The Lost and the Found

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP101Female, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found
May 6, 1988
Location Found
Owenton, Kentucky
Estimated Age Range
25-40 Years

Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number
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ME/C Case Number
ME-88-305

Demographics
Sex
Female
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian

Estimated Age Group
Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years)
25-40
Estimated Year of Death
1988
Estimated PMI
Days
Height
5' 5"(65 inches) , Measured
Weight
120 lbs, Measured

Circumstances
Type
Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found
May 6, 1988
NamUs Case Created
June 29, 2007
ME/C QA Reviewed
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Location Found Map
Location
Owenton, Kentucky
County
Owen County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)
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Circumstances of Recovery
Found in open field.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
One or more limbs not recovered
Condition of Remains
Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction

Physical Description
Hair Color
Brown
Head Hair Description
dark brown/black with some gray
Body Hair Description
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Facial Hair Description
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Left Eye Color
Unknown
Right Eye Color
Unknown
Eye Description
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Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Tattoo"STEVE" crude home made tattoo on upper right arm
Case Photo

Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Accessories brown nylon blouse, white men's Winner's Choice tennis shoes size 5 1/2, faded jeans, blue bra found near by body. Near the Body
Clothing mens black or dark brown socks with green toes only On the Body



Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Accessories brown nylon blouse, white men's Winner's Choice tennis shoes size 5 1/2, faded jeans, blue bra found near by body. Near the Body
Clothing mens black or dark brown socks with green toes only On the Body

Investigating Agencies
CASE OWNER
Kentucky State Police
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Agency Case Number
05-88-0277
Endre Samu, Detective/Trooper
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Case Contributors
Amy Burrows-Beckham, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office
(502) 489-5209

https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Owen_County_Jane_Doe

Owen County Jane Doe

Owen County Jane Doe was a female murdered in Kentucky in 1988. She was found on Highway 330, in a open field close to the road.

Physical Characteristics
The victim had dark brown and with some grey hair, cut in a bobbed style.
Her body was too decomposed to determine eye color.
She had a poorly homemade tattoo of the name "STEVE" on her upper arm.
Multiple healed fractures, nasal, sphenoid, maxillary zygomatic, along with a rib (L2), the fractures were estimated to be healed for 1-2 years before death.
The victim had no teeth.

Clothing
Dark brown or black men's socks with green toes.
Brown nylon blouse (near the body)
Winner's choice men's tennis shoes size 5 1/2 (near the body)
Faded blue jeans (near the body)
A blue bra (near the body)  

Owen County Jane Doe



Sex Female
Race White
Location Owenton, Kentucky
Found May 6, 1988
Unidentified for 31 years
Postmortem interval Days
Body condition Decomposed
Age approximation 25-40
Height approximation 5'5-5'7
Weight approximation 120 pounds
Cause of death Strangulation