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Monique Boggs

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This individual was recently confirmed to have been identified. Some details may change as more information is released publicly.

Monique Sacred Boggs (1948 - February 4, 1997), born Shirley Jean Jefferson, was a woman found in Phoenix, Arizona. 

She was identified through genetic genealogy conducted by the DNA Doe Project in 2025.

Case[]

Shirley Jefferson was born in Mississippi in 1948 but moved to Detroit, Michigan, as a young child. She changed her name to Monique in the 1980s and eventually lost contact with her family. Family members were unaware she had moved to Phoenix.

Boggs' body was found in an abandoned 2-door blue Honda Accord with partial AZ plate VRS353 at North 24th Street and East Monroe Street at around 7:00 PM on February 4, 1997. She was thought to be a known transient and had been sleeping in the car when it caught fire. The vehicle was not hers and was not registered in the state of Arizona. She is believed to have died of smoke exposure. Her body was too burned for fingerprints to be lifted, but her DNA was collected and uploaded into CODIS. She is buried at the White Tanks Cemetery in Goodyear, Arizona, as "Jane C. Doe".

Genealogical research by the DNA Doe Project revealed that she had a distant family in Mississippi and ancestral ties to Copiah County, Missouri.

Characteristics[]

  • Very short black hair that was possibly white on top.
  • 5-inch abdominal surgical scar from a partial salpingectomy.
  • Tubal ligation with plastic rings present.
  • Possible history of mental illness.
  • All of her upper teeth and some of her lower teeth were missing.

Clothing and accessories[]

  • Brown vinyl purse with one handle and a zipper for closure. The purse was empty but had numerous words written outside in blue ink: "Moniqued hates allende spiriteds from out of hell moniqued hates all satan god malesd childrens and shall soon be alal end evil".
  • Blue pants.
  • Gray shirt.
  • Broken yellow metal necklace with large links.
  • Watch.

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