ViCAP Alert: unidentified recovered body (revised).On March 18, 2007, the nude body of an unidentified female, "Jane Doe Jane Doe female counterpart of John Doe. [Am. Usage: Misc.] See : Everyman ," was found in Prairie View, Waller County, Texas Waller County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. The 2000 U.S. Census recorded its population to be 32,663. Its county seat is Hempstead. Geography According to the U.S. , near U.S. Highway 290. Prairie View is approximately 50 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The victim appears to be white or Hispanic, approximately 30 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 151 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. Her teeth were decayed; a dental chart is available for comparison purposes. Officials believe that she had been dead approximately 2 hours. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A plastic bag had been placed over the victim's head and secured with duct tape around her neck. In addition, her hands had been severed from the body and have not been found. The ends of her arms were covered with the same type of plastic bag used to cover her head and were secured to her arms with duct tape. The victim's head hair and pubic hair pubic hair, n hair in the pubic region; secondary sexual characteristic that develops during puberty. had been closely cut. She died of asphyxia asphyxia (ăsfĭk`sēə), deficiency of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood and body tissues. Asphyxia, often referred to as suffocation, usually results from an interruption of breathing due to mechanical blockage of the due to external neck compression (the hyoid bone hyoid bone n. A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the muscles of the tongue. hyoid bone (hī´oid), n was broken). Alert to Law Enforcement Agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The Prairie View Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The DPS is responsible for statewide law enforcement and vehicle regulation. The department is headed by the three member Public Safety Commission. , and FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Unit request assistance in identifying the victim to determine when and where she disappeared and fell victim to this crime. The unique circumstances of her demise indicate the offender may have committed this type of crime in the past. Law enforcement agencies should bring this information to the attention of all homicide, cold case, missing persons, and crime analysis units. If any agency has a similar case (or cases), please contact one of the following individuals: Sergeant Brian Taylor Case number RA-2007-00126 Texas Department of Public Safety 979-865-3111 brian.taylor@txdps.state.tx.us Lieutenant Wilbert White Case number 07-0318-01 Prairie View Police Department 936-857-3521 white7711@aol.com Crime Analyst Rick Blankenship Case number 2007TX00009 FBI ViCAP Unit 703-632-4191 rblanken@leo.gov Revision: The retouched photograph has been created and added to this ViCAP Alert in an effort to identify Jane Doe. |
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