speck of dirt on the photo, as evidenced by a circle of image discoloration around the spot. The "mole" on her left cheek also has a similar circle around it, though that one is less obvious.

One other thing - The same photo appears in B&W in Tammy's HS yearbook. And while it is not real clear in the yearbook, I can zoom in, and I don't see any sign of those "moles" on the yearbook version of that portrait.

 

[carbuff]

I think you're right about the things that look like moles being water spots or something, but the yearbook photo almost certainly would have been airbrushed to remove blemishes if they were there.

 

[CarlK90245]

... but the yearbook photo almost certainly would have been airbrushed to remove blemishes if they were there.

Senior photos might be airbrushed in some yearbooks, but underclassmen photos - I doubt it.

 

[carbuff]

Senior photos might be airbrushed in some yearbooks, but underclassmen photos - I doubt it.

Might not have been,but ours were. You used to get a lot better value for your money with school photos...probably around the 80's when airbrushing was extra charge, and in the 90's when our school district stopped offering it as an addon.

 

[Roselvr]

Can someone please go to google; put this URL in it; then hit cache; tell me if you can load WCJD's thread there. Looks like Porch light is gone. I can't even access it on google cache! It worked yesterday! If someone gets it to load; I need the page saved as HTML

I'm in the process of rewriting her blurb on Never Forget Me. We're having problems with people sharing her post; for some reason they don't. I need to access the articles on it.

 

[carbuff]

Porchlight is there for me, so it must have just been a server problem. Maybe they were transferring or something.

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/index.php?showtopic=6658

I wonder whether it would be better to downplay the murder and just focus on who she might have been. The circumstances are so horrific that I think a lot of people don't even want to think about it.

 

[tamora1]

Might not have been,but ours were. You used to get a lot better value for your money with school photos...probably around the 80's when airbrushing was extra charge, and in the 90's when our school district stopped offering it as an addon.

Come to think of it . . . I can remember my mother grousing because they always erased her "beauty mark." The company never asked, either; they just "fixed" the photo. Considering the time (and that her mark resembled a certain platinum-haired movie star's) that really ticked her off!

 

[Roselvr]

Porchlight is there for me, so it must have just been a server problem. Maybe they were transferring or something.

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/index.php?showtopic=6658

I wonder whether it would be better to downplay the murder and just focus on who she might have been. The circumstances are so horrific that I think a lot of people don't even want to think about it.

Glad it's up and I have a copy saved in case! Thank you

 

[Roselvr]

Will be 34 years this week. She needs to go home
Link to her album Walker County Texas Jane Doe Age 14-18 November 1, 1980 on Never Forget Me

 

[bringherhome]

Another year has passed and we still don't know your name......A small group of us will not forget you and will press on to bring you home.
R.I.P WCJD

 

[Roselvr]

Never Forget Me posted Walker County Jane Doe's album.

We are about to mark another year that this child has remained unidentified. She deserves to go home. Her family needs to know where she is. She has been waiting for so very long.

Walker County Texas Jane Doe Age 14-18 November 1, 1980

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”-G.K. Chesterton

Halloween, a holiday that is thought of as fun and festive. Children are busily deciding what costumes to wear and which parties to attend. The sound of childrens laughter and the ringing of trick or treat echo's through the streets, which are filled with Princesses, ghosts, and goblins. It should be a safe and fun filled time for children. Most of us had that in our childhoods. Every child should be allowed to have that in their childhood too. Sadly, that is not always the case. This little girl spent her last Halloween in terror. She was murdered 34 years ago on Halloween. She was only a child, somewhere between 14 and a half and 16 and a half.We do not know what the circumstances were that made this child be out on the streets, hitchhiking rides from strangers. We do know that a monster found her, and he wasn't the kind of monster who should have been out on the streets that night. It also wasn't candy he was after. Children think they are invincible, bullet proof. Sadly we see way to many of them end up this way. Cruelly murdered and then callously thrown away. This child needs to go home. It is believed she may be from the Aransas Pass, Rockport Texas area. Somewhere she has a family, and they are probably still searching for her. This child needs to go home, she has been waiting way to long.

 

[taramarie]

It breaks my heart that another anniversary has come & gone without identification of this young lady. May this be the year.