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BURLINGAME JANE DOE: WF, 65-80, found in suitcase in husband's h
ome in Burlingame, CA - 3 May 2004
By: Scorpio Date: February 9, 2020, 12:23 am
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Disarticulated human skeleton found inside suitcase within
residence belonging to the husband of the suspected decedent.
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Re: BURLINGAME JANE DOE: WF, 65-80, found in suitcase in husband
's home in Burlingame, CA - 3 May 20
By: Scorpio Date: February 9, 2020, 12:23 am
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Re: BURLINGAME JANE DOE: WF, 65-80, found in suitcase in husband
's home in Burlingame, CA - 3 May 20
By: Scorpio Date: February 9, 2020, 12:23 am
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Re: BURLINGAME JANE DOE: WF, 65-80, found in suitcase in husband
's home in Burlingame, CA - 3 May 20
By: Scorpio Date: February 9, 2020, 12:26 am
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SAN MATEO COUNTY / Bones found in closet likely missing woman's
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The San Mateo County Coroner believes remains found in a
suitcase could be those of Anne Fitzgerald, shown here in an
unknown year. They are reaching out to the public, hoping that
someone will recognize her and help them solve the mystery of
the couple's past.
San Mateo County coroner's investigators are pretty sure that a
suitcase found in the late Douglas Fitzgerald's closet contains
the earthly remains of his long-vanished wife, Anne.
But a positive identification has so far eluded county
officials, who say the couple left few documentary traces
despite long lives, and that leads in the case have nearly
petered out. How she died is also a mystery.
Investigators Wednesday released photographs of a woman they
think is Anne Fitzgerald in hopes that someone will recognize
her and help flesh out details of the couple's hazy past. The
photographs were found in Fitzgerald's apartment.
SAN MATEO COUNTY / Bones found in closet likely missing woman's
Maria Alicia Gaura, Chronicle Staff Writer Published 4:00 am
PDT, Thursday, May 20, 2004
The San Mateo County Coroner believes remains found in a
suitcase could be those of Anne Fitzgerald, shown here in an
unknown year. They are reaching out to the public, hoping that
someone will recognize her
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The San Mateo County Coroner believes remains found in a
suitcase could be those of Anne Fitzgerald, shown here in an
unknown year. They are reaching out to the public, hoping that
someone will recognize her and help them solve the mystery of
the couple's past. ... less
San Mateo County coroner's investigators are pretty sure that a
suitcase found in the late Douglas Fitzgerald's closet contains
the earthly remains of his long-vanished wife, Anne.
But a positive identification has so far eluded county
officials, who say the couple left few documentary traces
despite long lives, and that leads in the case have nearly
petered out. How she died is also a mystery.
Investigators Wednesday released photographs of a woman they
think is Anne Fitzgerald in hopes that someone will recognize
her and help flesh out details of the couple's hazy past. The
photographs were found in Fitzgerald's apartment.
"Hopefully, somebody who worked with her, a neighbor, or a
doctor who treated her, will recognize the photograph," said San
Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault. "Maybe there are family
members out there. There are one or two relatives on his side,
but we know nothing about her side of the family."
Douglas Fitzgerald died of lung cancer, alone in his Burlingame
apartment at age 82, some days before his body was discovered by
a neighbor on April 28. All neighbors knew about the reclusive
man was that he had lived in the building for about 20 years,
and he claimed in recent years that his wife had died about a
decade ago. County authorities located one Fitzgerald relative
living locally, a niece who had seen her uncle perhaps once in
the past 30 years. As that niece and her daughter cleared
Fitzgerald's apartment, the daughter opened a Samsonite-style
suitcase, revealing skeletal remains bundled into plastic and
paper bags.
The bones proved to be those of a white woman, about 75 years of
age and 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall. The left ribs
had been injured but were fairly well healed at the time of
death. The cause of death was not obvious, but the bones had
apparently been buried for years before they were placed in the
suitcase.
The physical dimensions of the remains generally match those of
the absent Anne Fitzgerald, who, if she were alive, would now be
90 years old.
Douglas Fitzgerald and Anne, whose maiden name was Morris,
married in 1975 in Reno. She had been married previously to a
man named Zavitz. Her last known job, with a Nevada
manufacturer, ended in 1978, and the firm has since gone out of
business.
His last job was with a San Mateo convalescent home, which also
went out of business. Officials have been unable to find a death
certificate for Anne Fitzgerald in either California or Nevada.
They have also been unable to locate complete medical or dental
records.
Despite tantalizing clues, officials can't say for sure if the
bones in the suitcase or the photographs found in Fitzgerald's
apartment are those of Anne Fitzgerald.
"We have some indications," Foucrault said, "but proving it
scientifically is going to be a challenge."
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Re: BURLINGAME JANE DOE: WF, 65-80, found in suitcase in husband
's home in Burlingame, CA - 3 May 20
By: Scorpio Date: February 9, 2020, 12:27 am
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Douglas Fitzgerald's (shown in a 1990 photo)
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