Author Topic: WILL COUNTY JANE DOE: NF, 20-30, found in a Will County, IL wooded area - 30 September 1968  (Read 235 times)

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A highway department worker, picking up debris, found the victim's body near I-55 and Blodgett Road in an unincorporated area of Will County, Illinois, on September 30, 1968. It was determined that her body was moved after death and concealed in a wooded area.

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Case Information
Status Unidentified

Case number UN 68-01
Date found September 30, 1968 00:00
Date created May 13, 2009 20:23
Date last modified June 05, 2017 21:53
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed May 14, 2009 06:16

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Will Cnty Coroners Ofc
Phone 815-727-8455
Case Manager
Name Gene Sullivan
Phone 815.727.8455

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Ida Anderson 1937 Michigan
Dixie Arensen 1948 California
Audrey Backeberg 1942 Wisconsin
Lynn Bandringa 1945 California
Carol Batterman 1939 Oklahoma
Carol Batterman 1939 Oklahoma
Joan Bieter 1946 Minnesota
Patricia Blough 1946 Indiana
Mary Boston 1944 California
Sandra Breed 1948 New York
Linda Britton 1944 Ohio
Linda Britton 1944 Ohio
Darcy Brown 1943 Ohio
Peggy Byars-Baisden 1941 Florida
Mabel Chambers 1920 Delaware
Jane Clement 1941 Louisiana
Thelma Cobb 1916 Indiana
Jean Czarnecki 1940 New Jersey
Johanna de Haas 1936 Delaware
Anita Drake 1948 Ohio
Elizabeth Franks 1947 Ohio
Sharon Giusti 1943 Washington
Joan Hansen 1932 Washington
Evelyn Hartley 1937 Wisconsin
Edna Kaminski 1921 New York
Mary Little 1940 Georgia
Celina Lung Unknown Washington
Olga Mauger 1913 Wyoming
Mary Mclaughlin 1938 Michigan
Ann Miller 1946 Indiana
Avis Mooney 1927 Texas
Pamela Nater 1946 Florida
Darlene Polizzi 1947 New Jersey
Donnis Redman 1943 California
Alice Reeves 1947 Louisiana
Ione Rehwinkle 1928 Minnesota
Betty Roberts 1930 Maryland
Betty Roberts 1930 Maryland
Judith Ruggirello 1939 Michigan
Judith Ruggirello 1939 Michigan
Doris SCANDALIS 1930 California
Bernice Selby 1935 Washington
Beverly Sharpman 1930 Pennsylvania
Bertha Smith 1913 Arizona
Debra Spickler 1955 Connecticut
Mary Ann Switalski 1946 Illinois
Nadine Timm 1935 Illinois
Floradean Walker 1925 Texas
Diane Webb 1942 Arizona
Mildred Zentner 1936 Michigan
Grace Zoeller 1932 Arizona

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NamUs UP # 5211

ME/C Case Number: UN 68-01
Will County, Illinois
20 to 30 year old Native American Female

Case Report - NamUs UP # 5211
Case Information

Status Unidentified
Case number UN 68-01
Date found September 30, 1968 00:00
Date created May 13, 2009 20:23
Date last modified June 05, 2017 21:53
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed May 14, 2009 06:16

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Will Cnty Coroners Ofc
Phone 815-727-8455
Case Manager
Name Gene Sullivan
Phone 815.727.8455

Demographics
Estimated age Adult - Pre 40
Minimum age 20 years
Maximum age 30 years
Race Native American
Ethnicity Other
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) 135, Measured
Height (inches) 65, Measured
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered
Body conditions
Recognizable face
Probable year of death 1968 to 1968
Estimated postmortem interval 2 Days

Circumstances
Location Found
GPS coordinates N41*28.454' X W088*10.330'
Address 1 I-55
Address 2 Blodgett Rd
City Unincorporated
State Illinois
Zip code
County Will
Circumstances
This individual was discovered by a highway department worker on a Monday morning while picking up debris along the highway. Due to the social climate this person may have been from anywhere coming through the area.

