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The Cemetery suicide of the unknown woman



(Image: Google Earth)
On the 18th of December 1996 in Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, an unidentified woman was found dead by suicide in the infants section of a small cemetery in Pleasant valley memorial park.

She had premeditated her suicide, leaving a typed note saying:

“Deceased by own hand… Prefer no autopsy. Please order cremation with funds provided. Thank you, Jane Doe.”

She left $100 in the form of two $50 bills to be given to the coroner and the cemetery.

Jane Doe was found on a plastic sheet that she had laid out on the ground. There was a small, decorated 8” Christmas tree nearby.
She had ingested brandy and valium and her blood-alcohol level was 0.14.
She was wearing head phones and listening to a stand-up comedy cassette of “The 2000 year old man” routine by Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks. There was a plastic bag over her head with masking tape making it air tight at the neck.

There were no clues to her identity on her person and no leads for investigators to follow, however the contents of her backpack included:

-A portable cassette player
-2X cassettes including “Monty Python and the holy grail” and “You might be a redneck” by Jeff Foxwirthy.
-2 empty juice bottles

-Roll of masking tape (the same one used to seal the plastic bag around her neck)

The unknown woman was estimated between 50 – 70 years old, Caucasian, around 5”0 tall with curly copper brown hair and a C-section scar.
Her nails were painted with red polish.

Who was the cemetery suicide Jane Doe?
As always guys, if you have any leads on this case, contact:
Northern District Medical Examiner’s Office 703-530-2600
Fairfax County Crime Solvers 800-411-TIPS or 703-691-8888
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http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/missing-johanna-jopie-atalia-gersina-de-haas/

“This unidentified woman committed suicide on December 18, 1996. She left two 50$ bills one for the coroner and one for the cemetery with the same typed note:

Deceased by own hand…prefer no autopsy.

Please order cremation with funds provided.

Thank you, Jane Doe

She was located inside Pleasant Valley Memorial Park, a small cemetery in Annandale, Virginia. There was a clear plastic sheet on the ground. Next to the sheet was an 8″ Christmas tree, adorned with gold balls and red ribbons.

In addition to drinking brandy (she had a 0.14 blood-alcohol level) and swallowing Valium, the victim had two empty juice bottles and a new roll of masking tape in her knapsack.

She had no receipts in her pockets to enable police to trace her movements. She had a portable tape player, the headphones over her ears and had listened to a recording of comedians Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner doing their “2000 year old man” routine.

She had placed a plastic bag over her head and tied it off with tape. This made her suffocate.

The site she chose, Pleasant Valley, probably wouldn’t be known to a drifter. She lay down near the section of the cemetery where infants are buried, but not near any particular grave, and most of the stones nearby were fairly recent.”
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http://doenetwork.org/cases/245ufva.html

The Doe Network: International Center for Unidentified & Missing Persons Case File: 245UFVA







Artistic rendering of the victim; Victim's personal effects and Christmas tree


Unidentified Female
Date of Discovery: December 18, 1996
Location of Discovery: Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia
Estimated Date of Death: Hours prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Suicide
Physical Description
** Listed information is approximate

Estimated Age: 50-70 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 157 lbs.
Hair Color: Auburn or red, almost a copper color, curly.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She had an 8-inch scar on her abdomen, probably from a C-section. Her fingernails were painted red.

Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Samples submitted - Tests not complete

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Teal all-weather Eddie Baur hooded jacket (size M), navy blue Classiques Entier sweater (size L), red Classiques Entier sweater (size XL), red Classiques Entier sleeveless silk shirt (size Petite L), navy blue Classiques Entier knit wool pants (size L), knee-high stockings, white support bra, white Fruit of the Loom underpants (size 6), and black loafers (size 7M). Her clothes may have come from an upscale store such as Saks Fifth Avenue.
Jewelry: Two clip-on earrings, a small gold women's Guess watch with a mesh band, a 14-karat gold ring with four jade stones, and a metal bead chain with a medic alert "NO CODE, DNR, No Penicillin."
Additional Personal Items: Bifocals with translucent frames. A green knapsack that held Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be A Redneck cassette, a tape of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, two empty juice bottles, and a new roll of masking.

Case History

A groundskeeper at the Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery discovered the decedent's body near the section of the cemetery where infants are buried, but not near any particular grave.

There was a clear plastic sheet on the ground with an 8-inch Christmas tree adorned with gold balls and red ribbons. She had a portable tape player with headphones, which were on her ears. A recording of comedians Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner doing their 2000 Year Old Man routine was in the player.

