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WAF690707 July 7, 1969; Carnation, King Co., Tolt Hill Jane Doe
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Skeleton of a white female age 21-28 found July 7, 1969.

Newspaper reports give date as June 5, 1969.
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Unknown Unknown
Report Type: Unidentified Human Remains
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Skin: Unknown
Height: 5' 0" -> 5' 4"
Weight: 100 -> 120
Date of Birth: Jan-01-1942 -> Dec-31-1948
Place of Birth: Unknown
Current Age: 58 -> 65
Last Seen: Jul-07-1969
Dental X-rays Available: Yes
Scars, Marks, Tatoos:
Clothes/Jewelry: Unknown
Aliases:

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If you know this person or wish to correct any errors in this information, please contact:
Agency: King county sheriffs office
Phone Number: 206-296-0970
Case Number (OCA): 69-14372
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/loca...oldcase11m.html

Originally published Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 7:27 PM
Victim's remains exhumed in 42-year-old cold case
By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter

DNA collected from the remains of a woman who was found near Carnation more than 42 years ago has been sent to two federal databases with the hope she can finally be identified and her killer can be located.

On Friday, King County Medical Examiner's Office staff and sheriff's detectives exhumed the remains of the woman simply known as "Tolt Hill Jane Doe" from Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Seattle.

The remains of the woman, believed to be between the ages of 23 and 25, were found in a heavily wooded area one mile west of the Tolt River Bridge on June 5, 1969, said sheriff's spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart.

About all that is known about the woman is that she was white, had dark hair and was unclothed. She is believed to have died up to six months before her remains were found.

An autopsy performed after her remains were found did not reveal the cause of death, according to a Seattle Times story from July 8, 1969. Sheriff's officials said at the time that it was likely that the woman was the victim of homicide.

Urquhart said that investigators had long planned to exhume the woman's remains. He said that an exhumation takes months of planning, especially since the woman was buried in a "pauper's grave" with three other bodies.

Urquhart said it is not believed that the woman was the victim of a serial killer.

"This is long before Green River," he said, referring to Green River killer Gary L. Ridgway, who is serving life in prison without parole for the murders of 49 women in the 1980s and early-1990s.

"We have no reason to believe this had anything to do with [Ted] Bundy either," he said, referring to the former University of Washington student who confessed to killing 11 women in Washington state in the 1970s.

DNA from the woman will be entered into a database at the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas and then into the FBI's database, Urquhart added.

The Sheriff's Office is still looking for witness information in the Tolt Hill case. Anyone with information is asked to call 206-296-3311.
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Victim's body exhumed in effort to crack 1969 murder
By KOMO Staff Published: Aug 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM PDT Last Updated: Aug 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM PDT

SEATTLE -- King County sheriff's detectives have exhumed the remains of a woman found murdered more than four decades ago in the hope that new DNA samples will help lead them to the woman's killer.

Sgt. John Urquhart said the victim, who was never identified, came to be known as "Tolt Hill Jane Doe." Her decomposed body was found on a dirt road one mile west of the Tolt River Bridge in east King County on June 5, 1969.

She was buried at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Seattle, and detectives obtained a court order to exhume her body on Friday.

Her DNA will be entered into a national human identification database at the University of North Texas, as well as the FBI's DNA index.

"We're hoping to find out who she was and, of course, who killed her," Urquhart said.

Investigators are also trying to determine if the woman's killing is related to the death of another young woman in the area.

Urquhart said a piece of a human skull from a different woman was found in 2006 about three blocks from where the remains were discovered in 1969.

The second victim was also never identified.

"It's a possibility we had two victims dumped out there," Urquhart said.


Investigators believe the first victim was a white woman, 23 to 25 years old, 5 feet 1 to 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 105 to 115 pounds with dark hair.

They hope advances in DNA testing and the expansion of the national databases will help identify her.

