Arroyo Grande Jane Doe

Arroyo Grande Jane Doe, also known as Jane Arroyo Grande Doe, is the name given to an unidentified American murder victim, discovered on October 5, 1980 in Henderson, Nevada. The identity of the subject has never been successfully established. Discovery: At approximately 9:20 PM, October 5, 1980, an unclothed white female between fourteen and twenty-five (most likely younger than nineteen) was found with blunt trauma to the back of her head (believed to be from a hammer), signs of punches to the face and stab wounds on her head and back, respectively, near Arroyo Grande Boulevard, near the state highway 146, a location where interstate 215 is now located. It had been placed in a "posed" position and was face-down. The body was discovered by two men driving on a dirt road, one of whom was an off-duty police officer.Examiners determined that the blade of the weapon, believed to be an ice pick, that was used to stab the victim was around three inches long. Her hair was naturally brown, red, or strawberry blond, and shoulder-length, and she stood around five feet two inches tall and weighed 103 to 110 pounds. She still had wisdom teeth as well as a gap visible between two teeth on her upper right set. She also wore earrings and painted her nails silver. The victim had dental fillings in some of her teeth, showing that she had seen a dentist when she was alive. Her eyes were a hazel-blue (some sources state green) and a presumably amateur tattoo of an "S" was on the inside of her upper right arm. She likely died a day before she was discovered. The officer that discovered her body, who was off-duty at the time, donated money for the victim's burial and regularly visits the site with his wife and donates flowers in memory of the victim. Investigation: Investigators made extensive efforts to try to get the body of the young woman identified. The victim's fingerprints and dental records were taken but could not be matched to anyone. Eventually, the victim's DNA profile was developed by the University of North Texas and was entered into national databases, which failed to turn up the identity of the victim. Television shows broadcast the case in hopes to generate leads, none of which led to her identification or apprehension of her killer or killers. Various forensic facial reconstructions were created to provide a likeness of the Jane Doe, which were hoped to generate recognition for those that may have known her in life. In 2003, her body was exhumed when authorities followed clues to a missing girl from California, who was eventually ruled out by DNA. To date, eleven total missing people have been excluded as potential identities for the victim. The body was exhumed in 2002 and 2009 as well. The former coroner for Clark County during the time the victim's body was found now works with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. He explained that "someone was missing their little girl" and asserted his beliefs that there were individuals that would know who the victim was, citing that he hoped the reconstructions created of the victim would trigger recognition. He also explained that the victim's case was one of the reasons that the local department developed a "cold case unit" for its unsolved cases. The officer that found the body also described similar feelings about the case. In June 2015, "Arroyo Grande" Jane Doe's case was officially reopened by investigators. On October 5, 2015, the thirty-fifth anniversary of her discovery, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released two new reconstructions, one frontal view of the face and the other as the profile. The new image replaced a previous version that the organization had created.