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NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Regional P
ark - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:37 pm
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Two people walking along a path in Long Lake Regional Park, 1500
Old Highway 8 NW, discovered the victim's skeletal remains.
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:39 pm
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Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 00-1411
Date found September 15, 2000 00:00
Date created February 09, 2009 15:38
Date last modified February 22, 2017 08:26
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed June 21, 2011 14:19
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Ramsey Cnty Med Examiners Ofc
Phone 651-266-1700
Case Manager
Name Butch Huston
Phone 651.266.1700
Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Lauren Andersen 1961 Minnesota
Carla Anderson 1964 Minnesota
Linda Anger 1952 Minnesota
Mindy Arnett 1981 Michigan
Tamara Bradley 1963 Minnesota
Lorraine Brock Unknown Ohio
Laurie Feiner 1962 Minnesota
Roseanna Forcum 1982 Minnesota
Denise Fraley 1952 Iowa
Jodi Huisentruit 1968 Iowa
Deanna Joy 1973 Minnesota
Cindy Larson 1970 Minnesota
Penny Lease 1965 Illinois
Dawn Mohn 1959 Wisconsin
Nhi Nguyen 1952 Washington
Victoria Owczynsky 1973 Minnesota
Amy Pagnac 1977 Minnesota
Cynthia Schmidt 1967 Minnesota
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia
Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia
Vicky Sundgaard 1963 Minnesota
Susan Swedell 1968 Minnesota
Nancy Tharp 1954 Minnesota
Virginia Tobkin 1955 Minnesota
Belinda VanLith 1957 Minnesota
Amber Wilde Unknown Wisconsin
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:40 pm
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HTML https://identifyus.org/en/cases/4808
NamUs UP # 4808
ME/C Case Number: 00-1411
Ramsey County, Minnesota
25 to 50 year old White Female
Case Report - NamUs UP # 4808
Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 00-1411
Date found September 15, 2000 00:00
Date created February 09, 2009 15:38
Date last modified February 22, 2017 08:26
Investigating agency
date QA reviewed June 21, 2011 14:19
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency Ramsey Cnty Med Examiners Ofc
Phone 651-266-1700
Case Manager
Name Butch Huston
Phone 651.266.1700
Demographics
Estimated age Adult - Pre 50
Minimum age 25 years
Maximum age 50 years
Race White
Ethnicity Other
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) , Cannot Estimate
Height (inches) 65, Estimated
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered
Body conditions
Not recognizable - Mummified
Probable year of death to 2000
Estimated postmortem interval Months
Circumstances
Location Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1
Address 2
City New Brighton
State Minnesota
Zip code 55112
County Ramsey
Circumstances
Found at Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton.
Physical
Hair color
Head hair
Her hair is brown to strawberry blonde to reddish and medium to
long length
Left eye color Unknown or Missing
Right eye color Unknown or Missing
Skeletal findings
healed fracture of the right middle finger, osteoarthritis of
the back and hips
Clothing on body
No clothing noted on the body.
Clothing with body
At the scene is a single white tennis type shoe
Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA
Status: Sample submitted - Tests complete
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:42 pm
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Recent FBI facial reconstruction performed in 2015
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:43 pm
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270UFMN - Unidentified Female
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Date of Discovery: September 15, 2000
Location of Discovery: New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Estimated Date of Death: 45 days to six months prior
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Mummified
Cause of Death: Homicide
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 25-30 years old
Race: White, possibly with Native American ancestry, as
indicated by a dental examination.
Gender: Female
Height: 5'4" to 5'6"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown to strawberry blonde/red of medium to long
length.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Healed fracture to the right
middle finger. Osteoarthritis of her back and hips.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Significant dental work completed including
root canals on three teeth, and all four wisdom teeth having
been removed. She also had an upper left tooth missing that
would have been visible when she smiled.
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: None located on the body. A single white tennis shoe
was found at the scene.
Jewelry: None
Additional Personal Items: None
Circumstances of Discovery
Two people walking along a path in Long Lake Regional Park at
1500 Old Highway 8 NW discovered the victim's skeletal remains.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Butch Huston
Agency Phone Number: 651-266-1700
Agency E-Mail: butch.huston(at)co.ramsey.mn.us
Agency Case Number: 00-1411
Agency Name: New Brighton Department of Public Safety
Agency Contact Person: Detective Michael Lochen
Agency Phone Number: 651-288-4168 / Fax: 651-288-4110
Agency E-Mail: crimeprevention(at)newbrightonmn.gov
Agency Case Number: Unknown
NCIC Case Number: U850001521
NamUs Case Number: 4808
Information Source(s)
Namus
New Brighton Department of Public Safety
Admin Notes
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 7/10/16
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:45 pm
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HTML http://unidentified.wikia.com/wiki/Ramsey_County_Jane_Doe_(2000)
Ramsey County Jane Doe (2000)
Ramsey County Jane Doe was a woman found deceased in 2000.