Anyone with information on the deaths is asked to call the King County Sheriff's Office at 206-296-3311.
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Can DNA from dead woman crack two King County cold cases?
By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Updated 09:23 a.m., Wednesday, August 10, 2011

In an effort to solve a pair of mysterious deaths, King County investigators have exhumed the remains of an unidentified woman found slain near Carnation in 1969.

Cold-case detectives with the King County Sheriff’s Office hope to crack two unsolved homicides with the help of DNA testing to be done on the remains of one of two women found dead and decomposed on rural road.

On June 5, 1969, the woman’s decomposed body was found off a dirt road a mile west of the Tolt River Bridge in east King County. Investigators deemed the killing a homicide, and called the dead, unidentified woman “Tolt Hill Jane Doe.”

A portion of a skull from a second victim, likely a young adult female, was found in 2006 about three city blocks from where the woman’s body was found 37 years before.

According to a King County Sheriff’s Office statement, the remains had been exposed to the elements for a significant period of time. Like the earlier victim, the second woman has never ben identified and, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman said, detectives wonder if the two cases are linked.

Having obtained a court order Friday, cold case detectives with the King County Sheriff’s Office earlier this week exhumed the “Tolt Hill Jane Doe’s” remains, which had been put to rest at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Seattle.

“They hope to first find out who the person was, then find her killer,” Sgt. John Urquhart said in a statement.

“Tolt Hill Jane Doe” – whose remains were found on a dirt road that is now 290th Avenue Northeast – was described by investigators as a dark-haired white woman 23 to 25 years old. She was 5 foot 1 inch or 5 foot 2 inches tall, weighing about 105 to 115 pounds. She died from a few weeks to as much as six months before she was found.

Detectives exhumed the remains of the Tolt Hill victim to obtain DNA, according to the statement. Her DNA can be entered into the DNA database at the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification, and then into the FBI’s CODIS system.

The University of North Texas center, in collaboration with local law enforcement, allows families with missing loved ones the opportunity to submit reference samples for DNA testing that could be matched with samples on file or that may come into the center at a later date. Family members should contact the police agency that conducted the original investigation, which will determine if DNA collection is appropriate in a particular case.

Anyone with information on this cold case is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 206-296-3311. The Sheriff's Office has around 190 cold-case homicides or missing persons that are likely homicides. Some cases date back to the early 1950s.
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Her real name is a mystery. Forty-two years have passed since the Tolt Hill Jane Doe's body was found on a muddy road in the Lower Snoqualmie Valley.

All police know about "Jane" was that she was a dark-haired caucasian woman in her early 20s, slender and short. She was murdered sometime that spring, and her unclothed body was casually left along the track of what would become 290th Avenue Northweast, then a dirt road with few neighbors. A passerby spotted her body on June 5, 1969.

How she died is a complete mystery, too. Her body was too decomposed for medical examiners to determine how she died, other than ruling out a gunshot wound. Police figured it had lain by the road for weeks, or even months.

There have never been any leads. The case has lain dormant for decades: "A real whodunnit," in the words of King County Sheriff's Spokesman Lt. John Urguhart.

But this cold case may be getting warmer. Last week, a King County judge ordered Jane Doe's body exhumed from an indigent's grave at Seattle's Mount Pleasant cemetery, to allow for DNA testing to aid the King County Sheriff's Cold Case Squad's search for answers.

The Tolt Hill Jane Doe's DNA will be entered into a database at the University of North Texas' Center for Human Identification, where families with missing loved ones can submit samples to help discover answers. After university researchers do their processing work, "Jane's" genetic fingerprint will be entered into a national system to help families learn the fates of their loved ones.

Another victim?

In 2006, 37 years after Jane Doe's murder, detectives found a piece of skull from another victim, likely a young woman, three blocks from where the first body was found. The skull fragment had been exposed to the elements for a long time, and was never identified.

The skull that was found was so weathered, it probably dates to the same era as Jane Doe. Detectives now wonder whether the two deaths are related.

These bodies were left in the Valley too early to be linked to the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgeway. But such skeletal finds happen not infrequently in East King County, from the Snohomish County line to the Pierce County border.