Physical
Hair color Black
Head hair
Straight collar length, color ranges from red to medium brown with indications of certain Mongoloid features.
Body hair
Brown

Left eye color Brown
Right eye color Brown

Deformities
The left ear is darker in color than the rest of the body. The left little finger is crooked. No further description is available.
Piercings
both ear lobes were pierced

Other medical
information
Blood type 'O' . Indications of possible prior toxoplasmosis.

Fingerprints
Status: Fingerprint information is available elsewhere

Clothing and Accessories
No clothing or accessories

Clothing on body
None
Clothing with body
None
Footwear
None
Jewelry
None
Eyewear
None
Other items found
with body
No related items found on or near the body.

Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA
Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete

Images
There are currently no images available for this case.

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Justice for Native Women

Will County Jane Doe, discovered in Illinois in 1968.

There are no images or forensic reconstructions available of the Will County Jane Doe

Jane's remains were discovered on September 30th, 1968, near I-55 and Blodgett Road by a highway department worker in an unincorporated area of Will County, Illinois. Authorities believe Jane was murdered between the ages of 20 and 30 and died from asphyxiation. She had been moved to that location following her death and an attempt was made to conceal her body in a wooded area. Jane had brown eyes and black hair with graying roots. Her left little finger was crooked and her left ear was a darker skin color than the rest of her body. She had extensive dental work including gold caps. Namus states that due to the "social climate" of the area there were many people from all over moving in and out of that part of Illinois so it's possible Jane was not local. DNA and Dental comparisons can be made with this decedent and she remains unidentified.
If you have any information regarding the death or identity of the Will County Jane Doe, you are encouraged to contact the Will County Cornoer's Office at 815-727-8455.
Tribal Information: Jane is though to be White with possible Fillipina or Native American ancestry. As she is unknown, so are her people.

Sources:
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Doe Network

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Case File: 823UFIL
The Doe Network




Unidentified Female
Date of Discovery: September 30, 1968
Location of Discovery: Will County, Illinois
Estimated Date of Death: September 28, 1968
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Strangulation

Physical Description
** Listed information is approximate

Estimated Age: 20-30 years old
Race: White, possibly Filipina or Native American
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4" to 5'6"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Hair Color: Straight black and brown with gray roots, collar length.
Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Left ear is a darker color than the rest of the body. Left little finger is crooked. Pierced ears.

Dentals: Available. Tooth #2 broken, #4, #5 and #30 had cavities, #8 and #9 were chipped, #14 and #31 had gold caps, and #3 was porcelain filled.
Fingerprints: Available at Will County Sheriff Evidence Section.
DNA: mtDNA and nucDNA available. Only mtDNA uploaded to NDIS.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: None.

Jewelry: None.

Additional Personal Items: None.

Case History
A highway department worker picking up debris found the victim's body was found near I-55 and Blodgett Road in an unincorporated area of Will County, Illinois on September 30, 1968. It was determined that her body was moved after death and concealed in a wooded area.

Investigating Agency(s)
If you have any information about this case please contact;

Agency Name: Will County Coroner's Office (IL)
Agency Contact Person: Gene Sullivan
Agency Phone Number: 815-727-8455
E-Mail

Agency Case Number: UN 68-01
NCIC Case Number: U705881578
NamUs Case Number: MP/UP #5211
Former Hot Case Number: 1734
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Information Source(s)
NamUs

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...onian-will-county-st-0209-20160208-story.html

Will County turns to Smithsonian to help identify victims



Gene Sullivan, deputy chief with the Will County Coroner's Office, recently sought the help of the Smithsonian Institution and sketch artists in identifying three unidentified persons whose remains were found years ago. Sullivan shows what a man whose remains were found in 2008 might have looked like just before he died, and in his younger years. (Alicia Fabbre / Daily Southtown)

Alicia FabbreDaily Southtown

The photo hanging on Deputy Chief Gene Sullivan's bulletin board at the Will County Coroner's Office is only a part of the puzzle behind the remains that were found in a Will County Forest Preserve in 2008.

The man, believed to be in his 50s or 60s when he died, was found hanging from a tree. Investigators estimate he was there for three months before his remains were found. In the eight years since his body was discovered, however, no one has come forward to identify him.

"He (could be) somebody's dad," Sullivan said. "And they may be out there wondering (what happened)."

