Jane Doe

Jane Doe (Name Not identified)

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP58250, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Status: Name Not identified in 1976, from 1976 to 2023 (during 48y) also name not identified.

Today in 2023-2024 is still not identified name of person victim.

Published informations in articles from newspapers in 1976

• The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana · Sunday, October 10, 1976 - Benton County Jane Doe - Body of Woman Found Wrapped in Plastic Sheeting
• Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana · Thursday, October 14, 1976
• Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana • Tue, Oct 12, 1976 Page 7
• And an interview with the farmer who found the body: Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana · Wednesday, October 20, 1976
• Brief, with a description of her clothing: Rushville Republican Rushville, Indiana • Sat, Oct 9, 1976 Page 2
• Includes information on brand of box and funeral home: Journal and Courier Lafayette, Indiana · Saturday, October 09, 1976

Benton Co Jane Doe 1976 Pending Cases - DNA Doe Project

NamUs ID: UP58250
Date Body Found: October 8, 1976
Race: White / Caucasian
Gender: Female
Estimated Age: 55-65
Estimated PMI: 1 Week
Location: Otterbein, IN

Agency of Jurisdiction
Benton County Medical Examiner & Coroner
Matthew J. Rosenbarger, Coroner
765-418-2295
Benton.coroner@yahoo.com

Status:Undergoing testing
Image Credit: Carl Koppelman
Last Updated: February 6, 2022
Posted on September 23, 2021

See more: Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP58250, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Note:

If maybe someone recognize this person please kindly to contact Mr. Scott A McCord on below contacts.

Date 3 Jan 2024 - Shared below info from Mr. Scott A McCord, fb: Scott A McCord (County Coroner), published and posted in fb group: Croatian Heritage and Genealogy

Greetings,
My name is Scott McCord and I am the Coroner down in Newton County, Indiana. I also am a Case Manager for Identify Indiana Initiative which is a group of Coroner’s, Law Enforcement and a Forensic Anthropologist dedicated to identifying the human remains found here in Indiana. We have been working a cold case from 1976 in which the body of a woman was found in a corn field in Benton County, Indiana. She had been shot once in the head and her body was in a large cardboard box that was dumped into the corn field.
We sent a bone away to a Forensic Lab and had her DNA sequenced. We then ran the DNA for ethnicity. We have found that she is largely Croation, and we have always thought that she might have come from the Chicago area.

---

Here is some information on her:
Date found: October 8, 1976
White female
Age approx. 55-65 (estimate only)
Height 5’ 2” (Approx)
Weight 160 pounds (Approx)
Hair Gray to Graying
Eyes unknown
Medical info:
Large scarring due to a Radical Right Sided Mastectomy
Moderate (8cm) scar from below the sternum to the umbilicus
Clothing Info:
Beige Antron Slip size 40. Brand name Sliperfection.
Beige panty girdle.
Double knit pant suit consisting of two-tone green front button-down jacket and solid green slacks (size 22 1/2) no brand name noted.

I am reaching out to you in hopes that someone might recognize her or remember someone who went missing about that time. If you have any information, please contact me at:
identifyindiana@gmail.com or smccord@newtoncounty.in.gov or call me at 219-285-2515
__________________________________________________________________________________

➜ = or

Note: If anybody would like to help indetify a person and person's name or maybe recognized her, or somebody maybe was related, for the purpose to resolve this case, for DNA results, how Mr. Scott said that they are working with LE and GEDmatch, and they need people to match her to, for further informations and details and yours comparisons of yours DNA's, please kindly contact to Mr. Scott at above contact or check at GEDmatch, in meantime if datas and results of person's tested DNA was uploaded.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Other additional articles, sources, links

• Benton County Jane Doe (1976)
• Woman Found in a Box in 1976 Known as The Benton County Jane Doe Still Unidentified, Jul 19, 2023, Megan Ashley, truecrimemysteries.medium.com, Medium.com
• Body exhumed, reopening ’76 cold case of woman found in box in Benton Co. cornfield, July 13, 2019, Dave Bangert, Journal & Courier
• Unidentified Person October 8, 1976 Benton County Jane Doe, Uncovered.com
• Benton Co Jane Doe 1976 Pending Cases - DNA Doe Project
• Indianapolis forensic experts work to ID body in 1976 cold case, Posted: Jul 9, 2019 / 04:44 PM EST / Updated: Jul 9, 2019 / 04:44 PM EST, WISHTV.Com8 News
• They Didn’t Want Her Named — The Box Lady of Benton County, Natasha M, Published in True Crime Detective, Jan 19, 2023
• Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP58250, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
• Unidentified And Missing People
• Benton county coroner is working to identify body in 1976 cold case, wlfi.com - Note: The content and webiste is only available and visible for USA citizens and other countries who does not exists restrictions, is not avaliable and visible for others around World from countries who have restrictions, especcially also for citizens from countries who belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU. - Notification: 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact newsroom@wlfi.com or call 765-463-1800.