I wonder why none of the local papers have picked up on this story.
Her body was found by deer hunters hidden in the woods in a rural part of Wisconsin. Nearly one year later, detectives in Fond du Lac, Wis., still have no idea who she is or how she got there. So they've turned to Facebook, even going as far as getting a court order forcing the social networking site to allow a page for the dead girl after previous attempts to post an information page were found to violate the site's policy.
"Our problem is getting this out because if she's not from our local viewing area, people who are missing somebody aren't going to see what we have," Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Detective Charles Sosinski told ABCNews.com.
They have posted not only a composite photo of the woman created by forensic artists, but an exact replica of the clothing she was wearing. The police Web site shows the clothing posed on a mannequin in several positions.
She is known only as the Fond du Lac "Jane Doe." The police believe she may be Caucasian, but an anthropologist from the University of Wisconsin at Madison told police she could be of Hispanic, Asian or Native American descent.
She's believed to be about 5'1", give or take three inches, and between 15 and 21 years old. Her weight was estimated at 110 to 135 pounds. The anthropologist said an exam showed that she may have been knock-kneed or pigeon toed.
Police aren't disclosing how Jane Doe died, but Soskinski said it was a homicide and that the body had been in the woods since at least September 2008.
Soskinski said the department initially had trouble with its Facebook endeavor. After getting the composite photo in early June, detectives set up profiles for Jane Doe on both Facebook and MySpace, but the former page kept getting taken down.
Soskinski said they had exhausted all traditional methods of identification including checking missing persons reports and handing out photographs. Police determined the manufacturers of the clothing found at the scene and the company sent copies to them for use on the mannequin, he said.
Eventually obtaining the court order July 2 from a Fond du Lac circuit court judge, they were contacted by a Facebook attorney earlier this month who helped set up a page that wouldn't be removed.
Jane Doe's new Facebook page, up since Monday, has nearly 70 fans so far and includes photos and information about the case.
Barry Schnitt, Facebook's director of policy communications, told ABCNews.com that the problem wasn't with the content posted by the Sheriff's Office, but that the fact that they wanted to create a profile, something the site reserves for identified -- and living -- individuals.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8373710 The rest of the story, pictures and a link the her FB page.
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Would some one fix the link for me please? :)
Linked. The little thingy next to the font color icon is what you are looking for. Highlight the text to link from, click that icon and insert the link.
You would think some police department would have a report of a female missing, around that time, with those specifications. With DNA available, and database technology, it is surprising that these bodies can't be identified.
I don't think it is quite that surprising. Nothing says she was from anywhere near where her body was found. Unless she was convicted of a crime in a state where they require DNA samples from convicts, why would her DNA be on file? Is yours? To my knowledge, I have never had my DNA entered into a database of any type so I couldn't be identified that way. I suspect that is true of most of the population.
But if they could identify someone who has been reported missing that matches that description, couldn't they cross reference the DNA of the victim with family members?
KK...Yes they can, mother and/or father.
I still find it amazing someone, mother, father, sister, girl friends, boy friend, employer hasn’t questioned where she is or mentioned it to the police she is missing. And if they have, we sure do have a problem in the missing persons system!
Here is a picture of her on the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s’ web page.
I think some people are just "thrown away." As young as 15, she could have been a runaway, never reported because the parent didn't give a damn or felt better off without her. Or maybe illegal. Who knows? What a shame.
Sad that no one would care enough to report her missing...so sad. So very, very sad.
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