Category: John & Jane Doe

Update: Sahara Sue Identified as Gwenn Marie Story, Investigation Into Her Murder Continues

Yearbook photo of Gwenn Marie Story + Artist's rendering of what Sahara Sue may have looked like when alive

*Article last updated – December 19/23 UPDATE December 19, 2023: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has announced that, after 44 years, Sahara Sue has been identified as 19-year-old Gwenn Marie Story. The identification comes after investigators contacted Othram, Inc. to extract a DNA sample and use genetic genealogy to find living relatives. On November

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San Juan County Jane Doe

Artist's reconstruction of the San Juan County Jane Doe from the front and the side

DISCOVERY: While hiking in Fruitland, San Juan County, New Mexico on January 22, 1991, hikers discovered the partial skeletal remains of a deceased individual. According to reports, the bones were found in a shallow grave in a dead end canyon, about half-a-mile south away from APS Four Corners Plant Road. AUTOPSY: Based on the state of the

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Lander County Jane Doe

DISCOVERY: At 11:45am on February 25, 1990, hikers discovered partial skeletal remains scattered across the area of Hilltop Road on Shoshone Mountain in rural Lander County, Nevada. Among the bones found include a fragmented skull and mandible, ankle bones, and vertebrae. The body’s torso was never recovered. The area where the remains were found had

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Banff Jane Doe

DISCOVERY: On April 8, 1979, two hikers discovered a human skull in Banff National Park, Alberta, down a steep bank near 40 Mile Creek. A search of the area uncovered additional remains, including several ribs and vertebrae, a leg bone, and a shoulder blade. The location where the remains were found is approximately 200-330 metres

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Teteringen Girl

DISCOVERY: On December 25, 1990, a man and his brother-in-law were walking along the edge of the forest in Cadettenkamp, just outside Teteringen in the Netherlands, when they came across the body of a deceased female. She’d been dumped along the edge of the road, wrapped in blankets and a carpet. Her face was covered

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