The Lost and the Found

Three hunters found the skeletal remains of this teenaged girl in the woods off Jim Leeds Road, near milepost #42 of the Garden State Parkway in Galloway Township, New Jersey.

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/5221

Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 71-A-388
Date found December 06, 1971 00:00
Date created May 15, 2009 11:11
Date last modified February 04, 2016 10:45
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed May 16, 2009 06:40

Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency NJ Southern Regional Medical Examiner Office
Phone 609-861-3355
Case Manager
Name Donna Fontana
Phone 609.584.5051 x 5656

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Rosemary Calandriello 1952 New Jersey
Cynthia Constantine 1900 New York
Cathy Moulton 1955 Maine
Denise Sheehy 1954 New York
Mary Wesolowski 1958 New York

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/668ufnj.html

The Doe Network: International Center for Unidentified & Missing PersonsCase File: 668UFNJ

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Artistic renderings of the victim (NCMEC & NJSP); Victim's watch


Unidentified Female
Date of Discovery: December 6, 1971
Location of Discovery: Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Estimated Date of Death: Several months prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Possible strangulation

Physical Description

** Listed information is approximate

Estimated Age: 12-18 years old, but likely on the younger side closer to 12-14.
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'1" to 5'5"
Weight: 105-130 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown or auburn, straight and shoulder length. Possible wig - shades of blonde, brown and red brown with the presence of a coloring additive.
Eye Color: Unknown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Extra sacral vertebrae (lower back). Petite build.

Dentals: Available. No restorations; good occlusion. Her teeth were described as “almost perfect”. She had only one carious lesion starting in her lower right molar.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Ribbed blue polo shirt, white/blue/orange vertically striped canvas or cotton hip-hugger bell bottoms slacks, underwear, white bra, and brown leather sandals.

Jewelry: A brown wide leather band bracelet with small brass eyelets all around the band. Attached to the bracelet through some of the eyelets was a small ladies Westclock watch. The watch did not appear to have been originally attached to the leather band but secured separately.

Additional Personal Items: Found inside her pants was a key to a local motel along the Garden State Parkway.

Case History
Three hunters discovered the victim's skeletal remains in the woods off of Jim Leeds Road near milepost #42 of the Garden State Parkway.

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

Agency Name: New Jersey State Police
Agency Contact Person: Donna Fontana or NJSP Office of Forensic Sciences
Agency Phone Number: 609-584-5051 ext 5656 or 609-584-5054

Agency Name: Galloway Township Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-652-3705

Agency Name: Atlantic County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-645-5942

Agency Case Number: ME: 71-A-388; NJSP: H1102014-34; NCMEC: 1122754
NCIC Case Number: U130022970
NamUs Case Number: UP #5221
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

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December 6, 1971-Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Updated about 4 months ago · Taken in Galloway, New Jersey
She was only a child. 12-18 years old, but likely on the younger side closer to 12-14. She had been deceased for several months prior to the discovery of her body. She had to have parents. She had to have somebody in this world who missed her and looked for her. So why does a child this young remain in a grave marked unknown? Why does she remain unclaimed after all these years.

Here is what we know about her.
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - After nearly 38 years, retired police investigator Edward Hepburn is still haunted by the sight of teenage girl's decomposed body and the lingering questions about who she was and how she died.
"I (contacted) every single newspaper I could find," Hepburn said Wednesday. "We got hundreds of tips and eliminated a lot of them, but never came up with a suspect or identified her. ... I never would have thought there were that many young girls missing in the country in 1971, not in my wildest dreams."
Hepburn handled the investigation into remains found Dec. 6, 1971, by a trio of hunters in a wooded area off the Garden State Parkway and Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway Township. Hepburn was a detective lieutenant when he left the Galloway Police Department for the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office seven years later.
The 76-year-old retiree and three current Galloway officers met Wednesday with reporters in an effort to revive the case upon getting new, more accurate estimations of what the girl might have looked like.
"Because of the length of time the case has been dormant and (the fact that) the unidentified victim could be from anywhere, we decided the best thing to do would be to hold a press conference," Chief Patrick Moran said.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_1f3c2168-c12e-5479-bb5d-2b99982226f9.html

Unidentified Female

Date of Discovery: December 6, 1971
Location of Discovery: Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Estimated Date of Death: Several months prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Cause of Death: Possible strangulation
Physical Description

** Listed information is approximate
Estimated Age: 12-18 years old, but likely on the younger side closer to 12-14.
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'1" to 5'5"
Weight: 105-130 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown or auburn, straight and shoulder length. Possible wig - shades of blonde, brown and red brown with the presence of a coloring additive.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Extra sacral vertebrae (lower back). Petite build.
Dentals: Available. No restorations; good occlusion. Her teeth were described as “almost perfect”. She had only one carious lesion starting in her lower right molar.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Ribbed blue polo shirt, white/blue/orange vertically striped canvas or cotton hip-hugger bell bottoms slacks, underwear, white bra, and brown leather sandals.
Jewelry: A brown wide leather band bracelet with small brass eyelets all around the band. Attached to the bracelet through some of the eyelets was a small ladies Westclox watch. The watch did not appear to have been originally attached to the leather band but secured separately.
Additional Personal Items: Found inside her pants was a key to a local motel along the Garden State Parkway.
Case History

Three hunters discovered the victim's skeletal remains in the woods off of Jim Leeds Road near milepost #42 of the Garden State Parkway.

