Holly Jo Glynn (September 11, 1966 - September 20, 1987), previously known as the Dana Point Jane Doe was a young woman who jumped to her death in Dana Point, California in 1987.
She was identified in May 2015.
Disappearance[]
Glynn had reportedly entered a Hampton Inn in California and asked a clerk if any "high-end hotels" were in the area. After this, she headed inside the Unocal Gas Station, where she used the bathroom. Glynn later got a ride from a taxi driver at the gas station around 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. According to the taxi driver, Glynn claimed her car had broken down close to the gas station. She then requested to go to Laguna Beach or as far as the $18 she had in her possession would take her.
She also had asked to be picked up from a Unocal Station in Mission Viejo in southern Orange County. According to the taxi driver, Glynn did not speak for most of the ride and appeared distressed. He claimed he had dropped Glynn off at the Chart House, a seafood restaurant. The last time that Glynn was seen alive was when the taxi driver saw her walking in the direction of the cliff where her body was later found.
Case[]
Joggers discovered Glynn's body at the base of a cliff at Dana Point, California, on the morning of September 20, 1987. Her possessions at the scene included two maps of Southern California's highway systems, Hampton Inn matches, a can of Coke, a pack of cigarettes, and a purse embossed with the name Carol Pinkham. Investigators later found that the purse belonged to a woman who was alive and stated it was stolen in 1975 by an unknown person. A local taxi firm's number was written on one of the maps and other notations, indicating she may have asked several individuals for directions. An autopsy of her body showed she had died from suicide approximately two hours before discovery.
Investigators believed that Glynn climbed over a fence at the edge of a cliff and jumped to her death. After Glynn remained unidentified for an extended period, she was cremated and buried at sea.
Identification[]
In 2011, several high school friends of Glynn's reported their suspicions to NamUs and the Doe Network that she could be Dana Point Jane Doe. In 2014, these friends contacted Facebook's "Help ID Me" page about their belief that Glynn could be Dana Point Jane Doe. These suspicions were then relayed again, this time to authorities in early 2015. The Orange County Sheriff's Department Coroner Division then contacted Glynn's living relatives and obtained DNA samples for comparison with Dana Point Jane Doe. Glynn was positively identified as being Dana Point Jane Doe in May 2015.
Unsolved Mysteries later confirmed a match between the Dana Point Jane Doe and Holly Glynn.
Gallery[]
Media[]
- Glynn's case was depicted on season 7, episode 14 of Unsolved Mysteries in 1995, alongside Pam Buckley, James Freund, and Andrea Kuiper.
Sources[]
- Holly Glynn on Wikipedia
- Holly Glynn at the Doe Network
- Unsolved Mysteries episode