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LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - Feb 1
971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 11:40 am
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Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee or Little Miss Panasoffkee is the
name given to an unidentified young woman found on February 19,
1971, in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida
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It is
believed that she was a murder victim.
The murder remains unsolved despite the forensic reconstruction
of the victim's face in 1971 and 2012. The case was featured on
the television show Unsolved Mysteries
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in 1993.
On February 19, 1971, two teenage hitchhikers
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discovered a partially
submerged body floating beneath a highway overpass in Lake
Panasoffkee, Florida
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/>Authorities retrieved the fully clothed, badly decomposed body
of a young woman from the lake. The body had no identification
papers.
The body was dressed in a green shirt, green plaid
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pants, and a green floral
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poncho
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Also found were a white
gold
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watch and a gold
necklace
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On her ring finger
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there was a gold ring
with a transparent stone, indicating that she may have been
married.
A forensic examination of the remains was conducted by Dr.
William Schutze. Schutze concluded that the victim had been
killed about 30 days before being found. A man's size–36 belt
was fastened around her neck, strongly indicatingstrangulation
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as the cause of
death.
The body was exhumed
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in February 1986 for
further forensic examination.
The woman was determined to have been between 17 and 24 years
old when she died, weighing about 115 pounds. She had dark hair,
brown eyes, and prominent cheekbones. She was between 5 feet, 2
inches and 5 feet, 5 inches in height. She had received
extensive dental work, including numerous silver tooth fillings
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She had a porcelain
crown on one of her upper right teeth.
It was determined that she had borne at least two children
before her death. One of her ribs had been fractured at the time
of death, leading investigators to theorize that the killer had
possibly knelt on her while he strangled her with the belt.
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Additional facial reconstruction of the victim.
Investigators initially believed the woman to be either of
European
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or Native
American
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/>ancestry. A further exhumation
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and examination of the
remains, conducted in 2012, established that she was of European
descent. An examination of Harris lines
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in the victim's bones
indicated that an illness or malnutrition
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had briefly arrested
her growth in childhood.
Examining the lead
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isotopes
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in the victim's teeth, a
geological scientist deduced that the victim had undoubtedly
spent her childhood and adolescence in southern Europe close to
the sea — most likely south of the Greek city of Athens
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— until within a
year of her murder. The geological scientist, George Kamenov,
pinpointed the most likely place as the fishing port of Laurium
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Greece.
Given that there is a large Greek-American population in Tarpon
Springs
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(about 117
kilometers (73 mi) from Lake Panasoffkee), and that the victim
had been dead for about 30 days and had likely lived in Greece,
it was possible to conclude that she had traveled to the United
States to attend an Epiphany
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celebration.
Forensic examination of her hair supported the theory that she
had been visiting temporarily. This was indicated by the fact
that she had been in Florida for less than two months before her
death.
An orthopedic surgery
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procedure,
known as the "Watson-Jones" technique, had been performed on her
right ankle when she was about 16 years old. This
operation—which involved stretching the tendon
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by screws drilled into the
bone—would most likely have been performed to rectify a chronic
instability which would likely have seen the victim sprain her
ankle several times before the operation. Periostitis
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was found in her right
leg, which may have been discomforting and noticeable to the
victim.
A further development with the case occurred when it was
featured on a Greek crime show. A woman came forward to say she
believed the facial reconstructions looked like a girl she knew
called Konstantina. She and Konstantina attended a prep school
in Greece, where they were trained to be domestic help. After
finishing the course, the school sent their students abroad to
Australia or America as part of a two-year work contract. The
school was funded by the International Organisation for
Migration. The woman lost contact with Konstantina when she was
sent to Australia and Konstantina to America. Konstantina
arrived in America in exactly the same time as the forensic
testing indicated the victim
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 11:43 am
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Little Miss Panasoffkee
Real Name: Unrevealed
Nicknames: Little Miss Panasoffkee
Location: Panasoffkee, Florida
Date: February 19, 1971
Details: On February 19, 1971, two teenagers hitchhiking along
Interstate 75 found the body of a murdered girl who had been
tossed from the Lake Panasoffkee Bridge in Florida. The woman
was in her late teens or early twenties, carried no
identification, and had been dead for several weeks. Police were
unable to identify the woman or locate her killer, and she was
laid to rest six months later. Ten years later, the case was
re-opened by Sheriff Jamie Adams and her body was exhumed.
