Who Killed Cali Doe?

UPDATE:

Cali Doe was identified on January 26, 2015 as Tammy Jo Alexander. My deepest sympathies to her family and friends. 

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Original composite image of Cali Doe

At the end of the 1970's, a teenage girl was murdered in cold blood and abandoned in a corn field in Caledonia, New York. What could have driven someone to kill an innocent child? It's been almost thirty-five years, and we still don't have an answer.

Nicknamed "Cali Doe" after the town she was discovered in, she was between thirteen and nineteen (my guess being no younger than fourteen and no older than sixteen) and stood at five feet three inches. I'd say she's more than likely a runaway child, maybe from as far away as Canada, like two other victims found in South Carolina three years prior.

Cali wore men's clothing, probably indicating that a generous person could have given her a change of clothes after encountering her, if she had left her home behind. Her teeth weren't well taken care of. Along with this, she had acne across her body, likely due to not bathing. She also had a tan. These details definitely promote the idea that she had run away from home; she was likely traveling for some time.

Cali's recent reconstruction looks somewhat different from the actual body.

From the side, she resembled actress Maisie Williams, famous for her portrayal of Arya in Game of Thrones. Although this comparison might not appear helpful, it's certainly better than actually showing an image of her body, although in the profile photo (unlike the front view) she looks peaceful.

This case is close to me, as it is a terrible way for someone so young to lose their life like this, especially when nobody knows who you were or why you were murdered. I presume she may have been randomly selected by a passerby to become their victim. Another possibility is that Cali may have been involved in human and/or drug trafficking.

If you have any information on this case, please contact:

Livingston County Sheriff's Office

Phone: 585-243-7120

Email: crimetip@troopers.state.ny.us

The Two from Sumter County

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Within hours after their murders, a young man and woman, who currently are unidentified, were discovered with three bullet wounds that took their lives. It was a day in the late summer of 1976 in South Carolina. I took particular interest in this case, not only because Jane Doe strongly resembled one of my coworkers, but because both victims were dead less than a day and nobody has come forward to claim responsibility for their murders or even their identities.

Reconstructions of Jane, the middle being the most accurate in my opinion.

The woman, known only as "Jane Doe," was just barely an adult, likely between eighteen and twenty years old. She was at medium height for a female, at 5'5. Three reconstructions have been made of her, but I am unhappy with most of them, as they make her look like a different person in each one. Compared to the morgue photos, only one gives a decent view of what she looked like in life,  but it is at a strange angle that makes her look somewhat unattractive, which she most certainly was not.

The man, who was in his early twenties, is a different story. Unlike the female, he is known by a more unique name, "Jock," as someone who reportedly came in contact with the pair stated he called himself, also reported that the man claimed he had been disowned by his wealthy father and had originated from Canada. Jock's reconstructions are very similar to what the body looked like, which at least could still help with both victims' identity. He wore a class ring that read "JPF."

Jock's reconstructions all look fairly similar.

I strongly support the theory that the two were from Canada. At first glance, most would imagine the two as lovers, but I believed that they were siblings before I found out recently that they were apparently not related. There is still the possibility that they could have been step brother and sister. Jock's name was more likely "Jacques," which screams French-Canadian. The two had high-end dental work as well as some jewelry, which supports that they originated from a high-class home.

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: 

Sumter County Sheriff's Office
803-436-2790


Sumter County Coroner
Verna Moore
803-436-211

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Lady of the Dunes

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She was an attractive woman between 25 and 40, being brutally murdered in 1974. It was summertime in Provincetown, Massachusetts when someone walking their dog when they came across a naked body, probably not the best thing for a young teen to witness.

At the crime scene, the remains along with a towel, a size ten footprint, and jeans were found, some of her teeth ripped out of her mouth along with her hands severed. Why would someone want to take it this far to prevent  authorities from identifying someone?

The Lady of the Dunes has had her face reconstructed many times in the past thirty-nine-and-a-half years since the discovery. What is interesting is that many of them bare little resemblance to each other. It's a likely reason why she hasn't got her identity back. With this recent one, created in 2010, I'm not exactly happy with either, since she looks a bit too old to be in the age range. Hopefully, someone will come up with an age regression that was created by a scan of the skull, like the one pictured.

Lady of the Dunes was athletic and weighed 145 pounds, even though she was only five-foot-six inches tall. Her hair was in a ponytail when she was found, giving a stereotypical appearance of an athlete (I imagine a jogger or a tennis player). I wonder if she actually did participate in sports when she was alive.

The case remains unsolved, even though a serial killer confessed to killing this woman. Since he has paranoid schizophrenia, many don't believe him. Another theory, which I believe strongly in, is that there may be a connection with Whitey Bulger, who was an FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted for years, who was apprehended recently. People in Provincetown at the time Lady of the Dunes died claim to have seen him with a woman who looked like one of the reconstructions of the victim.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Provincetown Police Department at:

508-487-1212  or 508-487-1213
mhimes@provincetown-ma.gov

26 Shankpainter Road
Provincetown, MA 02657

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