VA VA - Kathryn Bene Griffin, 43, Portsmouth, 7 Jan 2012
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I posted over at her thread in the UID forum. That was quite a twist!
ME/C Case Number 22-4600-18
Height: 5' 6"-5' 8"(66-68 inches) , Estimated
Weight: 110-130 lbs, Estimated
Distinctive Physical Features
Amputation
Double Amputee at the knees
Piercing
Earlobes
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Living
Date Found: May 14, 2018
NamUs Case Created: May 29, 2018
Location Found Map
General Location -- Romulus, Michigan 48174
Wayne County
Circumstances of Recovery
Listed is a "Living Jane Doe". She...
ME/C Case Number 22-4600-18
Height: 5' 6"-5' 8"(66-68 inches) , Estimated
Weight: 110-130 lbs, Estimated
Distinctive Physical Features
Amputation
Double Amputee at the knees
Piercing
Earlobes
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Living
Date Found: May 14, 2018
NamUs Case Created: May 29, 2018
Location Found Map
General Location -- Romulus, Michigan 48174
Wayne County
Circumstances of Recovery
Listed is a "Living Jane Doe". She...
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In 2025, authorities stated they had reason to believe Griffin was living in the Wayne area of metro Detroit, Michigan. She has not been located, however, and will remain listed as a missing person until her whereabouts and well being can be verified.
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July 25, 2025
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<<Police think a Wayne County woman who lost her memory and forgot her identity might be the same person who went missing more than a decade ago. But now they can’t find her.
The Portsmouth Police Department in Virginia believes that a “living Jane Doe” who was going by the name “China Black” and living in Wayne County in 2018 could be Kathryn Bene Griffin.>>
<<Black said she was hit by a drunk driver after leaving a McDonald’s on Woodward Avenue near Wayne State University. She believes that is when she lost her memory.
“It’s frustrating that you wake up in the hospital and you don’t know who you is,” Black said in 2018.
She is a double amputee and is missing her left pinky finger. Black had previously gone by the names Joynez Johnson and CJ Jones.>>
<<Nobody could verify Black’s story. In 2018, she was living in an adult foster care home and had lived there for at least the prior four years.
Portsmouth police said they have been unable to locate Black, but believe she is still in the Detroit area. Detective Holley said that she is no longer at the facility and there isn’t much documentation of where she went next.
Michigan State Police did take DNA when they were initially working to find China Black’s true identity. Holley said that China Black was on medication that may have given the DNA issues and they have not be able to use it.
Police plan to take a new sample of her DNA to compare it with a sample of Griffin’s mother’s DNA to determine if they are in fact the same person.>>
Wayne County woman lost identity years ago. Now police might know who she is, but she’s missing
Police think a Wayne County woman who lost her memory and forgot her identity might be the same person who went missing more than a decade ago. But now they can’t find her.
<<Police think a Wayne County woman who lost her memory and forgot her identity might be the same person who went missing more than a decade ago. But now they can’t find her.
The Portsmouth Police Department in Virginia believes that a “living Jane Doe” who was going by the name “China Black” and living in Wayne County in 2018 could be Kathryn Bene Griffin.>>
<<Black said she was hit by a drunk driver after leaving a McDonald’s on Woodward Avenue near Wayne State University. She believes that is when she lost her memory.
“It’s frustrating that you wake up in the hospital and you don’t know who you is,” Black said in 2018.
She is a double amputee and is missing her left pinky finger. Black had previously gone by the names Joynez Johnson and CJ Jones.>>
<<Nobody could verify Black’s story. In 2018, she was living in an adult foster care home and had lived there for at least the prior four years.
Portsmouth police said they have been unable to locate Black, but believe she is still in the Detroit area. Detective Holley said that she is no longer at the facility and there isn’t much documentation of where she went next.
Michigan State Police did take DNA when they were initially working to find China Black’s true identity. Holley said that China Black was on medication that may have given the DNA issues and they have not be able to use it.
Police plan to take a new sample of her DNA to compare it with a sample of Griffin’s mother’s DNA to determine if they are in fact the same person.>>
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<<Update: The brother of Kathryn Griffin said the living Jane Doe is not his sister. We will just have to wait for the DNA test.>>
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<<Update: The brother of Kathryn Griffin said the living Jane Doe is not his sister. We will just have to wait for the DNA test.>>
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