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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in Ellery
, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 2:32 am
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Victim was found discovered in a ditch along Route 17, Southern
Tier Expressway, now Interstate 86 in Ellery, New York. She had
been shot once in the back, twice in the chest, and once inside
the mouth.
Personal effects found with the victim suggests she may be from
Europe or Canada.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
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Discovered in a ditch along Route.17, the Southern Tier
Expressway, now Interstate 86, in the eastbound lane, in the
Town of Ellery. The partially clad body was found by utility
company employees at approximately 8:30 a.m.
It is believed the victim is from Canada or some European
Country. Computer checks in the United States, Canada, and
Interpol have been unsuccessful in locating any missing persons
that fit the victims description. Attempts to identify the
victim through fingerprints have also been unsuccessful.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 2:37 am
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Artistic renderings of the victim; note found with victim. To
view a postmortem photo of the victim, please click Photo 1
Date of Discovery: December 6, 1983
Location of Discovery: Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York.
Estimated Date of Death: Hours prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 30-37 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'04"
Weight: 128 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, graying.
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She had a wart above the left eye
and a 15mm raised mole behind the left ear. Scar on throat. She
had shoe size 5-6 and A+ blood type. According to an
anthropologist she had at least one child 15 years prior to her
death. The victim had an IUD which was foreign made (Finland,
Belgium and Holland), used in Canada but not distributed in the
USA.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. She had bridge work on the right side of her
mouth which appeared to be expensive European dental work. The
gold appeared to be of European origin.
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Sample available - Not yet submitted
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: She was wearing a white V - neck camisole
(inexpensive) that was found to have been made in Carpi, Italy
and non exportable, a green, brown, red checked trench coat
(expensive), reversible to olive drab wool, size 40 (this size
is unavailable in Canada and USA, must be European, possibly
Italian, as their sizes follow a different scale than European
sizes), blue gray wool crew neck pullover, plaid wool skirt
(handmade) various shades of brown blue and red.
Jewelry: None. Victim was not wearing any jewelry and there was
no evidence that she had before she was killed.
Additional Personal Items: A hand written note from the Blue Boy
Motor Lodge in Vancouver, British Columbia. There are
abbreviations and numbers on the note but the investigators have
been unable to determine what they mean.
Circumstances of Discovery
The victim was discovered in a ditch along Route 17, Southern
Tier Expressway, eastbound lane, in the Town of Ellery.
The partially clad body was found by utility company employees
at approximately 08:30. The victim had been shot once in the
back, twice in the chest, and once inside the mouth. Chautauqua
County is located in the Western most part of New York State
between Buffalo, New York, and Erie, Pennsylvania.
It is believed the victim is from Canada or some European
Country. Computer checks in the United States, Canada, and
Interpol have been unsuccessful in locating any missing persons
that fit the victims description. Attempts to identify the
victim through fingerprints have also been unsuccessful.
Initial reports from law enforcement state the victim may have
been sexually assaulted, yet this remains unconfirmed.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Chautauqua County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 716-965-2941
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: C3468-83
Agency Name: Chautauqua County Sheriffs Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 716-753-4231
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 15489
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 2:39 am
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Who is Chautauqua County’s ‘Jane Doe?’
By JAN KURTH
12/9/2006 - Nearly a generation later, we still don’t know who
she is.
‘‘Jane Doe’’ showed up in Chautauqua County back when Ronald
Reagan was president and gas was around $1.30 a gallon. To this
day she has remained stubbornly nameless. And how ‘‘Jane’’ came
to be here is still veiled in mystery. We can only imagine the
grief of her loved ones, who have lived for 23 years without any
word as to the fate of their missing mother, daughter, sister or
friend.
A Niagara Mohawk truck driver was the first to stumble upon
‘‘Jane’’ on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1983, sometime between 8:30 and 9
in the morning. She had been dumped in a shallow, water-filled
ditch, about 15 feet from the eastbound lane of Route 17 (now
Interstate 86) in the Town of Ellery. The location was 11/2
miles east of the Chautauqua Lake bridge and approximately 450
feet from the Westman Road overpass. The body was reportedly
found face up and ‘‘partially clad.’’