She had committed suicide by drinking brandy (she had a 0.14 blood-alcohol level), swallowing Valium, and placing a plastic bag over her head and tying it off with tape, suffocating herself.

She left two fifty dollar bills; one for the coroner,and one for the cemetery, both with the same typed note: Deceased by own hand...prefer no autopsy. Please order cremation with funds provided. Thank you, Jane Doe.

She had no receipts in her pockets for investigators to trace her movements. Most of the headstones nearby where she was found were fairly recent. The site would probably not be known to a drifter.

Investigating Agency(s)
If you have any information about this case please contact;
Agency Name: Northern District Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 703-530-2600
Agency Name: Fairfax County Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 800-673-2777
Agency Name: Fairfax County Crime Solvers
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 800-411-TIPS or 703-691-8888
Agency Case Number: LE: 96353000549; ME: N1996-41257
NCIC Case Number: U989549567
NamUs Case Number: UP #6279
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.


Information Source(s)
NamUs
National Center for Missing Adults
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https://identifyus.org/en/cases/6279

NamUs UP # 6279


ME/C Case Number: N1996-41257
Fairfax County, Virginia
50 to 70 year old White Female

Case Report - NamUs UP # 6279
Case Information
Status Unidentified

Case number N1996-41257
Date found December 18, 1996 12:10
Date created November 30, 2009 06:20
Date last modified June 12, 2016 13:36
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed December 06, 2009 05:41

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)

Name Constance Di Angelo
Agency Northern District ME Office
Phone 703-530-2603
Case Manager
Name Paul Yoakam
Phone 757 683-8366

Demographics

Estimated age Adult - Pre 70
Minimum age 50 years
Maximum age 70 years
Race White
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) 157, Measured
Height (inches) 60, Measured
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered

Probable year of death 1996 to 1996
Estimated postmortem interval Hours

Circumstances

Location Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1 8420 Little River Turnpike
Address 2 Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery
City Fairfax
State Virginia
Zip code
County Fairfax
Circumstances
Groundskeeper at the Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery found the body of a white female. Two notes at the scene requesting no autopsy and stating she had ingested valium and alcohol prior to death.

Physical
Hair color Red/Auburn
Head hair
hair was almost copper color

Scars and marks
8" scar on midline of abdomen

Prior surgery

Clothing on body
"Eddie Bauer", size-M, Teal jacket.
"Classiques Entier" size- L, navy cardigan sweater.
"Classiques Entier" size-XL, red sweater.
"Classiques Entier" size-Petite L, sleeveles red silk shirt.
"Classiques Entier" size-L, navy knit wool pants.
Knee high stockings.
White sport bra (no tag).
White "Fruit of the Loom", size-5, underpants.

Clothing with body

Footwear
A pair of black loafer shoes, size- 7M.
Jewelry
Metal bead chain with medic alert pendant engraved with "NO CODE, DNR, No penicillin".
A pair of earrings.
A watch.
A gold tone ring with green stones.

Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA

Status: Samples submitted - Tests not complete
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https://identifyus.org/en/cases/6279

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Name Constance Di Angelo
Agency Northern District ME Office
Phone 703-530-2603
Case Manager
Name Paul Yoakam
Phone 757 683-8366