The man is one of 11 John or Jane Does whose remains were found in Will County according to NamUs, a national data base for missing and unidentified persons. Investigators are working to identify them.

"People have a right to be properly buried and to be returned to their families," Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil said.



Sullivan recently sought help from the Smithsonian Institution and sketch artists with the hope of clearing up the mystery behind three of the county's unidentified persons cases. The other two cases both involve females who are believed to be homicide victims. In one case, the woman, believed to be in her 20s or 30s, was found in a wooded area off Interstate 55 near Blodgett Road in 1968. Investigators believe she was strangled. In the other case, the woman, believed to be in her early 20s to mid 30s, was found in 1981 off Interstate 80 near Route 30 in New Lenox.

Testing done on human remains at the Smithsonian helped provide a better picture of where the unidentified people were from, and a sketch artist was able to show what the people may have looked like when they were younger.

It's that same combination that helped a regional system administrator for NamUs identify a John Doe from Knoxville Tenn., in 2013. The man, who was 30 when he was last seen alive, was found dead in 1982. He had been shot to death a year earlier.


Amy Dobbs, who was a cold case investigator for Knox County, enlisted help from the Smithsonian to conduct isotope testing on the man's remains in 2013. A sketch artist also helped show what the man looked like in his younger years through an age-regression sketch.

Armed with test results from the Smithsonian showing the man had lived most of his life in Knox County and the age-regression drawing, Dobbs turned to media for help. Shortly after, another man saw the sketch and recognized the John Doe as his brother. Additional testing proved the suspicion true and Dobbs was able to positively identify the man known only as John Doe for more than 30 years.

"They were stunned," Dobbs recalled of the man's family, noting the age-regression sketch played a key role in identification.

"I can remember (the man's brother) putting his head down in his hand and saying 'Thank you, I always thought he had (voluntarily) left us,'" Dobbs said, noting the family did not know their loved one's disappearance involved a homicide.

Dobbs, who know manages a regional area for NamUs that includes Illinois, was the first to turn to the Smithsonian for isotope testing on human remains to aid in cold case investigations. Sullivan is believed to be the third to do so.

Isotope testing of human remains can help show a person's diet, where they spent most of their lives and where the lived most recently. Archaeologists have used this testing on recovered artifacts or remains to provide information about that particular civilization.

For cold case investigations, isotope testing can provide details critical in helping identify people. Teeth, for example, can help provide an area where the person lived as a child, Dobbs said. A person's hair and fingernails provide information on where the person lived at the time of their death.

"Technology continues to get better as far as the science behind DNA," Patrick O'Neil said.

In the case of the John Doe found in Will County, testing done by the Smithsonian narrowed the possible locations he lived to Canada, Alaska, the Northeastern United States, Minnesota or North Dakota. When the man was first found, investigators believed he may have been from Poland. In the case of the two women, the Jane Doe found in 1968 may have grown up in Canada, Newfoundland, Alaska or the Northeastern United States. Testing also showed that in her last year alive, she may have traveled through the Midwest and Southwest. The woman found in 1981 likely grew up in the Upper Midwest, Southwest and Northeastern United States and spent a large portion of her life in the Northeastern United States, Southeast Canada and possibly Nova Scotia and the Upper Midwest.



Will County authorities have turned to the Smithsonian Institution and sketch artists in hopes they will help identify the remains of people found years ago. This is a sketch of what they believe a woman found dead along Interstate 80 in New Lenox in 1981 might have looked like. - Original Credit: Daily Southtown

(namus.gov / HANDOUT)
Sullivan hopes the information — which was added to the NamUs data base — will aid in finally identifying the John and Jane Does from Will County. He noted the NamUs data base also is used to help secure information about missing persons and that information from unidentified persons often is cross-referenced with missing persons reports to see if there is a match.

"The more information we get and the more information the police departments get in (the data base), the better the chance that this program will make a match," Sullivan said.

Information about the unidentified persons cases can be found at www.namus.gov.The three Will County cases mentioned are filed under unidentified persons case numbers 5211 (unidentified female found in 1968), 3153 (unidentified female found in 1981) and 5263 (unidentified male found in 2008).

Alicia Fabbre is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.

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I-55, Will County



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