RCMP Seek Help In Identifying Jane Doe

Saturday, February 19, 2011 02:13 PM

An artist's sketches of the Jane Doe RCMP are hoping you can help identify

Vancouver, BC: The Missing Women Task Force is seeking the public’s help in identifying a Jane Doe connected with their investigation.

On February 23, 1995 what appeared to be a partial skull with an attached vertebra was located near a creek just south of Highway 7, approximately 800 metres east of the Ruskin bridge in Mission. The discovery was made by someone filling their water bottle from the creek.

A number of subject matter experts were utilized, specializing in areas such as forensic anthropology, biology, forensic entomology, forensic odontology and human anatomy, in an effort to identify her.

In August 2002, bones recovered during the search of the farm associated to Robert Pickton were confirmed to be genetically linked to this partial skull.

Since the discovery, police have reached out across the world in an effort to identify her. Investigators worked with a forensic sketch artist with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to develop a composite drawing based on what was learned from her skull by all the subject matter experts who had examined it.

Her DNA profile was provided to every laboratory in Canada, and along with the composite drawings, shared with Interpol. Making this information now available to Interpol’s 188 members countries is ensuring that Jane Doe’s information is available for comparison by other police agencies to their missing person files.

Here is what investigators have been able to determine about Jane Doe.

· Caucasian female

· between 20 to 40 years old

· death would have been sometime between about 1985 and 1995

· missing teeth in the upper right portion of her jaw

· may have worn dentures

It is possible that this woman’s family does not know that she is missing, or may be under the mistaken belief that she was reported missing and there is a file open.

“We believe someone out there knows who Jane Doe is and can help solve this mystery”, says Sgt. Dan Almas with Project Evenhanded. “Somebody knew her and her family deserves to know what has happened.”

The public is asked to have a look at the composite sketch, keeping in mind that hair, nose, lips and jaw are an approximation.

Anyone who has any information about the identify of Jane Doe is asked to contact the Missing Women Task Force toll free tip line at 1-800-687-3377

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