This month’s Doe brings us back to California. The Ventura County Doe was found stabbed and strangled to death in the summer of 1980. We know who their killer was, so why is this pregnant murder victim still without a name? Let’s explore. Discovery On July 19, 1980, an employee of Westlake High School in …
Tag: Jane Does
The Unnamed: Lisa (MA, 2000)
This month’s Doe case is an extremely frustrating one, so buckle up. There isn’t a whole lot of information publicly available for the investigation into this Doe’s death, and the timeline of events is fairly murky. But we’ll do our best. So what led this Jane Doe into the situation that would eventually kill them? …
The Unnamed: Tempe Girl
This month’s Jane Doe comes with a hefty drug use content warning. The Jane Doe known as Tempe Girl had overdosed less than 24 hours prior to the discovery of their body, meaning we know exactly what they looked like. We have witnesses who spoke to them right before they died. So why has no …
The Unnamed: El Dorado Jane Doe
This month’s Jane Doe case is very, very different than any of the cases I’ve covered in the case. We know details of what this Doe was like in life, because we know her killer and how he spoke to her. However, things are complicated by the fact that the El Dorado Jane Doe was …
The Unnamed: Christy Crystal Creek
This month’s Jane Doe is the only remaining unidentified suspected victim of serial killer Wayne Nance. Nance, who was dubbed the Missoula Mauler, terrorized Montana from 1974 to 1986, and his rampage was only put to an end when his would-be victim shot and killed him during a home invasion. Two of his previously unidentified …
Identified: Rainbow Falls Doe
This month’s Doe case deviates from my attempts to shed more light on BIPOC cases, so to make up for it I will be covering two linked missing men of color next month. I feel that it’s important to show the good news side of true crime as well, so we all remember that these …
The Unnamed: St. Louis Jane Doe
This week we’re going to be discussing a very gruesome Doe case. Before you read on, just know that this post contains details of a violent crime against a child. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Additionally, I won’t be posting any of the photos of the body, but if you …
The Unnamed: I-90 Doe
This post is connected to the last post - Bitter Creek Betty and the I-90 Doe were killed by the same man, Clark Perry Baldwin. Because of this, the section regarding him will be the same as it was in Betty's writeup. The Discovery On April 13, 1992, the decomposing remains were found off the …
The Unnamed: Bitter Creek Betty
I know I just covered a Doe case a few weeks back, but this week we’re going to take a look at another one. Bitter Creek Betty’s case has recently come back into the news because her killer has been caught. He has also been connected to the case of the I-90 Doe, also found …
The Unnamed: Sumter County Does Part II
This is one of the most frustrating Doe cases I’ve ever read about. We have so many clues about these people. They boy had very distinctive features. Why can’t anyone find a string to follow here? This second part was very frustrating to research and is ultimately not satisfying. There are no answers here, and …