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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:47 am
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Chester County - July 11, 1995
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Suitcase Jane Doe
Victim's Vital Statistics:
White/Hispanic Female
Est. Age: 25 - 35 yrs old
Est. Height: 4'11" - 5'3"
Est. Weight: 120-140 lbs
Brown hair
Brown eyes
Location: Brandywine Creek,
near Downingtown
Contact: PA State Police
Embreeville
Phone # : 610-269-5355
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Computer Enhanced Photo of Victim
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:48 am
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Chester County Jane Doe
On July 11, 1995 the dismembered remains of a female aged
seventeen to forty were found in East Caln Township, Chester
County, Pennsylvania. The torso was discovered first, wrapped in
bedding and wax and placed into a reddish-colored suitcase,
later traced to Kmart. Wire and tape were used to fasten the
suitcase, which was disposed of near a river inside of a garbage
bag. The young woman had been subjected to some violence, as she
had bruises on her body. She had also consumed alcohol although
not enough to intoxicate her. Her age was estimated to be
between seventeen and twenty-five, although other reports state
she was between eighteen and forty. The female was deceased for
several days, up to one week, prior to the discovery. She may
have been Hispanic with a light complexion, but otherwise
appeared to be white. The victim had brown hair and eyes, was
approximately four feet eleven to five feet three inches and
weighed between 120 and 140 pounds. Her legs were not found
until January 29 of the following year in Cores Creek State
Park, which had been disposed of in trash bags. The legs were
not genetically tested to match the body but did, however, fit
into the other parts of the remains. Other bags were found at
the scene containing various amounts of women's clothing. The
case was featured on America's Most Wanted in 2001.
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:49 am
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NEWS
A murder case that won't die
A reconstruction of the victim's facial features.
By JENNIFER CARBONI
jcarboni@dailylocal.com">jcarboni@dailylocal.com
POSTED: 09/18/11, 12:01 AM EDT
A woman is dead, but an obituary has not been printed, a
memorial service has not been held, a eulogy has not been
offered by a loved one, a casket has not been lowered into the
ground before a grieving family, and a headstone has never been
engraved.
And that's because authorities have been unable to identify the
homicide victim.
For the last 16 years this woman has not had a real name.
Instead, she is known as "Jane Doe 1995" and as U-853071055 in
the federal computerized database for missing or unidentified
people, the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC).
This anonymous woman became part of a local criminal
investigation July 11, 1995, when state police responded to East
Caln along the Brandywine Creek for the report of a horrific
discovery: female body parts were found inside a suitcase.
Inside the leather, maroon suitcase, state police found a
woman's upper body. Her torso was wrapped in a sheet and then
placed inside a plastic quilt bag. The bag was then wrapped in a
quilt, placed in the suitcase, which was then bound with wire,
taped and placed in the green garbage bag, according to details
released by authorities.
Chester County Common Pleas Judge Anthony Sarcione, who was the
county's district attorney when the Jane Doe mystery unfolded,
said the case still disturbs him. Each time he drives by
Brandywine Creek where a fisherman found the green garbage bag,
he said he can't help but think of the gruesome discovery.
"I remember that case very well. It haunts me regularly...It was
a grisly discovery once we opened the suitcase. These things are
forever embedded in my mind," Sarcione said. "That case was one
of the most haunting cases I dealt with as DA. I can't just put
some of those images I saw there out of my mind...It was one of
the most gruesome scenes I've had to view in my career of over
25 years in law enforcement."
Jane Doe reportedly had a bruised right eye and two small
bruises on her back. No evidence indicated she was strangled or
raped, officials said. Jane Doe also reportedly had a low
blood-alcohol content showing she had roughly one or two drinks
before her death.
Women's clothing found inside the suitcase included a light-blue
denim shirt with a collar, long sleeves, copper-colored buttons
and light-colored bands across the chest and back as well as a
denim skirt and other clothing.
Investigators immediately faced roadblocks. There was nothing
inside the suitcase to identify the victim, such as a driver's
license. She did not have any tattoos, scars or other
distinguishing marks and her fingerprints did not match any
records in law enforcement databases.
The little details police could release to the public -- in
hopes of someone identifying the victim -- included physical
descriptions. Officials determined Jane Doe had brown hair,
brown eyes, a light complexion and pierced ears. She was
possibly Eastern European or Hispanic. She was between 4 feet 11
inches and 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighed between 120 and 140
pounds.
The age of the victim remains unclear. Experts said she could
have been as young as 17 or as old as 30 or 40 at the time of
her death. Authorities also determined she had been dead for
less than a week.
Cpl. Patrick Quigley was one of the case's original
investigators. Most recently, he has worked out of the Avondale
state police station as the criminal investigative assessment
officer for Chester and Lancaster counties. The position handles
violent crimes, crime scene investigations and cold cases.
The Jane Doe case has been particularly frustrating for Quigley.
"These are cases that bother us because we can't even begin to
investigate why they're dead until we figure out who they are,"
Quigley said.
Roughly seven months after police discovered the suitcase,
partially skeleton legs were found wrapped in trash bags in the
Cores Creek State Park in Middleton, Bucks County. Clothing was
also found inside the bag, including women's formal attire,
women's casual attire and girls' casual apparel.