Sheriff Adams had forensic anthropologist William Maples
investigate the body of the young woman. He discovered that she
had orthopedic surgery to her right ankle, which was done by
drilling holes in the leg bone and then wound the tendon, by the
Watson-Jones technique. Sheriff Adams next contacted forensic
artist Linda Galeener, who made new composite sketches of the
woman along with age regression sketches to show how the victim
may have looked at younger ages. Flyers were sent by Sheriff
Adams throughout the country with the new sketches, but her
identity remains a mystery. The woman was estimated to be 5'2",
about 100 pounds, and approximately 20 years old. She had great
amounts of surgery done to her legs and extensive dental work.
She had also given birth to at least one child. Police suspect
the woman may have been well-cared for, left a family behind,
and might have been a runaway.
Suspects: Police believe that after the woman is identified, her
killer would be identified as well. The killer might have worn a
man's size 36 belt.
Extra Notes: This segment originally aired on the October 14,
1992 episode of Unsolved Mysteries. It was also profiled on Cold
Case Files
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Photograph of "Konstantina"
Results: Unresolved. In 2012, a new analysis of her isotopes
unveiled her origins to be from Greece. In the fall of 2012, her
case was featured on a Greek missing persons show. A viewer
called in and identified the unidentified woman as a friend of
hers, "Konstantina," who had a brother serving in the Navy near
Lavrio. She said that the two both went to a school in Kifisia,
a suburb of Athens, and were taught home economics. The caller,
Konstantina, and several other girls were part of a program for
the school that sent them to either the United States or
Australia, with a two year contact for work. The caller said
that she had lost contact with Konstantina when they were both
sent to separate countries; the caller to Australia, and
Konstantina to the United States in 1970. When the Greek show
was updated, another viewer called in claiming that two other
girls went to the United States with Konstantina and that their
whereabouts were also unknown. However, a daughter of one of the
girls allegedly with Konstantina saw the updated show and called
to say her mother was alive and was actually sent to Australia,
not the United States. As of yet, no new leads have surfaced on
the whereabouts of Konstantina, suggesting that she may actually
be "Little Miss Panasoffkee." However, a positive identification
has not yet been determined as Konstantina's relatives have not
been located. Her killer has never been identified.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 11:48 am
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[b]Unidentified White Female[/b]
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[*]The victim was discovered on February 19, 1971 in Lake
Panasoffkee, Sumter County, Florida
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[*]Estimated Date of Death: Two to three weeks prior to
discovery
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[*]Killed by Homicide by strangulation
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Vital Statistics
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[*]Estimated age: 17-24 years old - believed to be in her early
20's
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[*]Approximate Height and Weight: 5'2 to 5'5; 110-120 lbs.
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[*]Distinguishing Characteristics: Possibly mixed with Native.
Dark hair and brown eyes.
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[*]Skeletal Findings: Orthopedic surgery had been performed on
her right ankle due to instability in the ankle. The procedure,
known as a "Watson-Jones" technique, involved drilling two small
holes in the ankle bone and winding a tendon through them. The
surgery probably occurred between 1967 and 1970. She had given
birth to at least one child.
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[*]Clothing: A shawl with a green and white print; plaid green
pants; a solid green shirt
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[*]Jewelry: A white gold ladies Baylor wrist watch on her left
hand, a yellow gold ring with a clear stone on her left ring
finger and a small/thin gold necklace
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[*]Dentals: Available. She had extensive dental work, suggesting
she received regular healthcare
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[*]DNA: Available.
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Case History
The victim's decomposed body was spotted in Lake Panasoffkee by
two hitchhikers crossing the Panasoffkee bridge on February 19,
1971.
