Palm Beach County Jane Doe (1980)

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Palm Beach County Jane Doe
Discovered	June 23, 1980
Unidentified for	43 years
Sex	Female
Location	Boca Raton, Florida
Age	19 - 20
Race	White
Height	5'1
Weight	120 pounds
Body condition	Decomposed
Postmortem interval	10 days
Cause of death	Stabbing

Palm Beach County Jane Doe was a woman whose body was found in a Florida canal.

Case

The victim was located floating in the Hillsborough Canal, west of Boca Raton, in Palm Beach County, Florida on June 23, 1980. She had been stabbed and beaten multiple times in the face with a blunt object, destroying most of her teeth. She was likely killed 10 days before she was found. She had likely given birth before. Her body had been weighted down.

Characteristics

• Black hair.
• Brown eyes.

Exclusions

• Debbie McCall

Gallery

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Sources

• Palm Beach County Jane Doe at the Doe Network
• Palm Beach County Jane Doe at NamUs
• Palm Beach County Jane Doe at FLUIDDB
• Palm Beach Post:
  • Article #1
  • Article #2
• Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (Facebook)
• Miami Herald
• Palm Beach County Sheriff