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Morgan County Jane Doe (1950)

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Morgan County Jane Doe was a woman found murdered in West Virginia in 1950.

Case[]

On May 10, 1950, a mushroom picker in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, discovered the nude body of a woman 42 feet down an embankment on the old US Rt. 522, near Hancock Bridge about a third of a mile from the Maryland-West Virginia border in Morgan County.

Tips and leads took investigators to Columbus, Ohio, however, no identification could be made for either the Doe or her killer.

Initially, Maryland State Police handled the case, however, it was later turned over to the West Virginia State Police Detachment for reasons unknown.

In June 1950, it was announced that the woman was identified as Lottie Gibson. However, this was disproven when Gibson confirmed that she was still alive.

In 2007, the decedent's body was exhumed to collect DNA. She was later reburied in the Greenway Cemetery in Berkeley Springs.

Characteristics[]

  • Curly dark auburn/red hair, recently permed.
  • Scars:
    • Y-shaped scar on the outside of the right wrist, approximately 3 inches long.
    • W-shaped scar in the center of the forehead.
    • 10-inch hysterectomy scar.
    • 4-inch appendectomy scar.
  • Freckles on the back of the hands and lower arms.
  • Very small hands.
  • Narrow feet.

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