TX IOLA JANE DOE: WF, 13-19, found near Bull Creek Bridge in Iola, TX - 29 Oct 1981 - 1904 coin ring

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543UFTX - Unidentified Female

Reconstruction of the victim; victim's ring.

Date of Discovery: October 29, 1981
Location of Discovery: Iola, Grimes County, Texas
Estimated Date of Death: 1976 to 1981
State of Remains: Partial skeletal
Cause of Death: Blunt trauma to the head

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 13-19 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'1" to 5'5"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair Color: Red/Dark auburn
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: The victim was right-handed; had previous and healed fractures to the ribs, breastbone and toe area. No evidence of prior childbirth.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Extensive dental work, incliding 13 fillings.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA:Available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Pink bikini panties
Jewelry: Ring containing replica of 20-dollar American gold piece, with 1904 engraving.
Additional Personal Items: White towel and what appeared to be a mechanics drop cloth were also found with the remains

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim was located by a worker with the Texas Highway Department in Grimes County, Texas on October 29, 1981. She was found on F.M. 244, just south of Iola near Bull Creek Bridge.

The body was inside a large plastic bag, which also contained a type of rag commonly used by mechanics. An investigation was launched by the Grimes County Sheriff's Department and the Texas Rangers, but the identity of the girl was never established and no local children were reported missing about that same time.

Considering the condition of the body, the killer or killers may have stored the body in a cool, dry place - possibly a closet - where it decomposed over several years. The killer probably needed to get rid of the body, then placed it in a bag and dumped it on the side of the road in 1981.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Grimes County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Daniel Wagnon
Agency Phone Number: 936-873-2151
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 81-309

Agency Name: Office of the Grimes County Justice of the Peace
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 936-873-2415
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 00-08614

Agency Name: Texas Department of Public Safety
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 512-424-5074
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: U9105002

NCIC Case Number: U820002911
NamUs Case Number: 4611

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Texas Department of Public Safety
NCMEC
Grimes County District Attorney's Office

543UFTX

This teenaged #JaneDoe was located by a worker with the Texas Highway Department in Grimes County, Texas on October 29, 1981 wearing this ring.

Does the ring look familiar to you? Estimated Age: 13-19 years old Race: White Sex: Female Height: 5'1" to 5'5" Weight: 110 lbs Hair Color: Red/Dark auburn

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Authorities find relative in missing Picher girl case; awaiting DNA results

MIAMI, Okla. – An older sister of Cheryl Taylor, a Picher girl missing for 45 years, is providing Texas authorities with a DNA sample in hopes it is a match to the unidentified body of a woman foun…

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by: Sheila Stogsdill
Posted: Feb 10, 2023 / 12:59 PM MST
Updated: Feb 10, 2023 / 01:00 PM MST

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Plans were made for a DNA testing kit to be overnighted to Wall who will hand deliver the kit to the sibling.

“We hope to have answers within a week,” Schaper said. “It all rests with dental records and a DNA match.”

The sibling said she didn’t recall Cheryl having dental work, he said. The unidentified teen in Texas had extensive dental work – 13 fillings, Schaper said. She also had several broken ribs in various stages of healing.

The unidentified teen was known as “Grimes County Jane Doe” by Texas authorities. Her skeletal remains were found in 1981 near Iola, Texas and subsequently sent to the University of North Texas Center for Identification.

A DNA sample was taken from the remains, and a genetic profile was created by Othram, a private DNA lab, Ellis said.

Ellis and Schaper have been working for years to identify Grimes County Jane Doe.

The profile showed a possible connection on Jane Doe’s paternal side to Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

The sister said the family didn’t live in Sapulpa but published reports showed the family had moved from Nowata County to Picher shortly before Cheryl disappeared.

Some of the similarities are unbelievable, Wall, Ellis and Schaper said in separate interviews.

The profile showed that Grimes County Jane Doe had red or auburn hair. Cheryl Taylor had red hair.

The Texas teen was right-handed and her age was estimated to be between 13 and 19 years old. She was between 5’1 and 5’4 in height and weighed around 110 pounds. Cheryl Taylor was small – perhaps weighing as little as 60 pounds.

After the lab receives the family DNA sample, they will use a “genome sequencing technique” to see if the two women are the same person. The results could take up to 10 days.

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Lengthy article at link. ~Summer