The police in Oregon says they have recovered the partial remains of “Oak Grove Jane Doe”, evidence that once in the hands of the Police, in the oldest case of the unidentified person of the State, after they killed her almost 80 years ago.
The remains of the unidentified woman were exhumed in the Mountain View cemetery in Oregon City, Oregon, almost 80 years after the partial remains of a woman were discovered on April 12, 1946, in a harp of harp in the Willamette River to the south of Portland in the clackams county, according to the Oregon state police.
Additional remains were found in several other places in July and October of that same year near Willamette Falls, the McLoughlin bridge and again near the original site, police said. The clothing that is believed to belong to the victim was also recovered from the Clackamas River.
“An exam revealed that the victim was a medium -sized white woman, probably between 30 and 50 years, and a small stature. The cause of death was a force of force for the head,” Oregon’s state police said. “After his death, the body was dismembered. The remains were placed in several bags of harp before being discarded in the river.”
Police said the case attracted national attention at that time, but that the victim’s identity was never confirmed.
“In the 1950s, critical evidence, including the victim’s remains, disappeared from police custody, without documentation of their disposition,” police said. “This stopped greater progress in the case.”
The police in Oregon says they have recovered the partial remains of “Oak Grove Jane Doe”, evidence that once in the hands of the Police, in the oldest case of the unidentified person of the State, after they killed her almost 80 years ago.
OREGON STATE POLICE
In 2008, the clackamas county sheriff office reviewed the case again, but the investigators advanced little due to the limited physical evidence that remained.
However, the Human Identification Program of the Oregon State Police learned that the unidentified remains were probably buried in the Mountain View cemetery in the city of Oregon during a later investigation.
“Although the recovered remains degrade, they will undergo advanced forensic tests and analysis with the hope that modern science can achieve what was not possible in the 1940s, identifying the woman known for generations only as’ Oak Grove Jane Doe,” said the police.
“For decades, this case was supposed to resolve, and now, after almost 80 years, we hope to restore the name of this victim and return her identity to history,” said state forensic anthropologist Hailey Collord-Stalder.
Collord-Stalder also thanked the Mountain View cemetery staff, saying: “The cemetery staff has been fundamental to help with this process. They have moved quickly and professionally in support of this important effort. We appreciate their commitment to help us while we work to solve this case.”