Ramsey County Jane Doe
HTML http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/images/270UFMN2_LARGE.jpg
Sex Female
Race White/Native American
Location New Brighton, Minnesota
Found September 15, 2000
Unidentified for 16 years
Postmortem interval 45 days - 6 months
Body condition Mummified
Age approximation 25 - 50
Height approximation 5'4 - 5'6
Weight approximation N/A
Cause of death Presumed homicide
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:47 pm
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HTML http://www.twincities.com
HTML http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/14004731.htm
5 years of work fail to yield even an ID
BY EMILY GURNON
Pioneer Press
Detective Gary Sykes can rattle off the seven or eight murder
cases
he's dealt with in his 28 years with the New Brighton police.
There was Kari Koskinen, the 33-year-old mother who disappeared
from
her apartment building in 1994 and was found dead a month later
in
North Oaks, apparently killed by her apartment manager. There
was
Diane Buntrock, murdered by her son Michael in 1995. There was
the
FBI snitch killed in 1986 by the criminals he betrayed, and
Eleanor
Stich, the 77-year-old woman beaten and left to die in 2002 by
two
men her husband allowed into her home to use the phone.
But there is one case Sykes and his colleagues have not been
able to
close.
On Sept. 15, 2000, two high school students taking a walk in
Long
Lake Regional Park came across a single tennis shoe, right in
the
middle of their path. The shoe was pointing toward Rush Lake,
about
20 to 25 feet to the north.
Curious, the two made their way through the weeds and poplar
trees at
the edge of the lake. Then they saw the body, little more than
bones
by that point, in a tangle of cattails.
"She had no clothing whatsoever, no jewelry on, no marks, scars,
tattoos," Sykes said of the victim, whose gender was initially
unclear. Actually, there wasn't much skin left to examine for
marks,
and internal organs were gone, due to extensive decomposition.
There
was no way to get a fingerprint or determine the color of her
eyes.
She had been dead anywhere from 45 days to six months,
investigators
learned.
Not even the lone tennis shoe belonged to the victim, Sykes
said.
It wasn't much to go on.
Because of the condition of the body, the coroner could not
determine
a cause of death, Sykes said. But there was evidence of "several
sharp-force injuries, knife-stabbing wounds," he said.
"Obviously, she's a victim of a homicide," Sykes said. "She
wasn't
out there wandering around the park naked by herself."
Initially, police held back certain details from the public,
such as
the fact that one of the victim's top front teeth was missing.
They
thought they could find a match with one of the many missing
persons
reported in the region and didn't want to give away too much
information for fear of compromising an investigation.
But check after check proved futile. Dental records led police
to
quickly rule out the most highly publicized cases, such as the
1997
disappearance of Toni Bachman of White Bear Township, who has
never
been found.
In addition to publicizing a tip line, Sykes submitted all the
information he had about his Jane Doe to the FBI's National
Crime
Information Center, which forwards him reports of other missing
women
as they come in.
"They send me anything that's even close," Sykes said, thumbing
through a box full of such notices, organized from A to Z. By
now, he
estimates he's examined 400 of them, some from as far away as
Puerto
Rico.
But the influx has slowed. "I haven't gotten any for quite a
while,"
he said.
Investigators made other attempts to find out who the victim
was.
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension gave forensic sculptor
Marcia Cummings the job of reconstructing the dead woman's face,
using her skull. New Brighton police sent out pictures of the
result,
to no avail.
Anthropologists examined the remains, boiling all the bones and
then
putting them back together, Sykes said. They determined that the
victim was white, around 5 feet 5 inches tall and somewhere
between
the ages of 25 and 50. She had light brown hair with some auburn
in
it.
Sykes also sent the victim's information to the Doe Network, an
Internet site that lists missing and unidentified persons.
The woman's remains were finally buried a couple years ago,
though
her DNA is on file with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Sykes may never know the story behind this tragedy. But he
believes
the victim was from somewhere nearby, and that one of two things
happened to her.
"She was either a drug addict or prostitute, and some guy did it
to
her, or a family member did it to her," he said. "And are either
of
them going to come forward and tell me they did it? No, they're
not."
Even if authorities find out who she was, and who likely killed
her,
the lack of physical evidence might doom any chance of a
conviction,
Sykes said.
