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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 1:44 pm
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The academic assistance allowed police and the scientists to
build a new composite of what the woman might have looked like
and also what her clothing may have worn at the time of her
death - an outfit of plaid green pants, a solid green shirt, and
a shawl with green and yellow print.
She had also worn white gold wrist watch, with the insignia from
Baylor University, on her left wrist, a yellow gold ring with a
clear stone on her left ring finger and a small/thin gold
necklace.
Now investigators are taking the new composite and information
on the victim to the public, hoping that someone will recognize
the victim and be able to shed light on who she was and
inevitably lead to the perpetrators.
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In looking at samples from the growing root of the hair and the
old tip, Dr. Kamenov found a change: “The last hair that grew
showed heavier carbon isotopes.” The woman had moved to a
corn-based diet during the time her hair was growing, less than
a year. She was a recent arrival in the United States.
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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.
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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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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.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 1:59 pm
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HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpon_Springs,_Florida
In the 1880s, John Cheyney founded the first local sponge
business. The industry continued to grow in the 1890s, and many
blacks and whites from Key West and the Bahamas settled in
Tarpon Springs to harvest and process sponges. A few Greek
immigrants arrived in this city during the 1890s to work in the
sponge industry.
In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving
to Tarpon Springs and recruited divers and crew members from
Greece. The first divers came from the Saronic Gulf islands of
Aegina and Hydra, but they were soon outnumbered by those from
the Dodecanese islands of Kalymnos, Symi and Halki. The sponge
industry soon became one of the leading maritime industries in
Florida and the most important business in Tarpon Springs,
generating millions of dollars a year. The 1953 film Beneath the
12-Mile Reef, depicting the sponge industry, takes place and was
filmed in Tarpon Springs.[8]
In 1947, a red tide algae bloom wiped out the sponge fields in
the Gulf of Mexico, causing many of the sponge boats and divers
to switch to fishing shrimping for their livelihood, while
others left the business. Eventually, the sponges recovered,
allowing for a smaller but consistent sponge industry today. In
the 1980s, the sponge business experienced a boom due to a
sponge disease that killed the Mediterranean sponges. Today
there is still a small active sponge industry. Visitors can
often view sponge fishermen working at the Sponge Docks on
Dodecanese Boulevard. In addition, visitors can enjoy shops,
restaurants, and museum exhibits that detail Tarpon Springs'
Greek heritage.
In 2007 and 2008, the City of Tarpon Springs established Sister
City relationships with Kalymnos, Halki, Symi, and Larnaca,
Cyprus, honoring the close historical link with these
Greek-speaking islands.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:04 pm
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HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpon_Springs,_Florida
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Epiphany celebration
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A double-headed eagle
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portrayed in a
stained glass
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window inside Tarpon
Springs' St. Nicholas
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Greek Orthodox
Cathedral.
Tarpon Springs is known for elaborate religious ceremonies
hosted by the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
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/>part of the Greek Orthodox Church
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including the
January 6 Epiphany
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celebration
that includes youths diving for a cross and the blessing of the
waters and the boats. Since the first Greek immigrants depended
on the sea and their boats for their livelihood, their
attachment to a religious service centered on requesting divine
protection for what used to be a highly risky job can be easily
explained.
The celebration attracts Greek Americans from across the
country, and the city's population is known to triple in size
for that day. The Metropolitan
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of Atlanta
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usually presides over the
blessings, sometimes joined by the Archbishop of America
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The
blessings conclude with the ceremonial throwing of a wooden
cross into the city's Spring Bayou, and boys ages 16 to 18 dive
in to retrieve it: whoever recovers the cross is said to be
blessed for a full year.[12]
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/>Following the blessings, the celebration moves to the Sponge
Docks where food and music are made part of the festivities.
On January 6, 2006, the 100th anniversary celebration of the
Epiphany services in Tarpon Springs was the occasion for a visit
by Bartholomew I
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/>the Patriarch of Constantinople
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who
is considered "first among equals" of all hierarchs of the
Orthodox Church
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He presided over
the Epiphany services in one of the few visits to America by an
Ecumenical Patriarch
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:05 pm
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HTML http://www.athensguide.com/lavrion/
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[size=18]Lavrion, Greece[/size]
No longer a place to be avoided, the port of Lavrion is changing
faster than any town in Greece, opening tavernas,
mezedopouleions, cafes and shops while becoming an important
ferry boat hub for the Cyclades Islands and home port for
several cruise ships and sailboat companies.