Investigating Agency(s)

If you have any information about this case please contact;
Agency Name: New Jersey State Police
Agency Contact Person: Donna Fontana or NJSP Office of Forensic Sciences
Agency Phone Number: 609-584-5051 ext 5656 or 609-584-5054
Agency Name: Galloway Township Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-652-3705
Agency Name: Atlantic County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 609-645-5942
Agency Case Number: ME: 71-A-388; NJSP: H1102014-34; NCMEC: 1122754
NCIC Case Number: U130022970
NamUs Case Number: UP #5221

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/668ufnj.html
https://identifyus.org/cases/5221
NCMEC http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMU/1122754/1#poster

http://canyouidentifyme.org/AtlanticNewJerseyJaneDoeDecember1971

Atlantic New Jersey Jane Doe December 1971

Doe Alias :
Addy Doe
Date Found :
Monday, December 6, 1971
Location Found:
In a wooded area at Jim Leeds Rd near Milepost # 42 along the Garden State Parkway in Galloway Township, New Jersey.
County Found:
Atlantic
State Found:
New Jersey
Sex:
Female
Age Minimum :
14
Age Maximum:
18
Hair Color:
Brown
Hair Style:
Light Brown
Dental:
Available: Great teeth
Clothing :
Blue cotton shirt, blue/white/orange striped hip hugger pants and brown sandals.
Jewelry:
Westclox watch
DNA Available:
Yes
Fingerprints Available:
N/A
Contact Information:
Atlantic County Medical Examiner’s Office 609-645-5942/ Galloway Police (609) 652-3705 / New Jersey State Ploice (609) 584-5051
Narrative :
http://canyouidentifyme.blogspot.com/2011/09/addy-doe-who-am-i-really.html

Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway Township NJ

From the way I am reading this, it sounds like she was found on the edge of the Parkway, not the edge of Jimmie Leeds Rd. The ramp in this photo is exit #41 at Jimmie Leeds Rd.. That means she was found in those woods beyond the top of the picture. It also means that it probably wasn't a trucker who picked her up at a truck stop, because large trucks aren't allowed on the Garden State Parkway. It was someone in a car.

http://www.officialcoldcaseinvestigations.com/showthread.php?8833-UID-Female-Teen-NJ-1971

UID Female Teen, NJ, 1971

ME/C Contact Information
Name: Donna Fontana
Agency: New Jersey State Police
Phone Number: 609.584.5051 x 5656
E-mail Address: fontana.donna@gw.njsp.org

Case Information
Status: Unidentified
NamUs-UP #: 5221
Case Number: 71-A-388
NCIC Number: N/A
Date Found: 1971-12-06 00:00:00
Date Entered: 2009-05-15 11:11:00
Date Modified: 2009-05-15 11:53:00
GPS Found: N/A
Address Found: NJ
Atlantic County

Demographics and Circumstances
Estimated Age: Adult - Pre 20
Minimum Age: 14 years
Maximum Age: 18 years
Race: White
Ethnicity: N/A
Sex: Female
Weight (lbs.): 118, Estimated
Height (inch): 63, Estimated
Condition: Putrefaction
Probable Year of Death: 1971
Est. Postmortem Interval: N/A Months
DNA Profile Status: Sample available - not yet submitted
Circumstances of Death: Body discovered in woods off of Jim Leeds Road near milepost #42 of the Garden State Parkway in Galloway Township, New Jersey.
Body Details
Skeletal Findings: Extra sacral vertebrae (lower back)

Fingerprint Classification
RT N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
LT N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Fingerprint Comments
N/A

Clothing, Hair, Eyes
Clothing On Body: Ribbed blue cotton or synthetic shirt; white, blue, and orange striped canvas or cotton trouser of the hip-hugger variety; underwear; white bra Footwear: Brown leather sandals
Jewelry: Brown, wide leather band with small brass rings containing a ladies Westclock watch Head Hair: POSSIBLE WIG - shades of blonde, brown and red brown with presence of a coloring additive
Eye Color: Unable to determine

Dental
Dental Summary: One or More Teeth Present, Upper Jaw Present, Lower Jaw Present
Upper
Right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Upper
Left

Lower
Right Lower
Left
32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17

Dental Comments: No restorations Good occlusion