The Nameless
New Hampshire Jane Doe (2019)

A Mystery Decades in the Making: Who Was This Young Woman?
In 2019, a woman made a heartbreaking discovery of her own when she turned over a human cranium to the New Hampshire State Police. She explained that her late husband had discovered the partial skull sometime in the 1930s and had kept it throughout his life. Decades passed, and the identity of the young woman remained a mystery.
Through forensic testing, investigators determined that the partial skull likely belonged to a female between approximately 15 and 18 years old. Bomb-pulse testing indicated that she likely died before 1942, meaning her story may have been lost for more than 80 years.
Who was she? Where did she come from? And what happened to her so long ago? These are questions investigators are still hoping to answer. Behind the remains is a young woman who once had a family, a life, dreams, and people who may have loved her, but today, even her name remains unknown.
This case is being investigated in partnership with the New Hampshire State Police and the Forensic Anthropology Identification and Recovery Lab (F.A.I.R. Lab) at the University of New Hampshire. Investigators are hoping that advances in forensic science, along with information from the public, may finally help give this unidentified young woman a name and bring long-awaited answers to a mystery that has endured for generations.
If you have any information that could help identify this young woman or shed light on her history, please contact:
New Hampshire State Police
Detective Christopher Elphick
(603) 223-3856
christopher.elphick@dos.nh.gov
She has been without a name for far too long. Perhaps someone, somewhere, holds the missing piece that can finally tell her story.
Source:
https://dnadoeproject.org/case/pond-jane-doe-from-the-granite-state-2019
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