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The area is known for its industry and mining operations from
ancient times. This is where the giant columns from the temple
of Posideon at nearby Sounion were dug out. The Silver mines
date back to prehistoric times. The washeries where the silver
was extracted are still visible and currently in a state of
being restored. These mining facilities are believed to be the
oldest in the world! The Lavrion Silver mines financed the fleet
with which the ancient Athenians defeated the Persians, and
financed the building of the Acropolis and other monuments of
the Golden Age of Athens. Later the mines got much more
industrialized, and covered the entire region with melting pots
and tunnels as well as some of the bi-products of mining and
extracting. One effect of this industrialization was that
Lavrion had the first railroad tracks in Greece, and the first
proper harbour facility to load ore via a bridge to barges and
ships.
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Up until a few years ago Lavrion was a pretty dismal place. The
unemployment was around 75% and the city was used as a refugee
center for Kurds and other people. The physical state of Lavrion
was so bad that Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos, used the
city as a stand-in for war-torn Sarajevo in his film Ulysses
Gaze. In the last few years Lavrion has gone through an amazing
transformation. Restaurants, shops and cafes have opened and
Lavrion has new life due to the rebuilding of the port into a
major ferry terminal for the Greek islands and the relocation of
several sailboat charter companies and a marina. There are two
well stocked supermarkets at the top of the town's central
square, which is more like an extended rectangle with fountains
and cafes and restaurants as well as a couple excellent
bakeries. On Thursday Lavrion has a fantastic Laiki Agora
(farmer's market).
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:11 pm
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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.
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Old Mineralogical factory in Lavrion
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:20 pm
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The distance between Tarpon Springs and Lake Panasoffkee is 73.2
miles on I-75. The trip would require One hour and 24 minutes.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:22 pm
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HTML http://www.athensguide.com/lavrion/
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Lavrion, Greece
The area is known for its industry and mining operations from
ancient times. This is where the giant columns from the temple
of Posideon at nearby Sounion were dug out. The Silver mines
date back to prehistoric times. The washeries where the silver
was extracted are still visible and currently in a state of
being restored. These mining facilities are believed to be the
oldest in the world! The Lavrion Silver mines financed the fleet
with which the ancient Athenians defeated the Persians, and
financed the building of the Acropolis and other monuments of
the Golden Age of Athens. Later the mines got much more
industrialized, and covered the entire region with melting pots
and tunnels as well as some of the bi-products of mining and
extracting. One effect of this industrialization was that
Lavrion had the first railroad tracks in Greece, and the first
proper harbour facility to load ore via a bridge to barges and
ships.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:37 pm
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:38 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.
Perhaps, she accompanied her husband to Texas when he started
the Fall semester as a foreign student. Three months prior to
her estimated death would have been September of 1970.
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Re: LAKE PANASOFFKEE JANE DOE: WF, 17-24, found under bridge - F
eb 1971
By: Akoya Date: September 3, 2020, 2:40 pm
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New scientific information has led sheriffs investigators to
release the composite drawings above concerning the identity of
the 1971 murder victim known as Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee.
New leads in1971 murder New scientific information may help
solve a murder mystery that has haunted Sumter County law
enforcement officials for more than 40 years. While sheriffs
department investigators have long believed that the 1971 murder
victim dubbed Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee was of American
Indian descent, new scientific techniques have determined that
the woman was actually of Greek descent and probably had been in
the United States less than a year before her murder. The new
information has sheriffs investigators hopeful that the identity
of Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee will be determined. Were
cautiously optimistic that the new information will give us some
leads to follow up and that well at least be able to identify
her, said sheriffs Capt. Kevin Hofecker. The body of Little Miss
Lake Panasoffkee was found on Feb. 19, 1971 under the Lake
Panasoffkee Bridge on Interstate 75. Two hitchhikers from
Illinois saw the body below them in swamps as they stood on the
south end of the bridge in the northbound lane. By the time the
body was discovered, it was partially decomposed. Investigators
believe she had been murdered at least a week before her body
was found. Her age was estimated between 17 and 24 years old.
The cause of death was determined to be strangulation. A brown
belt was found wrapped around her throat. Her body was clothed
but the clothing had deteriorated and was not identifiable until
just recently. Her birth date is estimated between 1949 and
1952. She was 5 feet 2, weighing about 110 to 120 pounds with
dark brown hair and brown eyes, small to medium build, and
probably righthanded. She wore a small, thin, yellow neck chain,
a yellow ring with a clear stone on the right hand, a yellow
metal watch (17-jewel Baylor) with a repaired metal band on her
left wrist. The victim had four lower and two upper teeth
missing. Six teeth had silver fillings and there was one
porcelain cap in the upper front. There were possibly two
pregnancies. She probably suffered repeated ankle sprains and
instability of the right ankle, which resulted in orthopedic
surgery, utilizing the WatsonJones technique, at about age 15 to
18. A life-size rendering of Little Miss Lake Panasoffke is
being created in hopes that the murder victim will be
identified.
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