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Teresa Abeja 1953 California
Geneva Adams 1922 Missouri
Linda Adams 1963 Washington
Frances Allen 1937 Kentucky
Kimberly Allen 1958 Wyoming
Dawn Amlo 1949 Connecticut
Carla Anderson 1964 Minnesota
Cynthia Anderson 1961 Ohio
Denise Anderson 1948 California
Denise Anderson 1948 California
Katherine Anderson 1954 Maryland
Eva Arehart 1922 Michigan
Ina Arnall 1934 Oklahoma
Maureen Baca 1950 California
Nancy Baird 1952 Utah
Lynn Baltzley 1962 Missouri
Dixie Barker 1926 Kentucky
Teresa Barnett 1956 Texas
Kathleen Bennett 1960 Michigan
Marie Blee 1964 Colorado
Lina Borges 1959 California
Linda Bowdre 1948 Ohio
Georgiana Breckenridge 1939 California
Kimberly Britts 1963 Virginia
Carlene Brown 1955 Wyoming
ROBIN BULL 1945 Washington
Mary Burns 1947 Washington
Sandra Butler 1962 Nevada
Patricia Calloway 1954 Kentucky
Sharman Carey 1956 Washington
Peggy Case 1960 Utah
Josephine Chatraw 1948 New York
Debra Childers 1954 North Carolina
Janet Clark 1955 Michigan
Rose Cole 1956 California
Cynthia Coleman 1963 California
Patricia Colyer 1948 Washington
Shelia Cooper 1952 Kentucky
Tina Coverdale 1963 Delaware
Andrea Coyle 1948 Pennsylvania
Rebecca Crist 1962 Virginia
Wilda Cross 1953 Louisiana
Frances Crownover 1953 Tennessee
BEATRICE CUBELOS 1950 New Mexico
Lois Darnopuk 1956 New York
Sherry Daughtery 1963 Arizona
Evelyn Davis 1962 Ohio
Deborah Dean 1961 Missouri
Eva Debruhl 1962 South Carolina
Jennifer DeLap 1951 Oregon
LORREE DENNIS 1965 Nevada
Patricia DePunte 1957 New Jersey
Josephine Despard 1958 New York
Audrey Dill 1946 Iowa
Linne Dominelli 1950 California
Kelly Dove 1961 Virginia
Debra Duncan 1957 Michigan
Lilli Dunn 1951 Michigan
Wendy Eaton 1959 Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Eisel 1962 Washington
Ann Ellinwood 1965 Oregon
Debbie Escalante 1960 New Mexico
Mary Etter 1959 Oklahoma
Sherry Eyerly 1963 Oregon
Marsha Ferber 1941 West Virginia
JENNIE FISHER 1953 Florida
Teresa Fittin 1957 Florida
Laura Flink 1947 Washington
Melanie Flynn 1952 Kentucky
Iva Foss 1901 New York
Francine Frost 1938 Oklahoma
Audree Gagne 1935 Nevada
Rachael Garden 1964 New Hampshire
DAVETTE GAUNT 1959 California
Rose Gayhart 1962 Florida
Mae Gebhard 1915 California
Judith Geurin 1945 New York
Pamela Golden 1949 Arkansas
Donna Gonzales 1964 Louisiana
Arisoneide Gosselin 1960 California
Linda Grimm 1961 California
Clara Grunst 1963 Missouri
Anita Gunn 1953 Virginia
Heather Guy 1953 Washington
Billie Hall 1960 Maryland
Gina Hall 1962 Virginia
Lynda Hanley 1948 Rhode Island
Marchelle Hansen 1964 Wisconsin
Nelda Hardwick 1959 Louisiana
Karen Harmon 1956 Oregon
Darla Harper 1960 Arkansas
Donna Harris 1956 Virginia
Donna Harris 1956 Virginia
Cindy Haumann 1959 Arizona
Katherine Heckel 1951 Pennsylvania
Charlotte Heimann 1954 New York
Rogene Helm 1952 Oklahoma
Ashley Higgins 1962 California
Mary Carol Hill - Frederick 1957 Florida
Sherri Holland 1962 Florida
Susan Hoppes Bennett 1948 Washington
Frankie Horsley 1964 North Carolina
June Howard 1951 Washington
Mary Hunter 1960 Washington
Elba Irizarry 1951 New Jersey
Gail Joiner 1959 Florida
Suzanne Justis 1950 Oregon
Gail Katz-Bierenbaum 1956 New York
Joyce Kennedy 1933 Washington
Debra Kent 1957 Utah
Nahita Khatib 1946 Wisconsin
Debra Kidwell 1952 California
Frances Kiefer 1949 Pennsylvania
Tracy King 1960 Pennsylvania
Shirley Klemgard 1940 New York
Hazel Klug 1962 Virginia
Gloria Korzon 1943 Pennsylvania
Marilyn Koski 1953 Oregon
Renee LaManna 1958 New Jersey
Peggy Lammon 1961 Michigan
Elaine Lehtinen 1945 California
Sherrill Levitt 1944 Missouri
Velda Leyba 1953 New Mexico
Dorothy Limestahl 1939 Minnesota
Dagmar Linton 1926 Washington
Lillian Lipscomb 1921 New York
Lori Lloyd 1961 Ohio
Ella Beth Lodermeier 1948 South Dakota
Sheree Magaro 1956 Maryland
Tammy Mahoney 1961 New York
Cynthia Maine 1959 California
Anne Manchester 1954 Delaware
Donna Manson 1954 Washington
Susan Marable 1956 Washington
Donda Martino 1961 Tennessee
Elisabeth Martinson 1960 California
