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ROCHESTER MILLS JANE DOE: F, 30-40 - Partially buried skull foun
d North Mahoning Township - Dec 29,
By: Scorpio Date: March 13, 2020, 12:34 am
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Partially buried skull and other skeletal remains found at a
residential construction site at Leisure Run Road in North
Mahoning Township, northern Indiana County. Partially wooded
area. Most of skeleton located except for bones of hands and
feet. She apparently had been shot in the back of her head and
had been dismembered. Long bones show clear evidence of
post-mortem saw marks
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Re: ROCHESTER MILLS JANE DOE: F, 30-40 - Partially buried skull
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Dentals: Available. Partial plate dental device - well
preserved.
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Re: ROCHESTER MILLS JANE DOE: F, 30-40 - Partially buried skull
found North Mahoning Township - Dec
By: Scorpio Date: March 13, 2020, 12:35 am
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Date of Discovery: December 29, 2008
Location of Discovery: Rochester Mills, Indiana County,
Pennsylvania
Estimated Date of Death: 1993-2003
State of Remains: Skeletal Remains
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 30-40 years old
Race: Black/Hispanic
Sex: Female
Height: 5'1"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Partial plate dental device - well
preserved.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available; University of North Texas
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Elastic-banded shorts - similar to running shorts.
Size not identified. Possible gray in color.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Discovery
Partially buried skull and other skeletal remains found at a
residential construction site at Leisure Run Road in North
Mahoning Township, northern Indiana County. Partially wooded
area. Most of skeleton located except for bones of hands and
feet. She apparently had been shot in the back of her head and
had been dismembered. Long bones show clear evidence of
post-mortem saw marks
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Indiana County Coroners Office
Agency Phone Number: 724-349-4511
Agency Case Number: 08-DOEJ
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: UP5063
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Re: ROCHESTER MILLS JANE DOE: F, 30-40 - Partially buried skull
found North Mahoning Township - Dec
By: Scorpio Date: March 13, 2020, 12:35 am
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Skeletal remains indicate woman shot, dismembered
By The Tribune-Review
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Investigators believe the skeletal remains found in a secluded
area of Indiana County last month belong to a black woman who
was shot and dismembered.
Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker revealed more details
Saturday about the remains found by a construction worker Dec.
29 in an undisclosed location in North Mahoning Township.
Baker and state police at the Punxsutawney barracks are being
assisted in the investigation by Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, a forensic
anthropologist at Mercyhurst College in Erie, in the effort to
identify the remains.
Baker said a bullet wound is clearly visible in the back of the
woman's skull. There is evidence that the woman's body was
dismembered prior to being disposed of at the site.
Investigators said they believe the woman was between 30 and 40
years old and that her remains were dumped between three and 10
years ago.
In addition to the skull, the woman's mandible, several long
bones, vertebral bones and an artificial dental appliance were
found, Baker said. Investigators will use dental records to
identify the victim.
In the coming days, additional excavation work of the area will
be conducted, Baker said.
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Re: ROCHESTER MILLS JANE DOE: F, 30-40 - Partially buried skull
found North Mahoning Township - Dec
By: Scorpio Date: March 13, 2020, 12:35 am
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Skeleton's identity a mystery
By CHAUNCEY ROSS, chauncey@indianagazette.net
Published: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:40 AM EST
For each answer forensic investigators have found, they've
generated another new question about the skeletal remains found
last month in a remote section of North Mahoning Township.
The signs so far show the bones are those of a black woman who
was in her 30s and died between three and 10 years ago, Indiana
County Coroner Michael Baker said Saturday. She apparently had
been shot in the back of her head and had been dismembered.
Investigators still don't know who she was. Or who did this to
her.
''I don't have anything to say that I believe it was a gang - it
could just be an isolated incident,'' Baker said ``But when you
hear people talk about executional type killings, that's what
you think of. But I couldn't say for sure that's what we're
dealing with. It could have been a domestic, a robbery, God only
knows.''
Where the woman came from also is anybody's guess.
''What it makes me think is that this did not occur at the place
where the body was found - that it occurred somewhere else,
dismemberment took place and it was dumped,'' Baker said.
A worker stumbled upon the remains Dec. 29 as he prepared to
drill a water well about one to two miles east of Route 119
between Covode and Juneau, according to Baker. He said a smooth
round object caught the worker's eye about 10 feet from the dig
spot. He kicked it and discovered it was the skull.
State police from Punxsutawney and Baker are jointly
investigating. They collected the skull, jaw bone, several long
bone and some vertebral bones.
They also found a partial upper denture. Then they sent the
remains to a forensic anthropologist, Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, of
Mercyhurst College in Erie, for study.
More study will be required to confirm the estimates of the
victim's age and when she died, according to Baker. And they
still have avenues to search for her identity, such as dental
records. DNA will be checked, too.
DNA, like dental records, requires that you have some idea who
the victim is,'' Baker said. ''You have to have something to
compare.''
''The next step would be either to solicit help from the public
or to compare this through databases of missing persons.''
Baker said the military compiles DNA records, and courts require
people convicted of serious offenses to be sampled.
He also said the forensic investigators might be able to
generate an image of what the victim's face looked like.
''Some of the things that may be helpful down the line would be
to look at instrument or tool patterns. Some of the long bones
were sawed through. We could look at striations and tool marks
to determine ... what kind of tool or instrument had been used.
That could be helpful down the line.''State police at
Punxsutawney referred questions to the station's public
relations officer, who was not available.''
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Re: ROCHESTER MILLS JANE DOE: F, 30-40 - Partially buried skull
found North Mahoning Township - Dec
By: Scorpio Date: March 13, 2020, 12:36 am
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Posted on Mon, Apr. 20, 2009
Coroner: Pa. woman's remains show definite killing
The Associated Press
MARCHAND, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania coroner says skeletal
remains found over the weekend are from the same body as bones
found in December, and are from a woman who was shot to death
and dismembered at least three years ago.
Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker says more bones were found
Saturday in Mahoning Township by workers from his office, the
state police and an anthropology team from Mercyhurst University
in Erie.
Baker says the bones are those of a black woman who was shot in
the head three to 10 years ago.
Baker says the body was dismembered after death and
investigators are trying to determine if she was shot in other
parts of the body. DNA and dental records will be used to try to
identify the woman from various missing persons databases.
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