MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) Investigators on Friday identified a woman whose remains were found nearly three decades ago in southern Illinois. The head of the woman previously known only as Ina Jane Doe was found by two girls on Jan.
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) - Southern Illinois police are hoping technologies not available three decades ago can help them identify a woman whose head was found in 1993 in a state park. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is working with researchers who have performed an anthropological re-analysis, forensic genealogy, and DNA analysis on the remains of the woman known only as "Ina Jane Doe." A sketch artist has also created new forensic art. The presumed white female's decapitated head was found by two girls in January 1993 within the Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park. She was estimated to be between 30 and 50 years of age, had long reddish hair and extensive dental work.