There was no doubt that ‘‘Jane’’ had been the victim of a
homicide. According to the coroner’s report, she had been shot
once in the back, twice in the chest and once inside the mouth
with what was characterized as a ‘‘large-caliber weapon.’’ After
combing the shoulder of the road with rakes and a metal
detector, a large fragment of an expended bullet was eventually
located, though it wasn’t immediately apparent what connection
the bullet fragment had to the woman’s death.
Investigators believed that ‘‘Jane’’ could have been in the
ditch for up to 24 to 36 hours before she was found. Snow cover
would have buried her from view until a barrage of cold, drizzly
rain showers revealed her body. Unfortunately, for several days
following the discovery, bad weather including a Wednesday
snowstorm hampered a thorough search and investigation of the
vicinity.
What do we know about ‘‘Jane’’ herself? The basic description
states that she was a white female, 5-feet 4-inches in height
and 128 pounds. She was somewhere around 30 to 37 years of age
at the time of discovery. She had brown eyes and long brown hair
(sometimes described as ‘‘dark,’’ sometimes as ‘‘mousy’’) with
flecks of gray at the temple. Distinguishing marks included a
wart above the left eye, a raised mole behind the left ear and a
scar on her throat. Her blood type was A positive. According to
one anthropologist, it appears that she had given birth to at
least one child in the 15 years prior to her death.
At the time of her discovery, ‘‘Jane’’ matched no missing person
reports from the region at all and it soon became clear that
‘‘Jane’’ was going to be a very tough nut to crack. In fact, the
evidence hinted that she may have come from somewhere outside
the United States (probably Canada or Europe) which thoroughly
complicated the matter, particularly in the early 1980s.
One example of the evidence suggesting a foreign connection: The
clothing she was found with included a white V-neck camisole
that was manufactured in Carpi, Italy, an item that was not then
available for export.
Other clothing items she was found with included a high-quality
green-, brown- and red-checked trench coat that was reversible
to olive drab wool; a homemade plaid wool skirt in various
shades of brown, blue and red; and a blue-gray wool crewneck
pullover. ‘‘Jane’’ was found without shoes (though it has been
determined that her shoe size would have been a 5 or 6). She was
found with no jewelry or evidence of jewelry or any other
personal property.
The medical evidence also suggests European or Canadian origin.
‘‘Jane’’ had expensive bridgework on the right side of her mouth
that appeared to have been done in Europe — at least the gold
was reportedly of European origin. She also had an IUD which was
foreign made (Finland, Belgium and Holland) that was then
available in Canada but not available for distribution in the
United States.
Perhaps the oddest clue found with ‘‘Jane’’ was a handwritten
note on paper from the Blue Boy Motor Lodge in Vancouver,
British Columbia. There is no identifiable message on the note,
just abbreviations and numbers. Investigators have been unable
to clarify what they mean.
To date, computer checks in the United States, Canada and
Interpol have not produced any hits with missing person reports
resembling ‘‘Jane.’’ Attempts to identify her through
fingerprints have also been unproductive.
Of course, the other mystery is just who was it that murdered
‘‘Jane.’’ Why did the killer (or killers) choose to leave the
body here? How did ‘‘Jane’’ end up in his clutches so far from
home? Where was the killer driving from and where was he headed?
The early investigation hinted at some possible clues. Several
employees at truck stops along I-90, including a service station
near North East, Pa., thought they might have seen a woman
resembling ‘‘Jane’’ on the evening of Monday, Dec. 5. So it
appears that ‘‘Jane’’ may have been traveling east along I-90,
which swings around the Great Lakes through Chicago.
Surprising enough, even in this day of CSI and DNA, there are
homicide victims who aren’t identified for years — if ever.
According to the records of various Web sites devoted to missing
and unidentified persons, more than 50 unidentified persons have
been registered in New York State since the late 1960s. Perhaps
an equal number of unidentified persons have never been
registered, at least in any computerized database.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department emphasizes that this
is still an open case and that they continue to investigate
leads as they develop. Nevertheless, ‘‘Jane’’ is very much a
case gone cold.