Police were notified and it was quickly determined that the girl
had been strangled by a man's size 36 belt, which was still
around her throat.
Forensic artist Linda Galeener created a composite of the
victim. When no one came to claim her body, Galeener was asked
to create age-regression drawings, showing what the girl may
have looked like at ages 6 and 12. Again, no one identified her.
The victims is nicknamed "Little Miss Panasoffkee" and it is
quite possible that she was a runaway.
Authorities believe she was murdered else where and dumped off
the bridge.
The victim came to the United States within one to three months
of her death. It has been determined that she was of Greek
descent and could have arrived in the U.S. directly from there
just prior to her death. It is also possible that she could have
come from or been directly related to Greek residents of
Lavrion, Greece, based on dental testing.
Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
Detective Darren Norris 352-569-1600
[email=dnorris@sumtercountysheriff.org]E-Mail[/email]
OR
District 5 Medical Examiner
352-326-5961
[email=dona.faber@marioncountyfl.org]Email[/email]
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.
Agency Case Number:
A-10-71
NCIC Number:
U276515052
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with
information regarding this case.
Source Information:
Unsolved Mysteries episode from 1991
Daily Sun
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NamUs
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 11:51 am
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
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Unquiet Rest
by Robert A. Waters
Sometime in the waning winter of 1971, a young woman was
murdered. Her killer placed a leather belt around her neck,
pulled it tight, and held on until the girl quit struggling.
Then he dumped her off a bridge in central Florida.
She has no name. Or at least not a name that anybody knows.
Shortly after she died, the young woman was discovered floating
in the black acidic waters just beneath the Lake Panasoffkee
Bridge on Interstate 75. For nearly forty years, all efforts to
identify her have failed.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has investigated the case
with a fierce doggedness. Before the advent of computers,
investigators sent out flyers describing the case to thousands
of police agencies across the country. They contacted the news
media in hopes of generating stories about the case.
Investigators even contacted the popular television show
“Unsolved Mysteries” and the case was featured in a chilling
segment that has been repeated many times. In the beginning,
numerous leads came in--all were investigated, including
hundreds of calls from parents who thought the remains might be
their missing daughter.
In 1986, Sheriff James Adams gave the woman a nickname: “Little
Miss Lake Panasoffkee.” He arranged for her body to be exhumed
and examined by forensic anthropologist Dr. William Maples. In
addition to what was already known, the autopsy uncovered
several key facts about the young woman.
She was Caucasian with possibly a touch of Native American
ancestry. She was five-feet-two and weighed about 100 pounds.
The woman was between 18 and 23 years of age, and had given
birth to at least one child, probably two. At some point in her
life, the woman had been well-taken care of. She had extensive
dental work which included silver fillings and a porcelain cap.
An orthopedic surgical procedure known as the Watson-Jones
technique had repaired a weakness in her right ankle that caused
her to fall and sprain it many times. After learning of the
Watson-Jones procedure, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office
advertised in medical journals hoping to jog the memory of some
doctor who might have performed the surgery.
Several composite sketches have been done over the years. They
were shown on “Unsolved Mysteries” and have been publicized over
the Internet.
Investigators theorize that Little Miss Panasoffkee was raised
in a caring family that provided for her. At some point,
possibly in her teens, her life may have gone off track. At the
time of her death, four lower and two upper teeth were missing,
pointing to a later lack of dental care or violence. The young
woman may have become estranged from her family. “We believe
it’s a person from a disenfranchised family,” said Captain Gary
Brannen. “[She’s] not in the family fold, so to speak.”
Recently, a section of one of the girl’s bones was sent to the
FBI for genetic analysis. A DNA profile was extracted, so if her
family is ever located, she can be identified and returned home.
A few other pieces of information are available: Little Miss
Panasoffkee was probably right-handed; she was wearing a thin
gold-colored neck chain; she wore a gold-colored ring with a
transparent stone on her right hand; and she had a
seventeen-jewel Baylor watch on her left wrist.
Little Miss Panasoffkee’s killer has escaped justice for four
decades. It is unlikely that he’ll ever be caught.
