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Case File: 358UFCA

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Artistic rendering and sketches of the victim (Barbara Martin); Victim's jewelry and clothing

Unidentified Female

  • Date of Discovery: November 16, 1969
  • Location of Discovery: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
  • Estimated Date of Death: November 14, 1969
  • State of Remains: Recognizable face
  • Cause of Death: Homicide by stabbing
  • Physical Description
    ** Listed information is approximate

  • Estimated Age: 20-23 years old
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Female
  • Height: 5'8" to 5'10"
  • Weight: 110-115 lbs.
  • Hair Color: Dark brown, tinted.
  • Eye Color: Green
  • Distinguishing Marks/Features: Vaccination scars on her left arm and outer left thigh. A one-quarter-inch horizontal scar underneath her right breast. A light brown birthmark on her right buttock.
  • Dentals: Available. She had 16 silver amalgam fillings in upper teeth #2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, and 15; and lower teeth #18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30 and 31.
  • Fingerprints: Available.
  • DNA: Available at the state lab.
  • Clothing & Personal Items
  • Clothing: Blue corduroy jacket (size 9-10; made in Canada), blue Levi hip-hugger jeans (made in Boston, MA), tan knee-length riding boots (possibly made in Spain) that were well-worn and re-soled, tan long sleeved sweater with perpindicular ribbing (size 32), and a 2" wide leather belt (Thom 38 or Tham 38, with one-inch leather strips which go through a brass ring.
  • Jewelry: Yellow metal ring with a red oval stone worn on the right ring finger. A white metal ring with Indian designs worn on the left middle finger, made in Mexico.
  • Additional Personal Items: Unknown
  • Case History

    A hiker found the victim's body down an embankment on Mulholland Drive and Skyline Drive near Laurel Canyon. She had been stabbed over 100 times, indicating overkill.

    A witness remembered seeing the girl with the Manson Family at Spahn and thought her name was "Sherry." Because of the labels in her clothing, detectives suspect she may have come from Canada or the east coast, possibly Europe.

    Investigating Agency(s)
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  • Agency Name: Los Angeles Police Department
  • Agency Contact Person: Cold Case Homicide Unit
  • Agency Phone Number: 213-847-0970
  • Agency Name: Los Angeles County Coroner's Office
  • Agency Contact Person: Daniel Machian
  • Agency Phone Number: 323-343-0512

  • Agency Case Number: ME: 1969-12644; LE: 69-668-376; Jane Doe No. 59
  • NCIC Case Number: U393785300
  • NamUs Case Number: UP #2997
  • Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

    Information Source(s)
  • NamUs
  • Manson's Back Porch
  • Los Angeles Police Department
  • Helter Skelter

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    Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 2/1/15 - By: DD / Unidentified Persons Coordinator

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