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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, 3:52 pm
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New Brighton police renew efforts in 2000 Jane Doe death
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A reconstruction approximates the face of a woman whose body was
found Sept. 15, 2000, in a swampy area of Long Lake Regional
Park in New Brighton. Anthropologists say one of the woman s top
front teeth was missing and the gap was visible when she smiled.
By NANCY NGO | nngo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: September 15, 2010 at 11:01 pm | UPDATED: November
12, 2015 at 6:56 am
On the 10th anniversary of the discovery of a woman’s naked and
decomposed body in a swampy area in New Brighton, police are
reopening the unsolved case in hopes of finding out who she was
and what happened to her.
Investigators believe her death was a homicide. And they hope
their two latest efforts — rereleasing a composite sketch
Wednesday that could help identify the mystery woman, as well as
using the latest DNA technology — will bring in new evidence.
“We remain hopeful that one day we will get that tip that will
pan out,” said Tony Paetznick, deputy director of the New
Brighton Department of Public Safety. “It’s been frustrating not
being able to identify her for so long.”
Paetznick said DNA technology could provide new clues to the
owner of a tennis shoe found near the woman on the day her body
was discovered. Paetznick said the shoe did not belong to the
woman. It appeared to have been recently placed there even
though the woman had been dead for 45 days to six months.
“The shoe has always been that piece of the puzzle,” Paetznick
said. “It was almost like it was used as a marker … or it could
have been just a coincidence.”
On Sept. 15, 2000, two teenagers walking along a trail in Long
Lake Regional Park came across a tennis shoe in the middle of
the path. The shoe pointed toward Rush Lake, about 20 to 25 feet
to the north.
The high school students thought the placement of the shoe was
odd, so they followed the direction it was pointing. After
making their way through weeds and poplar trees, they made it to
the edge of the lake, where they found the body wrapped in
cattails.
It took detectives time to find out more about the dead woman.
Initially, the gender was unclear. The body had no clothing,
jewelry, scars or tattoos.
Because the body was badly decomposed, internal organs were
gone. It also was impossible to fingerprint or determine eye
color. Dental records did not identify the body.
What authorities did know was there were signs of sharp-force
injuries consistent with stab wounds on the body.
A state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension forensic sculptor
reconstructed the woman’s face, and a composite sketch was
released.
Anthropologists determined the victim was white, about 5 feet 4
inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall and was between 35 and 50 years
old. Her hair was brown or reddish in color.
She also had a healed fracture on her right middle finger and
had osteoarthritis of the spine. The woman had significant
dental work, including three root canals. All four wisdom teeth
had been removed. Anthropologists were also able to determine
one of her top front teeth was missing and the gap was visible
when she smiled.
Paetznick said the department has followed more than 400 tips
and not being able to identify their Jane Doe for the past
decade has been wearisome.
Lead detective Gary Sykes keeps the composite sketch of the
woman in his office as an everyday reminder.
“It never leaves his mind,” Paetznick said.
Nancy Ngo can be reached at 651-228-5172.
Know This Woman?
Anyone with information about the woman whose body was pulled
from a New Brighton swamp 10 years ago is asked to call
investigators at 651-288-1400. Anonymous tips can be left at
651-288-4137.
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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, 3:53 pm
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By James Schugel, WCCO-TV
NEW BRIGHTON (WCCO) — Ten years ago, a couple stumbled upon a
woman’s body in a Twin Cities park. Despite a plethora of leads,
police still can’t say who she was or who killed her. Now, a
tiny clue just two centimeters long and crushed to near
nothingness could help police finally crack a cold case.
“A lot of work over a lot of years, and we’re really no closer
now than we were back then,” said Detective Gary Sykes with the
New Brighton Police Department.
He remembers the 911 call that September 2000 afternoon. He
investigated the case back then, and he’s still investigating it
now.
The woman was found dead, likely murdered, Sykes said, in Long
Lake Regional Park near Rush Lake. She was in a swampy area and
Sykes believes she might have been there up to five years.
He’s compared her to some 350 missing women. He’s examined
dental records and every other lead that’s come in. But now
today, a decade later, he still doesn’t know who killed her. He
doesn’t even know who she is.
“That’s what the crime scene looked like,” he said, as he showed
WCCO’s James Schugel pictures of the scene and the woman’s body.
“There was virtually nothing left of her — other than skin and
bones.”
So decomposed, he’s got no fingerprints and very little physical
evidence.
“We both at the time said, ‘It’s a body! It’s a body! It’s a
body!” recalled Jennifer Leach and her husband Nathan.
The two were in high school that September day. Rollerblading
through the park, they rolled up on a shoe still tightly tied
and no one was around.
“It seemed really odd. It didn’t add up to us,” said Nathan.
They walked up a nearby deer path, and that’s when they found
the woman’s body.
They called 911, and New Brighton Police showed up and started
their investigation. But the investigation, now a decade later,
is at a dead end.
“Any case where you can’t get to the conclusion that you want to
get to is tough,” Detective Sykes.
He’s now hopeful he might be able to solve the case with what’s
called Familial DNA. The new science is giving Sykes new hope.
At the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension in St. Paul, forensic
scientists have two ways they can find out who the woman is with
her DNA. First, they could take her DNA and match it to someone
in the public who comes forward claiming they could be a
relative. They could also take her DNA and enter it into a
national database of convicted criminals, hoping she’s a
relative of one of them.
“As more samples get added, every day a new search is done, so
every day we get more matches, so, hopefully, one day we’ll get
a match to all these missing persons,” said Jim Iverson with the
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Forensic scientists described the process of Familial DNA.
They’ll take a bone or possibly a tooth from the woman,
completely clean it and cut off a two centimeter piece of it.
They’ll put that bone or tooth sample inside a freezer mill,
which is filled with liquid nitrogen. The machine will pulverize
it into a small amount, less than a gram, and from that,
scientists can extract the woman’s DNA.
Testing could take a few weeks or months. And it can’t come soon
enough for everyone involved.
“It would definitely be nice to see closure,” said Jennifer.
Sykes hopes his plea is paid attention to. He needs help solving
one of the hardest crimes he’s investigated in his 31-year
career.
“I think that there’s somebody who knows how she got there and
what happened to her,” said Sykes. “She deserves better than
what she’s got.”
Police never found a murder weapon, but they think the woman
might have been stabbed.
Sykes may have one of her teeth tested, too.
He urges anyone who might have known the woman or how she died
to call the tip line and leave a message at 651-288-4137 or,
during business hours, call 651-288-4100.
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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, 3:54 pm
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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, 3:55 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.
Long Lake Regional Park
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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, 3:56 pm
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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, 3:57 pm
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