Do you know her? Madera County Sheriff reopens 1989 unsolved homicide case

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is asking for nationalist assistance successful identifying a Jane Doe from an unsolved homicide from 1989.

The Madera Sheriff’s Office says connected September 24, 1989, successful a agrarian country of Madera County the remains of an unidentified pistillate were located.

In 2020, Madera County Missing Persons Detective Padgett reopened unsolved cases to effort to place quality remains utilizing DNA technology. 

Padgett exhumed 2 Jane Does, including the unidentified pistillate from this case. 

With the assistance from Fresno State University Anthropologist Dr. C. Juarez, and the Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services Missing Persons Program successful Richmond, California, Detective Padgett contacted Forensic Artist PJ Puterbaugh to make a reconstruction of our unidentified victim.

The sheriff’s bureau says they are reaching retired to the nationalist with this rendering successful the hopes a person oregon household subordinate of the unfortunate whitethorn admit and assistance america to place her.

The Jane Doe is described arsenic being 5 feet 3 inches gangly and 130 lbs, with achromatic hair. 

She is estimated to person been astir 16-28 years old. She whitethorn person relatives successful Mexico, according to officials.

Anyone with accusation starring to her recognition is asked to interaction Madera County Sheriff’s Detective Padgett astatine (559)474-2302. Tips whitethorn besides beryllium emailed to MCSOTip@maderacountycom.

Tips whitethorn besides beryllium made connected the Madera County Sheriff’s Mobile App: MaderaSheriffApp.com.

The Madera County Investigations Bureau would similar to admit the Madera Cemetery District and its employees for their clip and assistance successful some Jane Doe exhumations.

There remains an ongoing transgression probe regarding the circumstances surrounding Jane Doe’s death.

Deputies are asking anyone who whitethorn person information, to delight interaction Detectives astatine (559) 675-7770.

The different Jane Doe, an unidentified pistillate from a inactive unsolved May 1987 case, was positively identified arsenic Christine Lester connected March 15, 2023. 

Christine’s remains were aboriginal returned to her household successful Indian Wells, Arizona.