‘‘There is just no new information since way back when,’’
Officer Jim Hanson stated. ‘‘We’ve been checking missing person
files, but nothing has come up. She’s still on the nationwide
computer, there’s been checks every now and then out of the
country for missing persons, but there’s just nothing. Nothing
as far as identification on her or suspects.’’
If for any reason you have information on this case, contact the
Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department at 753-4231.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 2:42 am
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Jane Doe
On December 6, 1983, a homicide victim was discovered in a ditch
along Route.17, the Southern Tier Expressway, now Interstate 86,
in the eastbound lane, in the Town of Ellery. The partially clad
body was found by utility company employees at approximately
8:30 a.m. The victim had been shot once in the back, twice in
the chest, and once inside the mouth. The victim is described as
follows:
White female
30-37 years old at time of discovery
Height 5' 4"
Weight 128 lbs
Brown eyes
Shoe size 5-6
Brown hair with some gray
No jewelry or evidence jewelry
Wart above left eye
A positive blood type
It is believed the victim is from Canada or some European
Country. Computer checks in the United States, Canada, and
Interpol have been unsuccessful in locating any missing persons
that fit the victims description. Attempts to identify the
victim through fingerprints have also been unsuccessful.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
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Chautauqua County Jane Doe was a woman found murdered in New
York in 1983. A document found with her body suggests she was
native to Canada or Europe.
Discovery
The victim was found lying in a ditch on Route 17 after being
shot four times; once in the mouth, the back and twice in the
chest. It has not been released how long she was dead. She was
also sexually assaulted.
Characteristics
She had a mole on her left cheek and one behind her left
ear.
Brown eyes.
Brown and slightly graying hair.
She had a wart above the left eyebrow.
She had given birth about 15 years before her murder.
She appeared to have expensive European dental work, some
including gold, on the right side of her upper set of teeth.
Her blood type was A+
She had a scar on her throat.
Her shoe size was estimated to be a 5 or 6.
She had an IUD made in either Finland, Belgium or the
Netherlands.
Clothing and accessories
She wore a white V-Neck, Italian-made camisole.
An expensive plaid trench coat with green, red and brown
coloration with a reversible olive-colored wool side.
A handmade skirt with shades of brown, blue and red.
A note from the Blue Boy Motor Lodge, a company from B.C.,
Canada.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
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In Jane Doe's trench coat she had a handwritten note scribbled
on a notepad from the Blue Boy Motor Lodge in Vancouver, British
Columbia. There were abbreviations and numbers written on the
note but investigators haven't been able to decipher them.
The Blue Boy note appears to read: “Sas.k.R.h. 24233, K.R.Ba.
68301, Sarg. 74261”.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 2:57 am
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 2:59 am
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***1983 UNSOLVED HOMICIDE/UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM***
Possibly from Canada or Europe
Ellery Doe was discovered on Dec. 6, 1983 along the eastbound
lane of Route 17 (now Interstate 86) in the Town of Ellery, New
York, 1.5 miles east of the Chautauqua Lake Bridge, near the
Westman Road overpass. She had been shot multiple times.
VITAL STATISTICS
Height/weight: 5 foot 4 inches tall and 128 pounds
Age: Possibly late 30s-Early 40s
Eyes: Brown
Hair: brown hair (some gray at temples)
Other: wart above left eye, mole behind right ear, t-shaped scar
on neck. A+ blood type.
Narrative:
A Niagara Mohawk Power Company truck driver discovered Ellery
Doe on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1983, between 8:30 and 9:00 AM. She had
been dumped in a shallow, water-filled ditch, about 15 feet from
the eastbound lane of Route 17 (now Interstate 86) in the Town
of Ellery, New York. The location was 1.5 miles east of the
Veterans Memorial Bridge (also known as the Chautauqua Lake
Bridge) and approximately 450 feet from the Westman Road
overpass. Her body was reportedly found face up and ''partially
clad.'' Ellery Doe was the victim of a homicide. According to
the coroner's report, she had been shot once in the back, twice
in the chest and once inside the mouth with what was
characterized as a ''large-caliber weapon.'' After combing the
shoulder of the road with rakes and a metal detector, a large
fragment of an expended bullet was eventually located, though it
is not known what connection that bullet fragment had in the
woman's death. Investigators believed that Ellery Doe could have
been in the ditch for up to 24 to 36 hours before she was
discovered (possible date of death between December 4-6, 1983).
