Vernon County Jane Doe

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Vernon County Jane Doe
Discovered	May 4, 1984
Unidentified for	39 years
Sex	Female
Location	Westby, Wisconsin
Age	50-63
Race	White
Height	5'5 - 5'6
Weight	150 pounds
Body condition	Recognizable face
Postmortem interval	24-48 hours
Cause of death	Beating

Vernon County Jane Doe was a middle-age or elderly woman found beaten to death on May 4, 1984. Her hands were severed from her body, preventing analysis of fingerprints. It may have been an attempt to prevent identification.

Pollen on her clothing indicated she spent time in New Mexico or Arizona before her death.

She was previously undergoing testing by the DNA Doe Project; an unspecified agency is now researching the case.

Characteristics

• Brown hair that was graying near the temples.
• Blue eyes.
• A vertical scar on her abdomen.
• Full dentures.

Exclusions

• Audrey Backeburg
• Marie Jost
• Edna Reynolds
• Joan Risch
• Joan Scaggs
• Mary Jane Vangilder

Gallery

2015 reconstruction

Original sketch

1985 sketch

Upper denture with serial numbers circled

Censored morgue photograph

Mortuary photograph

Mortuary photograph

Sources

• Vernon County Jane Doe on Wikipedia ^{UNCENSORED POSTMORTEM WARNING}
• Vernon County Jane Doe at the Doe Network
• Vernon County Jane Doe at NamUs ^{UNCENSORED POSTMORTEM WARNING}
• Vernon County Jane Doe at Find a Grave
• Vernon County Jane Doe at the DNA Doe Project
• Justice for Jane Doe
• ABC
• Hellbeasts (archived)
• Vernon County Jane Doe at the Wisconsin Department of Justice ^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}