The Doe Network: Case File 55UFTX

The Doe Network:
Case File 55UFTX

Sketches of Victim

Unidentified White Female

Located on October 8, 1983 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.

She was a victim of homicide. The victim had been strangled with a rope or cord by someone standing behind her.

Estimated Date of Death: 24 - 30 hours prior to discovery

Vital Statistics

Estimated age: 16 - 30 years old

Approximate Height and Weight: 5'6" - 5'8"; 100 - 125 lbs.

Distinguishing Characteristics: Shoulder length, slightly curled reddish/light brown or dark blonde hair; hazel or blue eyes. She wore blue-tinted contact lenses. The victim had a small brown birthmark or mole on her left forearm and an extra nipple or birthmark under right breast. Both of her ears were pierced twice. Well manicured fingernails, painted with red polish. Her hair and skin were in good condition. She was well-groomed. She had no tan lines.

Clothing: Britannica blue jeans, size 5; a white bra; pink panties with Thursday stitched in red; and white cotton socks. Her blouse and shoes were missing and not located with her body.

Jewelry: She was wearing three rings on her fingers: a gold diamond friendship or promise ring; a size 7 wedding band that had been wrapped with a band aid to fit the victim's size 5 finger; and a gold ring with a red garnet or ruby birthstone and a diamond chip on the side.

Fingerprints: Available

Dentals: Available. Her wisdom teeth were formed but had not broken through the gums. She had a noticeable space between her two front teeth and she had no upper right lateral incisor. Teeth rotated medially.

DNA: Available in CODIS

Case History
The victim was discovered in a culvert 17 miles north of Amarillo, Texas in Potter County beside U.S. 287.
The body had been dragged along the roadway and then partially shoved inside a concrete culvert about 80 feet from the highway on the east side of the road.
It is not believed that the woman was sexually assaulted. Police traced the victim's polycon II blue-tinted contact lenses to a manufacturing lab in Arizona, but were unable to determine whom the lenses belonged to or who made them.
Tests on the victim's type A-positive blood revealed that she had consumed little or no alcohol prior to her death and was not a drug user.
Jane Doe's well-groomed appearence marked her as someone other than a transient or street person. She is believed to not be local to the area.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this victim's identity or the circumstances surrounding her homicide, please contact:
Amarillo Police Department
806-378-9468
OR
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse
800-346-3243
All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

NCIC Number:
U-971941712
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Texas Department Of Public Safety
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