Snow cover would have buried her from view until the cold,
drizzly rain showers revealed her body. Unfortunately, for
several days following the discovery, bad weather including a
Wednesday snowstorm hampered a thorough search and investigation
of the vicinity.
Ellery Doe was described as a white female, 5-feet 4-inches in
height and 128 pounds. She was likely in her late 30s, perhaps
somewhere around 30 to 37 years of age at the time of discovery.
She had brown eyes and long brown hair (sometimes described as
''dark'' or ''mousy'') with flecks of gray at the temple.
Distinguishing marks included a 4 mm wart (report says above the
left eye, but there seems to be one below her left eye in her
picture), a 15 mm raised mole behind the left ear, and a T
shaped scar on her throat. Her blood type was A positive. She
did not wear any nail polish. She had unshaven legs, but was
shaven over the bridge of her nose & armpits. According to one
anthropologist, it appears that she had given birth to at least
one child in the 15 years prior to her death Ellery Doe did not
match any missing person reports from the region.
Evidence actually hinted that she may have come from somewhere
outside the United States (possibly Canada or Europe). One
example of the evidence suggesting a foreign connection: the
clothing she was found with included a white V-neck camisole
(80% wool, 20% nylon) that was manufactured in Capri, Italy, an
item that was not then available for export. Other clothing
items she was found with included a high-quality green, brown
and red checked trench coat with a belt and button cuffs that
was reversible to olive drab wool (inside tag 40, possible
metric size), a homemade plaid wool skirt in various shades of
brown, blue and red in 3'' squares, with a black silk lining,
and a blue-gray wool crewneck pullover. Ellery Doe was found
without shoes (though it has been determined that her shoe size
would have been a 5 or 6). She was found without any jewelry or
any other personal property.
The medical evidence also suggests European or Canadian origin.
Ellery Doe had expensive bridgework on the right side of her
mouth that appeared to have been done in Europe - at least the
gold was reportedly of European origin. She also had an IUD
which was foreign made (Finland, Belgium and Holland) that was
then available in Canada but not available for distribution in
the United States. Ellery Doe was found with a handwritten note
on paper from the Blue Boy Motor Hotel in Vancouver, British
Columbia. There is no identifiable message on the note, just
abbreviations and numbers. Investigators have been unable to
clarify what they mean.
The early investigation hinted at some possible sightings.
Several employees at truck stops along Interstate 90, including
a service station near North East, PA, thought they might have
seen a woman resembling Ellery Doe on the evening of Monday,
Dec. 5. So it is possible that Ellery Doe may have been
traveling east along I-90, which swings around the Great Lakes
through Chicago.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department (CCSD) emphasizes
that this is still an open case and that they continue to
investigate leads as they develop. Nevertheless, the case of
Ellery Doe went cold long ago. ''There is just no new
information since way back when,'' Officer Jim Hanson from CCSD
stated. ''We've been checking missing person files, but nothing
has come up. She's still on the nationwide computer, there's
been checks every now and then out of the country for missing
persons, but there's just nothing. Nothing as far as
identification on her or suspects.'' Computer checks in the
United States, Canada and Interpol have not produced any hits
with missing person reports resembling Ellery Doe. Attempts to
identify her through fingerprints have also been unproductive.
Her biometric data is currently listed on NamUs, the National
Institute of Justice's National Missing and Unidentified Persons
System, at
HTML https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/15489
If you have information on this case, contact the Chautauqua
County Sheriff's Department at 716-753-4231 or your local law
enforcement agency.
