Boone County Jane Doe was a young woman who was found murdered near Interstate 65 in Lebanon, Indiana in 1992. She remains unidentified for over 29 years.
On May 3, 1992, Boone County Jane Doe was discovered by a farmer while he was tending to his crops. She was at the bottom of a hill near an entrance ramp on Interstate 65 in Lebanon, Indiana. The young woman’s body was only wearing a light green or yellow tank top and light green socks. Because of her state of decomposition, her cause of death could not be determined, but because of the circumstances in which she was disposed, detectives are sure that foul play was involved in Jane Doe’s death.
Upon further examinations, Boone County Jane Doe was determined to be a white female between the ages of 17-22, was between 5’3″-5’7″, and weighed about 130 pounds. She had short red or auburn hair, as well as several tattoos. These tattoos included the word “MOM” on her upper right arm, the word “LOVE” with a cross and two hearts on her right breast, a cross tattoo on her right hand between her thumb and index finger. Boone County Jane Doe is suspected to have died 3 to 5 days before she was discovered.
Some time after she was buried, Jane Doe’s remains were exhumed so that a professor from Michigan State University could create a clay facial reconstruction of the young woman. For years, this facial reconstruction was displayed in the Boone County Sheriff’s Office so that someone would eventually recognize her.
Detectives believed that the Jane Doe was possibly picked up by a trucker and looked into this, but no one came forward saying that they had seen her or taken her anywhere. Jane Doe was determined to have been staying in Indiana prior to her death. Despite this information, figuring out Jane Doe’s identity has still been difficult.
In 2018, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office released new facial reconstruction images of what Boone County Jane Doe looked like. These new advanced images may hopefully be what is needed for someone to finally recognize this young woman and give her name back to her. Isotope tests were also taken after her remains where exhumed for a second time, and it was determined that Jane Doe must have been from the southwestern U.S., the Midwest, or the Upper New England states. Hopefully with the new DNA technology available, Boone County Jane Doe’s identity will eventually be revealed.
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https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Boone_County_Jane_Doe_(1992)
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