While the murderer has gone about his own life, the lost soul of
an unknown daughter rests fitfully in a grave far away from
home. In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus tells of a
straying child who “came to his senses” and returned home to his
father. Little Miss Panasoffkee never had that chance.
If anyone has any information about this case, please contact
Captain Gary Brannen at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office by
telephone at (352) 793-0222 or (352) 793-0278.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
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Clues emerge in cold case murder that may be tied to Tarpon
Springs
By Peter Jamison, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:03pm
TARPON SPRINGS — It's the stuff of popular mystery fiction: A
young woman from a European village disappears in Florida in the
wake of Epiphany, the Greek Orthodox celebration that annually
attracts thousands to the coastal community of Tarpon Springs.
The story might be true. It might not. But Sumter County
Sheriff's Office Detective Darren Norris thinks he knows how it
ends — with a rotting body floating in a lake fringed by pine
woods in Central Florida.
In fact, the end of the story is the only part that's certain.
On Feb. 19, 1971, hitchhikers discovered a woman's corpse
beneath the Interstate 75 bridge over the marshy southern rim of
Lake Panasoffkee north of Bushnell.
She was carrying no ID. With what remained of the body, a
medical examiner determined she was strangled and had probably
been dumped in the lake at least 30 days before she was found.
She was buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, then
exhumed in 1986 for re-examination. A 1993 episode of Unsolved
Mysteries highlighted the case of the Jane Doe who had become
known as "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee."
Decades passed. No leads emerged. It became one of those cold
cases kicked around at every police agency, passed from one
generation of homicide investigators to the next.
Then, earlier this year, Norris came across an article on
forensics innovations spearheaded by an anthropology professor
at the University of South Florida.
Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee was getting ready to emerge again
into the public eye, and this time, investigators believed she
could be traced to the Tampa Bay area. Whether the rest of her
story would emerge this time was anyone's guess.
Erin Kimmerle is a Tampa forensic anthropologist with a
reputation for helping to crack seemingly insoluble cold cases.
Her USF lab's Cold Case Project has pioneered methods for
attaching names to unidentified bodies discovered in the state
of Florida.
When Norris read about her work, he thought she could lend a
hand with his 41-year-old cold case. He was right.
Working from photographs and detailed police records of the
corpse and rags of clothing found in Lake Panasoffkee in 1971,
Kimmerle's lab developed the most complete picture yet of the
victim.
She was young — between 17 and 24 years old, the lab
hypothesized — and petite, less than 5 feet 5 inches tall and
about 115 pounds. She had dark hair and brown eyes, prominent
cheekbones and a strong nose. At the time she was killed, she
was wearing green plaid pants, a matching green shirt and a
green floral poncho.
The woman's skeletal structure suggested she was of European
descent, Kimmerle said. High-density strands in her bones,
called Harris Lines, indicated she had endured some kind of
childhood ailment that briefly arrested her growth — perhaps
malnutrition or sickness.
It was all new information to the Sumter County Sheriff's
Office.
"It's not uncommon at all that when we reanalyze cold cases, we
get new information," Kimmerle said.
Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee's remains were sent to George
Kamenov in the department of geological sciences at the
University of Florida. Kamenov tried to determine where she was
from by studying the lead isotopes in her teeth.
His method is based on the way elements from the environment
leave their traces in the human body. Lead accumulates in
children's teeth as they mature, until the tooth enamel seals
off what can be viewed as a kind of snapshot of the place they
lived.
The method is particularly useful in guessing whether somebody
was born in Europe or the United States, Kamenov said. The teeth
of those who grew up in Europe carry a distinctive lead signal,
since European countries used leaded gasoline from Australia at
a time when North American countries did not.
Kamenov went further. Comparing Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee's
lead levels to those on record in various parts of Europe, he
was able to pinpoint her possible hometown: Lavrion, a small
fishing port southeast of Athens, Greece.
Detectives had never worked from so detailed a picture of Little
Miss Lake Panasoffkee. It got them thinking: Not too far down
I-75 was a large Greek community that sprawled from Clearwater
through Tarpon Springs up to New Port Richey.
