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 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
- Lora Skaggs from West Virginia
- Edna Kaminski from New York
- Thelma Cobb from Indiana
- Mabel Chambers from Delaware
Sources
- Morgan County Jane Doe (1950) at NamUsPOSTMORTEM WARNING
- Morgan County Jane Doe (1950) at the Doe Network
- West Virginia Cold Cases