The detective keeps pictures of the victim's reconstructed face
taped
to a wall in his office. He occasionally fields calls from other
police departments hoping to match one of their "lost" to
Sykes' "found."
But by now, some of the details have faded in the detective's
mind,
and frankly, he said, there's not much more he can do.
"I keep her up there," he said, nodding at the wall. "I keep her
in
the back of my mind. Getting her ID'd " that would make me
happy.
Just finding out who she is."
Emily Gurnon can be reached at egurnon@... or 651-228-
5522.
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:48 pm
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HTML http://wcco.com/crime/new.brighton.body.2.1914123.html
Sep 15, 2010 10:52 am US/Central
Police Hope Reconstruction Will Help Solve Murder
(WCCO)
Police are hoping that a facial reconstruction will help solve a
decade-old mystery of a woman who was found dead in New
Brighton, Minn.
On Sept. 15, 2000, a badly decomposed body was found in a swampy
area of Long Lake Regional Park on 1500 Old Highway 8 Northwest.
The woman was not clothed and police believe she was murdered,
although a specific cause of death was not determined.
Investigators haven't been able to identify the body in the 10
years since.
An autopsy however determined that she is likely a white female
around 35-45 years old. They think she had brown or reddish
colored hair and was between 5'4" to 5'6" tall.
The exam also showed a healed fracture to the right middle
finger, osteoarthritis in her back, and dental work that
includes three root canals and removal of four wisdom teeth.
An upper left tooth was missing too. The medical examiner said
it would have been visible when she smiled.
To help visualize what the woman may have looked like, a facial
reconstruction was done to show some of the characteristics.
Police say it is not an exact likeness since the eye color and
complexion aren't known.
Anyone with information is asked to call the New Brighton
Department of Public Safety at 651-288-4100, or leave an
anonymous tip at 651-288-4137or online here.
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:49 pm
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HTML http://kstp.com/news/stories/s1745164.shtml
Investigators Reopen Decade Old Unsolved Case
On the 10-year anniversary of when New Brighton Police found a
badly decomposed body in Long Lake Regional Park, investigators
are reopening the case, hoping to find new clues.
Jennifer and Nathan Leach remember September 15th, 2000 when
they stumbled across a decomposed body in a swampy area of Long
Lake Regional Park at 1500 Old Highway 8 NW.
Jennifer said she hoped it was a dead animal and couldn't
believe it was an unclothed woman. She said every year on this
day, since 2000, she and Nathan think about someone who has a
mother, sister or friend that is missing.
Investigators say they believe the victim, an unidentified woman
approximately 35 to 45-years-old, died of homicidal violence.
Investigators with the New Brighton Department of Public Safety
now need your help to determine what happened in this
10-year-old unsolved case.
Investigators created a facial reconstruction, which shows what
the victim might have looked like.
You can see from the picture that the victim is a white female
and it's believed she had brown or reddish colored hair.
Investigators say she had a left upper tooth missing that would
have been visible when she smiled.
If you have any information about this case, you're asked to
call the New Brighton Department of Public Safety at:
651-288-4100.
You can also leave an anonymous tip at: 651-288-4137 or online
by clicking
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Re: NEW BRIGHTON JANE DOE: NF, 25-50, found at Long Lake Region
al Park - 15 September 2000
By: Akoya Date: July 12, 2020, 3:50 pm
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HTML http://justicefornativewomen.blogspot.com/2016/05/ramsey-county-jane-doe-discovered-in.html
Justice for Native Women
Ramsey County Jane Doe: Discovered in Minnesota in 2000.
These are forensic reconstructions of the Ramsey County Jane
Doe:
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Jane Doe was mummified by the time she was discovered in New
Brighton, Minnesota on September 15th, 2000. She was found by
two people walking in a swampy area in Long Lake Regional Park
at 1500 Old Highway 8 NW. Authorities have not released an
official cause of death but she is believed to have been
murdered. Jane was approximately 25-30 years old and 5'4 to 5'6
at the time of her death. Her weight could not be estimated due
to the condition of her remains. She had brown to strawberry
blonde hair and was missing an upper left tooth that would have
been visible when she smiled. She had extensive dental work
done. Only a single white tennis shoe was recovered from the
scene, no other clothing or belongings were found.
If you have any information regarding the identity or murder of
the Ramsey County Jane Doe, you are encouraged to contact the
Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office at 651-266-1700.
Tribal Information: Jane Doe is believed to be white with Native
American ancestry. As she is unknown so are her people.
Sources:
NamUs
Doe Network
New Brighton Police Department
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