The drive from those towns to the area where the body was dumped
would have taken almost two hours. But maybe it wasn't too far
for whoever had strangled Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee, a person
who might not have wanted to deposit a victim too close to home.
Her estimated time of death would have fallen in the weeks after
Epiphany. Could she have traveled from Greece to Florida to
celebrate?
"I was excited. Everyone here was excited," Norris said. "It
gave us a much better place to target. Now we have the
information that might actually lead us to identify this person,
and maybe even solve the case."
On Friday, Norris mailed almost 6,000 pamphlets to residents and
businesses in Tarpon Springs. He's hoping that someone might
recognize the composite sketch of the dead woman that stares out
impassively from the flyer with brown, almond-shaped eyes. He
has approached the Tarpon Springs Police Department and
community leaders in the hope of new leads. It could be that
whoever killed Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee is still alive and
in the area, he believes.
"Anything's possible," he said
It's also entirely possible that the quest for a gulf coast
connection will be futile.
The biographical and geographical profile of Little Miss Lake
Panasoffkee pieced together by scientists deals in
probabilities, not certainties. It could be she was of Latino or
Native American descent, though the likelihood of European
descent is stronger.
Even a measure as precise as the lead isotopes in her teeth is
open to divergent interpretations.
"Let's say her house was painted with leaded paint from Europe.
She would gather up the same signal in her teeth," Kamenov said.
"That's why we cannot be 100 percent sure."
Even if she was from Greece, "We don't have anything that could
pinpoint that this victim was from here," said Tarpon Springs
Police Capt. Jeffrey Young. He said police have scoured their
records for reports of missing persons or crimes in the 1970s
that might be connected to the unidentified woman, and have
turned up nothing.
Father Michael Eaccarino, dean of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, said that while tens of thousands
attend the town's renowned Epiphany celebration on Jan. 6, most
visitors are from the United States, not Greece, which has its
own prominent celebrations.
Asked whether he thought it likely someone would travel from
Greece to Tarpon Springs for Epiphany, Eaccarino said, "I really
can't picture it. But stranger things have happened."
Stranger things have happened. A 41-year-old corpse was revived
through modern forensics into a portrait of a living woman, down
to the plaid pants she was wearing when she was strangled. A
close look at her teeth pointed to a village on the
Mediterranean Sea as the place where she grew up.
Norris is optimistic that someone, somewhere in the Greek
communities of Pinellas or Pasco, will know something about her,
about what happened. As he says, anything's possible.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
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Little Miss “P”
Authorities hope to identify a woman found strangled in Lake
Panasoffkee, Florida.
Flyers were sent around the country
Lake Panasoffkee lies in the heart of the vast Florida wetlands.
Crossing the lake’s eastern shore is Interstate 75, which
connects Florida with the rest of the Southeast. On February 19,
1971 two teenagers were hiking along the Interstate, heading
north from Tampa, when they noticed the outline of a human form
in the shallow water. Authorities retrieved the badly decomposed
body of a young woman. She appeared to have been strangled: a
man’s size 36 belt was still wrapped around her throat
Investigators determined that the woman may have been in her
late teens or early twenties. She had no identification and had
been dead for approximately three weeks. They were unable to
find the killer, nor determine the woman’s identity. No one came
forward to claim the body. After six months, the young woman was
laid to rest beneath a small metal marker that simply read,
“Jane Doe - 1971”
Her body was exhumed for clues
Ten years later, Jamie Adams became the Sheriff of Sumter
County. He began to review the department’s unsolved cases, and
was particularly disturbed by the murder of this young woman:
“It bothered me that this young girl had never been identified.
And being a daddy and a granddaddy, I just couldn’t accept the
fact that somebody out there couldn’t come forward and let us
know who this young girl was. It was something that I had to do
and I just feel deeply that it’s a mission that I’ve got to
accomplish.”
A year after he took office, Sheriff Adams officially re-opened
the case. He obtained a court order to have the body exhumed.
