Hernando County Jane Doe (March 1981)

Hernando County Jane Doe
Discovered	March 19, 1981
Unidentified for	40 years
Sex	Female
Location	Weeki Wachee, Florida
Age	20-30
Race	White
Height	5'4 - 5'6
Body condition	Skeletal
Postmortem interval	1-3 years
Cause of death	Homicide

Hernando County Jane Doe was one of four victims of serial killer William Mansfield, Jr. A second victim also remains unidentified. All four of the victims were found on Mansfield's father's property in Centerwood Avenue in Weeki Wachee, Florida. This victim in particular was found wrapped in a red-green blanket. Mansfield Jr. was convicted of all murders in 1982.

Accessories

• Aqua blue ceramic pendant approximately 1" in diameter, drawing on the front of the pendant of a pink heart with a red smaller heart with extended yellow wings within. Extending from the red heart and wings there are thirteen yellow lines. On the back of the pendant are blue letters "ee" and possibly a "p"

Exclusions

• Sharon Harrer
• Cynthia Gooding
• Susan Basile

Gallery

Composite by killer

Pendant

Reconstructed pendant

Sources

• Hernando County Jane Doe at NamUs
• Murderpedia
• The New York Times (3/26/81)
• UPI (3/29/81)
• UPI (4/9/81)