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Re: CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 30-37 - Found murdered in El
lery, NY - Dec 6 1983 *GRAPHIC*
By: Scorpio Date: June 21, 2020, 3:01 am
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Mysterious New York cold case with Vancouver connection 'almost
frozen', police say
Author of the article: Lori Culbert
Publishing date: December 27, 2016
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She was found 33 years ago lying partially clad in a
water-filled ditch along a New York State highway, just hours
after she was shot four times at close range.
In the pocket of her high-quality trench coat was a mysterious
note scribbled on a notepad from a Vancouver hotel — the
rough-and-tumble Blue Boy on Southeast Marine Drive, which has
since closed.
Today, the victim’s name remains unknown, as does the identity
of her killer and the meaning of the undecipherable letters and
numbers jotted down on paper from a hotel more than 4,000 kms
away.
It is a cold case that will not thaw, despite the efforts of
police near where the body was found in Ellery, N.Y., about 100
kms southwest of Buffalo.
“The problem is everyone’s information is now almost 35 years
old,” said Lt. Lori Holder, supervisor of the Chautauqua County
Sheriff’s criminal investigation division. “It is getting
really, really cold. It is almost frozen now. But we do keep the
case open.”
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Jane Doe was found by a truck driver on Dec. 6, 1983, shot once
inside the mouth, once in the back, and twice in the chest.
Police believed she was Canadian or European, in part because
she was using a European-made IUD birth control device that was
not sold in the U.S. but was available in Canada.
This case was added last year to the FBI’s CODIS DNA database
and the U.S. Justice Department’s missing person’s NamUs
database
after a larger police department in Erie, Penn., re-analyzed the
three-decade-old evidence. Despite using the more advanced
forensic testing available today, police were still unable to
match Jane Doe to any missing persons’ reports or fingerprints
in Canada, the U.S. or internationally.
Article content continued
The longtime investigator responsible for the file, Lt. Randy
Vander Schaaff, did hundreds of interviews and wrote many
magazine articles about the case, but retired without being able
to name Jane Doe.
“He was pretty thorough. There was just, evidence wise, nothing
to attach it to — no witnesses, no nothing. She’s not from our
area,” Holder said. “And we’re not getting any new leads.”
Since taking over, Holder has scanned Internet chat rooms for
tips and re-watched a videotaped police interview done years ago
with a convicted killer, serving a life sentence in an Oklahoma
prison, who had boasted of killing Jane Doe.
The Blue Boy note appears to read: “Sas.k.R.h. 24233, K.R.Ba.
68301, Sarg. 74261”. Vancouver police questioned Blue Boy staff
and customers at the time, but no one could remember seeing the
woman.
Then Vancouver Sun reporter Bob Sarti interviewed Vander Schaaff
in 1991, who said then that the letters and numbers might have
been code for three internal phone lines at New York’s John F.
Kennedy airport. Today, Holder said police over the years
developed theories about the significance of the letters and
numbers, but remain unable to determine what they mean.
NamUs contains so much information about Jane Doe that anyone
who knew her should be able to identify her. She was in her 30s,
white, 5-foot-3, with brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair.
She had a wart above her left eye, a large mole behind her left
ear, a scar on her throat, and had expensive dental work with
gold fillings. She had had at least one child, possibly 15 years
before her death.
Article content continued
Under her checkered trench coat, she had been wearing a blue
pullover and a plaid wool skirt. There was no purse,
identification or money.
Her feet were bare, and no shoes or stocking were found at the
scene. The Vancouver Sun quoted New York police in 1983 saying
she may have been sexually assaulted, but that has not been
confirmed today.
She was found in the ditch on a highway used by truckers. There
were possible sightings of a woman matching her description at a
Pennsylvania truck stop the day before her murder, which may
suggest she was travelling east, a local newspaper reporter
wrote in 2006.
Vancouver police would not discuss this case with Postmedia
News, referring any questions to officers in New York.
Article content continued
Shortly after the murder, Chautauqua police contacted Vancouver
sex workers’ advocate Sally DeQuadros to ask for assistance, but
she was unable to find anyone who knew the victim, Sarti
reported.
DeQuadros said in 1991 that she remained haunted by the case.
“Someone out there is missing a mother, a sister or a daughter.
They have a right to know what happened to her and to give her
her name and her dignity back.”
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