"It's not unusual for homicide suspects to dump bodies where they're not going to be found," Urquhart said. The rural road near Carnation fit that bill.

DNA database

The sheriff's office has nearly 200 homicides and missing-person cold cases that date back as far as the early 1950s. When "Jane" was found, DNA methods used today did not exist. But technological advances over the last 10 years make it easier for victims' families to connect with investigators all the way across the country.

"Back then, there was no way for us to connect her to a missing person report," Urquhart said. "We know have ways to identify this person was... We've reached the point where crime solving is catching up with science."

Family members with missing relatives should first contact their local police department to ask about submitting samples of DNA; police determine if DNA collection is appropriate in a given case. As families take part and the database grows, there is the chance for a match—and answers.

"It's presumptuous of police to say that closure is going to come to a victim's family," Urquhart said. But families "definitely want to know. There may still be family members out there that never knew what happened to this girl. Most people, they want to know how she died and who killed her."

• The cold case unit seeks tips on the Tolt Hill Jane Doe's case. To make a tip, call the unit at (206) 296-3311.

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_kin...127553048.html

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The earliest remains were discovered on June 5, 1969 approximately one mile west of the Tolt River Bridge near the town of Carnation. The body, dubbed the "Tolt Hill Jane Doe," is believed to belong to a Caucasian female, 23 to 25 years old, 5'1" to 5'2", 105 to 115 pounds, with dark hair.
By Brandi Kruse
97.3 KIRO FM Reporter

Gary Ridgway has already pleaded guilty to murdering three of the unknown victims, and led police to one of the bodies in 2003. The other two were found in the mid-1980's but had never been identified. (AP Photo/File)

Cold case detectives have obtained DNA profiles that could help them identify three victims that have been linked to Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer.
New DNA technology and testing has also lead to full DNA profiles on five additional sets of remains found in King County as early as 1969.

"These people are out here and somebody either doesn't know that they are missing or doesn't know what has happened to them," said Sergeant Cindy West with the King County Sheriff's Office. "This can help us identify the person and provide some type of closure for the family."

West said the DNA profiles, seven complete and one partial, will be sent to the University of North Texas to be uploaded into the National DNA database.

"We're hoping we get some hits," she said. "If somebody has reported somebody missing and has provided a DNA sample, that will help us identify that person."

Gary Ridgway has already pleaded guilty to murdering three of the unknown victims, and led police to one of the bodies in 2003. The other two were found in the mid-1980's but had never been identified.

The other five remains are not linked to Ridgway. Four are believed to be unsolved homicides while one death appears to be accidental.

The earliest remains were discovered on June 5, 1969 approximately one mile west of the Tolt River Bridge near the town of Carnation. The body, dubbed the "Tolt Hill Jane Doe," is believed to belong to a Caucasian female, 23 to 25 years old, 5'1" to 5'2", 105 to 115 pounds, with dark hair.


Brandi Kruse, 97.3 KIRO FM Reporter
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DNA Technology May Help ID Green River Victims, Including Burien Body

The King County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday (March 19) progress on efforts to identify the remains of eight individuals who have been long termed “John/Jane Doe” homicide victims, including one found at a little league field in Burien in 1984.

The Bode Technology Group, working with police under an NIJ (National Institute of Justice) Grant, have been able to obtain full DNA profiles on the remains of seven of eight sets of remains sent to them, and a strong partial profile on the eighth set of remains.

“These are remains that in some cases have gone to several prior labs without profiles being developed,” said Sgt. Cindi West of the KCSO. “New DNA technology and testing lead Bode Tech to the DNA profiles. In conjunction with the grant, the profiles will now go to the University of North Texas for review and uploading into the National DNA database.”

Detectives hope that once the profiles are uploaded, they will be matched up to missing person cases that have had profiles submitted to a DNA database. Typically family members of missing persons provide DNA samples to be used in “building” a DNA profile that would represent their missing family member. Other times a toothbrush, comb or other personal item left behind by the victim can be used to form a DNA profile for the victim.