Dr. William Maples, one of the nation’s foremost forensic
anthropologists, was brought in to assist with the new
investigation:
“The re-examination of the remains, ordered by Sheriff Adams,
gave us a piece of information that is crucial. Something that
wouldn’t have been known had it not been for Sheriff Adams. And
that was that she had orthopedic surgery to her right ankle.
This was done by an orthopedic surgeon, who wound a tendon
through holes drilled in the bones of the ankle. It is a Watson
Jones, or modified Watson Jones technique. The family or the
physician may remember this.”
She had orthopedic surgery on her right ankle
Sheriff Adams next contacted Linda Galeener, a forensic artist
renowned for her ability to create accurate composite drawings
based on skeletal remains:
“One of the first things we do is get photos of the skulls and
it’s important for those to be to scale, the same size of the
skull. We use the crime lab to do that. And they bring forth
photos of a profile and facial front of the skull. Then an
artist will sit down, and we’ll put either tissue paper or some
type of matte acetate over it so we can still see the
photograph, and draw over it. And we actually plot the tissue
depth using charts. And you just mold that face until it comes
to life on paper.”
Next, Sheriff Adams asked Linda to create age regression
drawings of how the victim might have appeared at the age of
twelve and at the age of six. According to Jamie Adams, this
technique had never before been used in law enforcement:
]“I needed something that would put her back in time, with the
hopes that maybe a school teacher, a Sunday School teacher, even
a classmate that had gone to school with her would say, ‘Well,
she’s in the fifth grade or the first grade that we remember.’”
Sheriff Adams has mailed flyers to more than 3,000 law
enforcement agencies throughout the United States and Canada. He
has contacted hundreds of hospitals, and followed up hundreds of
leads. Still, the identity of Little Miss Panasoffkee remains a
mystery.
The young woman was 5’2” tall, weighed about 100 pounds and was
approximately 20 years old. In addition to the “Watson Jones”
surgical technique that had been performed on her ankle, the
young woman had extensive dental work, including crowns, caps
and fillings. The examination also revealed that she had given
birth to at least one child. These clues suggest that the victim
was well cared for and may have left a family behind.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 12:06 pm
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HTML http://justicefornativewomen.blogspot.com/2016/06/little-miss-lake-panasoffkee-discovered.html
Jane Doe was discovered by two teenage hitchhikers on June 12th,
1971 partially submerged and floating under a highway overpass
in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida. It is believed she was murdered
about 30 days prior to her discovery and is believed to have
been between the ages of 17 and 24. A size 36 man's belt was
found still wrapped around her neck. Jane was between 5'2 and
5'5 and weight approximately 110-120 pounds. She had had
orthopedic surgery on her right ankle to make it more stable.
She is mother to at least one child. Due to her dental records,
it's possible she is either from Greece or lived there for a
time. Age regressions have also been done on Jane Doe but no one
identified her. It's possible she was a runaway and likely that
she was murdered elsewhere and dumped off the overpass. No
arrests have been made and she remains unidentified.
If you have any information regarding the identity or death of
Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee, you are encouraged to contact the
Sumter County Sheriff's Office at 352-569-1600.
Tribal Information: Sources disagree on Jane Doe's ethnic
background. Due to dental testing it is possible she is a native
of Greece or lived there for some time. Other sources state that
she is likely white with possible Native American ancestry.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 12:07 pm
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I-75 at Lake Panasoffkee Creek
HTML https://i.imgur.com/Yex5BBK.jpg
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 12:09 pm
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The victim came to the United States within one to three months
of her death. It has been determined that she was of Greek
descent and could have arrived in the U.S. directly from there
just prior to her death. It is also possible that she could have
come from or been directly related to Greek residents of
Lavrion, Greece, based on dental testing.
Laurium or Lavrio or Lavrion is a town in southeastern part of
Attica, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of
Lavreotiki.
HTML https://i.imgur.com/ggyrmb3.gif
The small boat harbor at Lavrion, Greece
HTML https://i.imgur.com/g234X4V.jpg
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 12:11 pm
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