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REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bacon I
sland Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 2:53 am
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The deceased was a Caucausian, female approximately 30-45 years
old with light colored hair. She was found inside a
refrigerator in an irrigation ditch along Bacon Island Road in
Stockton, California.
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 2:55 am
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Jewelry found with remains
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Jewelry: A one-third carat wedding ring was found on her right
hand and authorities believe that she may have been estranged,
separated, or divorced from her husband. Also a leather band
found that detectives believe was a part of a charm necklace.
The ornaments that would have been laced on the necklace were
found in the victim's pocket. Investigators believe that she
quite possibly had her necklace broken in the scuffle and
collected the ornaments and placed them into her pocket before
she was murdered.
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 2:57 am
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Bed sheet and bag of Ice found with remains
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Additional Personal Items: White blanket, blue blanket, Hillary
brand sleeping bag.
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 2:58 am
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Date of Discovery: March 29, 1995
Location of Discovery: Holt, San Joaquin County, California
Estimated Date of Death: Summer of 1994
State of Remains: Decomposed with skeletonization and adepocere.
Cause of Death: Homicide by blunt-force trauma to the head
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 24-45 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110-130 lbs.
Hair Color: Strawberry blond or red
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: No visible tattoos or scars. Her
nails were manicured.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Teeth virtually perfect with only a few
fillings. Signs of regulare care.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: She looked as if she had been dressed to go to an
outdoor event. Blue sweatshirt, Levi shorts a size 30-32,
Victoria Secret brand bra (size 34B), Fruit of the Loom T-shirt,
trendy multicolored knee-high socks with toes, and Gorilla brand
hiking boots worth approximately $120.00 in 1996.
Jewelry: A one-third carat wedding ring was found on her right
hand and authorities believe that she may have been estranged,
separated, or divorced from her husband. Also a leather band
found that detectives believe was a part of a charm necklace.
The ornaments that would have been laced on the necklace were
found in the victim's pocket. Investigators believe that she
quite possibly had her necklace broken in the scuffle and
collected the ornaments and placed them into her pocket before
she was murdered.
Additional Personal Items: White blanket, blue blanket, Hillary
brand sleeping bag.
Circumstances of Discovery
The victim was discovered decomposed, inside a refrigerator, in
an irrigation ditch along Bacon Island Road, in the Delta area
west of Stockton. Individuals who had been scooping the area for
coins, cans, and other metal objects when they found the
refrigerator that had been tied shut with rope and dumped into
the levee. They cut through the rope, opened the fridge, and dug
through a patched faux fur waterbed quilt and a Hillary brand
sleeping bag before reaching a woman's remains.
Detectives say that the items found inside of the refrigerator
lead them to believe that the fridge had resided in the East
Bay. They came to this conclusion because the items that they
found all had ties to that area. Some of the cities associated
were; Richmond, Antioch, Pittsburgh, Oakley, and Brentwood. The
electrician's tape used to tie up the victim had been purchased
at the military surplus store in Oakley. There was an unopened
bag of Ice from the Glacier Ice Co. which is produced in
Freemont and shipped only to the East Bay. There were miniature
milk cartons in the icebox that are used mainly in hospitals,
schools, or institutions.
Based on the contents, police say the refrigerator was likely to
have originated between the Highways 680, 580, 4, and Interstate
5.
The refrigerator's serial number revealed it had been
manufactured in Pennsylvania and sold in Oakland, California.
Hundreds of leads have been followed-up with no success.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office - Homicide Unit
Agency Contact Person: Captain John Huber
Agency Phone Number: 209-468-4572
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 95-10064
NCIC Case Number: U821013310
NamUs Case Number: Not entered
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 2:59 am
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20 Years Later, Refrigerator Lady’s Murder Still Baffles San
Joaquin County Investigators
By Tony Lopez November 2, 2015
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) — It’s one of the most baffling cold
cases ever to hit Northern California—a woman was found gagged,
with her hands taped in a refrigerator.
More than 20 years later, a soft breeze whispers through the
Delta Canal as nearby fields sit dry and dusty with no crop.
It’s a fitting landscape for the mystery that still haunts the
quiet slice of San Joaquin County.
The victim’s body was found on March 29, 1995, stuffed inside a
refrigerator.
Det. John Huber described her as a white female with curly
strawberry blonde hair, standing about 5’8.”
More than 20 years have passed since he stood where scavenger
hunters would drag the muddy refrigerator to shore.
“The refrigerator was just probably half way out and they drug
it all the way past to this place,” he said.
Huber thought he’s have her identified in the first week.
“A week became a month, a month became a years, and now here
it’s 20 years later and we still don’t have a name on her,” he
said.
They had a wide approximate age, between 29 and 41 years old,
and they could tell she died from blunt force trauma to the
head. They also had plenty to work with from the scene,
including jewelry in her pocket and what she had on her feet.
“The socks were multi-colored blue black and they had toes in
them, and I had never seen socks that had toes in them,” he
said.
Over those socks were expensive hiking boots.
“There were $100 boots, and they had hardly been worn. The soles
were brand-new on the bottoms,” he said.
Her Levi cutoffs were also fairly new, leading Huber to think
this was no street person. The diamond ring still on her finger
likely meant it wasn’t a robbery gone bad.
Huber traced the refrigerator to a manufacturer back east and
found it was sold in Oakland. The ice was sold to liquor stores
and bait shops near Discovery Bay and the Antioch area. Five
small milk cartons were the type only sold to schools and
correctional institutions somewhere in the East Bay.
“I know where the Glacier Ice was made, I know where the Crystal
Milk was delivered—the little cartons only sold to
institutions,” he said.
Yet she still has no name.
Her attire gives an image of a free spirit perhaps attending
concerts and festivals in the area who simply ran into the wrong
people.
DNA evidence and dental records didn’t turn up much. Lifting
fingerprints was never an option.
“Water is a really bad thing for homicide cases,” he said.
Huber thinks the woman had been entombed in the refrigerator
underwater for several months leading to a state of body
decomposition called adipocere.
“It’s kind of where the body turns to soap—she was almost like
styrofoam. She was hard to the touch,” he said.
It’s been a hard case to let go.
Huber, long into his retirement, hasn’t abandoned who he
respectfully refers to as his “refrigerator lady.”
He’s even in touch with other law enforcement agencies. Even
more recent cases like the kidnapping and discovery of Jaycee
Lee Dugard have been investigated by Huber to see if there could
be any connection to the people behind that crime and his
unnamed murder victim.
“I contacted them I thought this could be a child that they
kidnapped a long time ago, and he outgrew his fantasies and his
sickness and they needed to get rid of her,” he said.
That wouldn’t be the case.
For now, he holds onto his hand-scribbled notes as a symbol of
the hope he won’t ever let go.
“If we get a name on this gal, I really believe that we’ll solve
it,” he said.
If you have information on this case, contact the San Joaquin
County Sheriff’s Department.
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 3:00 am
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The irrigation ditch along Bacon Island Road where Jane Doe was
discovered
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 3:02 am
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Cartons of Milk which were only sold to institutions were found
in the Fridge
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Re: REFRIGERATOR LADY: WF, 30-45 Found in refrigerator along Bac
on Island Rd - March 29, 1995
By: Scorpio Date: May 10, 2020, 3:02 am
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