The Cases involved are:

Case number- 84-054800 (ME 84-0346): Green River Killer Homicides: “Bones 10”
Found 03/21/1984 at a little league filed in Burien. Gary Ridgway plead guilty to this
murder. The victim’s remains have never been identified.

Case number- 03-263862 (ME 03-1139): Green River Killer Homicides: “Bones 20”
Found 08/21/2003 at 24000 block of Kent-Des Moines Rd in Kent. Gary Ridgway
lead detectives to these remain, and has pled guilty to this murder. The victim’s
remains have never been identified. Strong Partial DNA Profile

Case number- 69-014372 “Tolt Hill 1969 Jane Doe” murder victim.
The victim was found on June 5, 1969 one mile west of the Tolt River Bridge in
eastern King County, near the town of Canation. the heavily decomposed body was
on a dirt road that is now 290th Ave NE. The body was dubbed the “Tolt Hill jane
Doe.” At the time the Medical Examiner’s Office described the woman as Caucasion,
23 to 28-years old, 5’1″ to 5’2″ tall, 105-115 lbs, with dark hair, She died from a
few weeks to as much as six months before she was found.

Case number: 83-198246 Case Moniker: “North Bend Male”
Location: 1 Mile South of 42003 SE 166 St.
Date of Recovery: 10/12/1983
Facts: Male skeletal remains. Victim died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Case number- 88-260904 “Cascade Tunnel Man” ( see Bulletin )
This man died in an apparent accident in King County on November 2, 1988, after
falling from a train in the tunnel through Stevens Pass. He was possibly living in the
Wenatchee area in the Fall of 1988.

Case number: 91-280335 Case Moniker: “Snoqualmie River Skull”
Date of recovery: 9/5/1991
Facts: Partial female skull and vertebra remains. Est. age at time of recovery, 29.

Case number: 06-353095 Case Moniker: “Tolt Hill Female 2006”
Location: 2110 290 Avenue Northeast, Carnation (Tolt Hill Rd)
Date of recovery: 11/25/2006
Facts: Top portion of skull found in horse pasture. The remains very old, and may
be a related victim to the “Tolt Hill 1969 Jane Doe” homicide whose unidentified body
was recovered three blocks away in 1969.

Case number- 85-260579 (ME 85-1462): Green River Killer Homicides: “Bones 16”
Found 12/30/1985 near Mt View Cemetery in Auburn. Gary Ridgway has plead guilty
to this murder. The victim’s remains have never been identified.
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Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 69-014372
Date found July 07, 1969 13:32
Date created November 28, 2011 13:06
Date last modified April 30, 2012 14:13
Date QA reviewed November 29, 2011 04:42
Local Contact (ME/C or Other)
Agency King Cnty Med Examiners Ofc
Phone 206-731-3232 ext 2
Case Manager
Name Scott Tompkins
Phone 206/205-7810

ME/C Case Number: 69-014372
King County, Washington
18 to 30 year old White Female
Demographics
Estimated age Adult - Pre 30
Minimum age 18 years
Maximum age 30 years
Race White
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) 110, Estimated
Height (inches) 62, Estimated
Contact Detectives for information on recovered body parts
Body conditions
Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Probable year of death 1969 to
Circumstances
Location Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1 29000 NE Tolt Hill Rd
Address 2
City Carnation
State Washington
Zip code
County King
Circumstances of death
Victim found heavily decomposed on a rural dirt road. Victim had extensive dental work that could never be matched.
Physical
Hair color Brown
Left eye color Unknown or Missing
Right eye color Unknown or Missing
No other distinctive body features
Fingerprints
No prints obtainable.
No clothing or accessories
Dental information / charting is available
DNA
Complete and entered below
Type mtDNA nucDNA Y-STR
Location University of North Texas
Describe location
Reference # 12-0252
Lab ORI
Comments full STR and mtDNA profiles at national CODIS

Exclusions
The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA
Laura Flink 1947 Washington
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