Sandra Matott 1942 Utah
Deborah McCall 1963 Illinois
MARINTHIA MCCOY 1963 Florida
Teresa McKinley 1952 California
Martha McNiel 1959 North Carolina
Patricia Meehan 1951 Montana
Kathleen Meyers 1962 Delaware
Stephanie Miles 1961 Washington
Barbara Miller 1959 Pennsylvania
Frances Morales 1962 New Jersey
Sheri Muhleman 1964 California
Pamela Nater 1946 Florida
Madalene Neace 1955 Ohio
Barbara Nunez 1956 California
DEBBY OBERG 1954 Nevada
Deborah Owens 1955 California
Juanita Oxenrider 1947 Maryland
Barbara Paciotti 1949 Minnesota
Laurie Partridge 1957 Washington
Jan Pattinson 1955 Michigan
Susan Pearson 1935 Montana
Kathleen Pehringer 1947 Wyoming
Karen Penson 1952 Washington
Kristina Perkins 1953 Arizona
Rose Peterson 1948 Michigan
Robyn Pettinato 1960 Montana
Babette Phillips 1959 Louisiana
Evelyn Piper 1940 Alabama
ADA PLA 1933 Florida
Deborah Post 1961 Massachusetts
Behdokht Pyke 1952 Florida
Angela Ramsey 1961 Florida
Juanita Reedy 1943 West Virginia
Marcia Remick 1962 Virginia
Edna Reynolds 1921 New Mexico
Teresa Rhodes 1962 Pennsylvania
BEVERLY RIBLEY 1946 California
Dorothy Richardson 1960 Texas
Simone Ridinger 1960 Massachusetts
Anne Riggin 1956 Pennsylvania
Isabel Rizzo 1953 New York
Anne Robinson 1930 California
Lonene Rogers 1951 Pennsylvania
Martha Rooks 1936 Colorado
Guadalupe Rosales 1924 Michigan
Hannah Rowell 1964 California
Veronica Safranski 1956 Minnesota
Cheryl Scherer 1959 Missouri
Juliana Schubert 1959 Washington
Jeanne Scrima 1935 New York
Linda Seymour 1947 Illinois
Denise Sheehy 1954 New York
Jami Sherer 1963 Washington
Nancy Shoupp 1963 Colorado
Barbara Shumac 1953 Pennsylvania
Terry Slaugenhoupt 1962 Pennsylvania
Betty Smith 1942 New Jersey
Dale Smith 1933 Georgia
Verna Smith 1919 California
Sharon Sons 1965 Kentucky
Sally Stone 1964 Idaho
Mary Ann Switalski 1946 Illinois
Linda Taylor 1948 Tennessee
Flora Tobin 1936 Louisiana
Donna Urban 1959 Delaware
Darline Vaughan 1950 Virginia
Wilma Vermaas 1952 California
Debra Vowell 1957 California
Kathi Warren 1956 North Carolina
Mary Watkins 1925 California
Cherry Weaver 1941 Florida
Julie Weflen 1958 Washington
Vernette Wester 1947 Arizona
Joanne Williams 1956 Pennsylvania
Karen Wilson 1963 New York
Candace Wright 1947 Wisconsin
Jennifer Wyant 1958 Tennessee
Jerry Yell 1940 Oklahoma
Karen Zendrosky 1963 New Jersey
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A groundskeeper at the Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery in Annandale, Virginia found this well dressed woman near the infant's burial section. She had placed clear plastic on the ground and decorated a small Christmas tree. She had a tape player with a recording by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner from the 2000 Year Old Man. She committed suicide by drinking brandy, swallowing Valium, and covering her head with plastic to suffocate herself. She left a typed note and cash for the cemetery and the coroner.
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The first order of business was to take a closer look at the class ring. A jeweler confirmed that it was a woman's ring, size 9.5. It had been upsized twice, from an original 7.5, and this would have wiped out any markings, like initials or school activities, that might have been inside the band.

Balfour, the ring's Austin-based manufacturer, did not have records from 1975. And that year's graduating class of Robert E. Lee High was about 650 students, meaning at least 300 girls. Students could choose from several colored stones that year. Rosser and Coffman faced the possibility of having to track down 300 female graduates to see who bought a blue stone, and how many of those women parted with their rings prior to 1990. Coffman and Rosser released the information about the ring to the media in late August or early September 2006.


http://www.houstonpress.com/news/cold-case-6540443


This is important information about the ring. It had been upsized from a 7.5 to a 9.5.
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