Chautauqua County Jane Doe

Chautauqua County Jane Doe
Sex	Female
Race	White
Location	Ellery, New York
Found	December 6, 1983
Unidentified for	35 years
Postmortem interval	Hours
Body condition	Recognizable face
Age approximation	30 - 37
Height approximation	5'4
Weight approximation	128 pounds
Cause of death	Gunshot (homicide)

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Chautauqua County Jane Doe was a woman found murdered in New York in 1983. A document found with her body suggests she was native to Canada or Europe.

Discovery

The victim was found lying in a ditch on Route 17 after being shot four times; once in the mouth, the back and twice in the chest. It has not been released how long she was dead. She was also sexually assaulted.

Characteristics

• She had a mole on her left cheek and one behind her left ear.
• Her eyes were brown.
• Her hair was brown and slightly graying.
• She had a wart above the left eyebrow.
• She had given birth about 15 years before her murder.
• She appeared to have expensive European dental work, some including gold, on the right side of her upper set of teeth.
• Her blood type was A+
• She had a scar on her throat.
• Her shoe size was estimated to be a 5 or 6.
• She had an IUD made in either Finland, Belgium or the Netherlands.

Clothing and accessories

• She wore a white V-Neck, Italian-made camisole.
• An expensive plaid trench coat with green, red and brown coloration with a reversible olive-colored wool side.
• A handmade skirt with shades of brown, blue and red.
• A note from the Blue Boy Motor Lodge, a company from B.C., Canada.

Gallery

1984 sketch

Sketch by Wes Neville

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Links

• Chautauqua County Jane Doe at the Doe Network
• Chautaqua County Jane Doe at NamUs^{GRAPHIC POSTMORTEM WARNING}