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{{UID|image = [[File:Jane Doe 1950 WV3.jpg|200px]]|sex = {{F}}|race = {{White}}|location = Berkeley Springs, West Virginia|found = May 10, 1950|span = {{age|1950|5|10}}|postmortem interval = 2 days|body condition = {{rf}}|age approximation = 30 - 50|height approximation = 5'5 - 5'6|weight approximation = 125 - 130 pounds|cause of death = {{Strang}}}}
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{{UID|image = [[File:Jane Doe 1950 WV3.jpg|200px]]|sex = {{F}}|race = {{White}}|location = Berkeley Springs, West Virginia|found = May 10, 1950|span = {{age|1950|5|10}}|postmortem interval = 2 days|body condition = {{rf}}|age approximation = 30 - 50|height approximation = 5'5 - 5'6|weight approximation = 125 - 130 pounds|cause of death = {{Strang}}}}'''Morgan County Jane Doe''' was a woman found murdered in West Virginia in 1950.
'''Morgan County Jane Doe''' was a woman found murdered in West Virginia in 1950.
 
   
 
== Case ==
 
== 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 3/10 of a mile from the Maryland / West Virginia state line in Morgan County.
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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 3/10 of a mile from the Maryland / West Virginia state line in Morgan County.
   
 
Tips and leads took investigators to Columbus, Ohio, however, no identification could be made for either the Doe or her killer.
 
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.
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Initially, Maryland State Police handled the case, however, it was later turned over to the West Virginia State Police Detachment for reasons unknown.
   
 
In 2007, the decedent's body was exhumed to collect DNA. She was later reburied in the Greenway Cemetery in Berkeley Springs.
 
In 2007, the decedent's body was exhumed to collect DNA. She was later reburied in the Greenway Cemetery in Berkeley Springs.
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== Links ==
 
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* {{NamUs|10026|{{PAGENAME}}}}{{PM}}
 
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* {{Doe Network|512ufwv.html|{{PAGENAME}}}}
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* {{Doe Network|512ufwv.html|{{PAGENAME}}}}
 
* [http://www.wvsp.gov/Pages/ColdCaseFiles.aspx West Virginia Cold Cases]
 
* [http://www.wvsp.gov/Pages/ColdCaseFiles.aspx West Virginia Cold Cases]
 
[[Category:1950 discoveries]]
 
[[Category:1950 discoveries]]

Revision as of 21:09, 17 March 2019

Template:UIDMorgan 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 3/10 of a mile from the Maryland / West Virginia state line 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 2007, the decedent's body was exhumed to collect DNA. She was later reburied in the Greenway Cemetery in Berkeley Springs.

Exclusions

  • Bertha Smith from Texas Lead processed, turned up negative
  • Lora Skaggs from West Virginia Lead processed, turned up negative
  • Edna Kaminski from New York Lead processed, turned up negative
  • Thelma Cobb from Indiana Lead processed, turned up negative
  • Mabel Chambers from Delaware Lead processed, turned up negative

Gallery

File:MCJDRECON.jpg

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Links