While authorities believe the legs belong to Jane Doe, the
assumption could not be confirmed through DNA due to
decomposition, Quigley said. In 1996, DNA testing was not
advanced enough to make a positive link therefore ultimately
Bucks County officials cremated the legs, which at the time was
routine due to limited storage space. Investigators were never
able to link the torso and legs by DNA.
Quigley said he understands why Bucks County officials destroyed
the remains. He also said today investigators recognize that
technology advances rapidly and DNA capabilities are continually
advancing. Now, Quigley said, such evidence is retained with the
hope that future technology will help solve a case.
"You don't know the way technology is going to develop 25 years
down the road," Quigley said.
Chester County investigators have made several efforts to solve
the Jane Doe homicide. Her fingerprints were added to a national
law database, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System as
well as an international police database, INTERPOL. Her DNA was
also added to into a national database called CODIS (Combined
DNA Index System).
The CODIS system cross checks DNA with violent convicts. It's
possible an anonymous victim could be the relative of a violent
convict. Such a link would help authorities identify Jane Doe
and possibly her killer. Yet finding such a match only has a 5
to 10 percent success rate, Quigley said.
"It's like a needle in the haystack," he said.
At the same time, 15 years ago, there was no possibility of
finding a match through such a system.
Making the case more challenging, if Jane Doe was an adult at
the time of her death it's possible she left home one day and no
one reported her missing, Quigley said.
"Adults have a right to disappear ... people walk away all of
the time without it being suspicious," he said. "We're working
against people who just walked away, people who have no family,
no one missing them, no one to report them missing. We work
against the people not reporting someone missing because there's
no reason to report them missing. That's frustrating."
Among the many efforts made to solve this crime, the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a non-profit with a
team of retired law enforcement experts and a cold case unit,
has assisted with the Jane Doe investigation because it is
possible Jane Doe was a juvenile when she died. Specifically,
the organization helped create a clay reconstruction of Jane
Doe's face in hopes someone in the public would recognize her.
County investigators also released a computer generated facial
reconstruction, which was sent to the Mexican Consulate in
Philadelphia in case she was a Mexican national.
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:51 am
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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children still has a
listing on its website for Jane Doe along with photos of the
clay and computerized facial reconstructions.
"No case is ever closed until we know with certainty ... what
happened to the child," said Ernie Allen, president of the
center. "Even though it's been 16 years, we're convinced that
there's a loved one out there who would like to know what
happened to her...who would like to give her a decent burial."
Rarely, investigators develop a lead in the cold case. A few
years ago, Jane Doe's dental profile, which was filed into a
national database, had a possible match. Suddenly it was
possible Jane Doe was connected to a family in eastern Virginia
searching for a lost loved one.
Quigley said he called the related police department, obtained
photos of the victim and talked to the victim's family members.
The physical description and photos did not match up with Jane
Doe and the family did not recognize the clothing found with
her. The result was bittersweet -- Jane Doe's identity remained
a mystery, but the Virginia family held onto the hope that their
loved one was still alive somewhere.
Quigley said if investigators could have identified Jane Doe in
1995, the case would have been much easier to solve. The more
time that passes, the more difficult it becomes to solve a
homicide like Jane Doe's.
"With each year of someone dying, people's memories fade," he
said. "So we're really working against the clock in this case."
Adding to the problem, as time passes, once high-profile cases
get forgotten by mainstream media, Allen said.
"The challenge here is in these cases the media spotlight dims,
law enforcement stops receiving tips," Allen said. "We're
optimistic in all of these cases, but obviously time is the
enemy and we're disappointed it's been 16 years and people have
not come forward with the kind of information to help resolve
it."
Last week, the case made a transition. Quigley, the lead
investigator, retired after serving in the Pennsylvania State
Police for 25 years. Trooper Henry Callithen is the new criminal
investigative assessment officer for Chester and Lancaster
counties and will take over the cold case.
For Quigley, who was one of the original investigators on the
case, retiring with Jane Doe unresolved is difficult.
"This one bothers us because of the nature of us not being able
to identify her. That's very frustrating," he said.
Despite the change in hands, Quigley said Jane Doe will remain a
priority.
"We're doing everything we can. We won't close the case. We will
keep the case open for 100 years ... until there's no
possibility somebody could be involved is still alive," he said.
The key to solving the case, Quigley said, is someone coming
forward with information -- whether it is the name of the
victim, details about the crime or a fact about the killer.
"She has to be missing from somewhere and somebody misses her,"
Quigley said. "I just can't believe that somebody hasn't
contacted someone here to say, 'Look, I think this is who she
is.'"
Anyone who may have information regarding Jane Doe or her death
can call state police Trooper Henry Callithen at 610-268-2022 or
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Hotline at
1-800-843-5678.
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:52 am
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NBC
20 Years Later, Dismembered Woman, Whose Body Parts Turned Up 50
Miles Apart, Remains a Jane Doe | NBC 10 Philadelphia
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:53 am
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:54 am
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East Cain Township, Chester County
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Re: CHESTER COUNTY JANE DOE: F, found in Valley Creek, PA - 11 J
uly 1995
By: Akoya Date: June 3, 2020, 10:55 am
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