Tag: Nevada

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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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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The Disappearance of Sandra Kaye Butler

EARLY LIFE: Sandra Kaye Butler was born on March 27, 1962 in California. When she was in her teens, her mother and her moved to Sparks, Nevada, a suburb of Reno, where they lived in an apartment at Fourth Street and Greenbrae Street. The complex was across from the Greenbrae Bowling Alley and Shopping Center,

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Jane Arroyo Grande Doe

*UPDATE: The Henderson Police Department has identified Jane Arroyo Grande Doe as 17-year-old Tammy Corrine Terrell.* DISCOVERY: At around 9:20pm on October 5, 1980, the nude body of a young woman was discovered just south of Nevada State Route 146, west of the Arroyo Grande wash, in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada. The body was found

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