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

[Alleykins]

Just to add my two cents about the pantyhose. Not all were created equal back in the day. I used to wear them under pants for the control top portion (the precursor to Spanx if I recall correctly), and though they run easily, I never found them easy to rip off -especially around the waist and especially with the control top ones. Ever had to go really bad and fought to get 'em off? It can be quite a struggle. LOL Also, the ones I wore used to have a cotton crotch, so it would not have been easy access, and I bet that pissed off the killer. I think placement of the pantyhose denotes the frustration of them originally being in the way of the perp and he having to deal with them, otherwise, they would have been used for restraint, if anything.

 

[BayouGypsy]

I also have questions about the pantyhose. If she was wearing them when she was last seen holding her sandles, wouldn't the bottoms have been ruined or at least dirty? Would the investigators have made notations of that fact?

 

[rascal32]

I also have questions about the pantyhose. If she was wearing them when she was last seen holding her sandles, wouldn't the bottoms have been ruined or at least dirty? Would the investigators have made notations of that fact?

Probably part of the evidence they haven't released to the public. I wish they would release everything they can since its been so long, might help the case... Might not though. I understand they want to keep certain details under wraps for the investigation but geeze this girl has been nameless too long


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[rascal32]

I can't seem to remember what happened to the neckless.. Was it lost or do police have it?


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[Flonite]

I think the necklace has been lost.

 

[carbuff]

I also have questions about the pantyhose. If she was wearing them when she was last seen holding her sandles, wouldn't the bottoms have been ruined or at least dirty? Would the investigators have made notations of that fact?

They've never said whether she was wearing other foot gear, or barefoot, or what, so that may be one of the details they're withholding. Or maybe the witnesses just didn't notice.


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[Kimm11]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/20347/17

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[Flonite]

Diane does look similar. She would have been 20 years old in 1980, a bit older than the estimated age for WCJD but still possible.

 

[Kimm11]

Idk i have this crazy thing in my head thinking maybe she was taken at a very young age and maybe growing up she thought she was "adopted" and was abused by the people who took her and she ran away from the abusive home so maybe there is a missing person report from where she was young. So I've been checking missing kids

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[Kimm11]

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/highsmith_melissa.html

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[zelda_s]

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/highsmith_melissa.html

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I see similarities physically but in 1980 Melissa would be only 12/13, not impossible but not quite in the age range. Also no mention of WCJD having a birthmark.

 

[Tulessa]

Her body was wrapped in a white sheet, her hands bound behind her back with rope, and dumped near a cemetery in Woodlawn.

Four decades later, no one has identified the young woman found in September 1976. But Baltimore County detectives say they've received a potential break in the case of the "Woodlawn Jane Doe:" new forensic evidence culled from microscopic grains of pollen that clung to her clothing has bolstered a theory that she came from the Boston area.


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-co-woodlawn-jane-doe-20160308-story.html

 

[Kimm11]

Has anybody contacted the youth shelter in galveston? I though I saw somewhere in the thread that someobe was.

 

[zelda_s]

Bumping for this poor sweet girl.

 

[BayouGypsy]

Bumping this up again for our girl. Anyone have anything on her?

 

[zelda_s]

I'm thinking this is a waiting game for someone to come forward and tell us who 'Cathy' was. It's so hard to wait, though.

 

[CarlK90245]

I'm thinking this is a waiting game for someone to come forward and tell us who 'Cathy' was. It's so hard to wait, though.

Yes, it is a waiting game. There is really nothing we can do regarding "Kathy" until someone who recognizes her comes forward.

 

[Alleykins]

Did any of the witnesses who spoke to her before she died mention an accent of any kind? That would have been something I would have picked up on right away, if she had one. Being from the Northeast, southern accents stick out like a sore thumb, and I imagine the reverse would be true, that mine would be noticeable if I were in Texas, especially back in the 80s. If they didn't pick up on it, it could be because she had the same/similar one as theirs, which would mean she would have been somewhat local, in my opinion, anyway.

 

[CarlK90245]

Did any of the witnesses who spoke to her before she died mention an accent of any kind? .

The people who spoke with her were asked, and they said she didn't have a discernible accent. What isn't clear is if a person from Texas would take note of a Texas accent, or if "not discernible" means a non-Texas accent.

 

[Alleykins]

The people who spoke with her were asked, and they said she didn't have a discernible accent. What isn't clear is if a person from Texas would take note of a Texas accent, or if "not discernible" means a non-Texas accent.

I understand. Not discernible could mean a couple things. Thanks!