Author Topic: NEPTUNE JANE DOE: WF, 20-30, found in Neptune, NJ - 1 July 1980  (Read 184 times)

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April 5, 1981
A Publisher Extra Newspaper
Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey · Page 17
Publication:
Asbury Park Press i
Location:
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Issue Date:
Sunday, April 5, 1981
Page:
Page 17


Asbury Park Press Sun. April 5, 1981 A17 Neptune police not giving up in murder case By HARRY ZIEGLER Press Staff Writer NEPTUNE She was about 30 years old, with auburn & more plus a Special Purchase hair. She had worn several necklaces, a white metal ring and a bangle bracelet. She may have been employed at a military installation or dated someone who was. Her name is unknown. So is that of her killer. On July 1, 1980, when her decomposed body was discovered in a small creek behind a local bowling alley, she became another unsolved murder statistic. And police here continue their efforts to identify the woman and solve the mystery of her death. "We're grasping at everything that comes along, Lt. Vincent Martin, a member of this township's detective bureau, said in a recent interview. "We haven't given up." "We're constantly checking," said Al Wuestefeld, a detective with the Homicide Division of the Monmouth Coun ty Prosecutor's Office. Wuestefeld has assisted police here.. since the body was discovered last July. ALTHOUGH MURDER cases are often periodically re viewed, many slayings in Monmouth and Ocean counties remain unsolved. But this case is especially difficult, police say. "This one is a tough situation," Martin said. "We've ' heard of no-one reported missing who fits our description of . the victim." Martin said the body was in an advanced state of decomposition when it was uncovered by Rodney Saunders, . Pittsburgh, Pa., as he walked along a dirt path behind Shore Lanes, Route 35, one summer morning. The corpse was sprawled in a small creek that runs behind the bowling ' alley. , , Police had few clues to work with, Martin said, ine body had been there at least two weeks and had become almost unidentifiable. .' "There are incidents when you can reconstruct the body, but in this case it wasn't possible," Martin said. The body was removed by the Monmouth county Medi cal Examiner's Office and examined. What resulted were a;' few clues to the woman's physical identity: She was a Caucasian woman with auburn hair. She was five feet 8 ' inches tall and about 30 years old. A missing portion of the lower Jaw made reconstructing the facial structure MEANWHILE, detectives analyzed articles of clothing and jewelry found on the body. Police found several necklaces around tne victim s necK and a white comb and $27 in cash stuffed in the victim's right sock