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Cali has been ID!!!!!
Topic Started: Jan 26 2015, 07:12 PM (652 Views)
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BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - The body of a girl found in a New York cornfield has been identified 35 years later as a teen from Brooksville.

WHAM-TV says the body of a Jane Doe discovered in Livingston County near Rochester, N.Y., on Nov. 10, 1979, is that of Tammy Jo Alexander.

Alexander went missing from Brooksville in 1979. She was between the ages of 15 and 16.

The body was found in a field just off Route 20 in the rural town of Caledonia. Police said she had been shot in the back of the head.

Investigators at the time were unable to name a suspect in the case, and had difficulty tracking leads because they couldn't identify her body, WHAM-TV reports. As a result, she was identified only as "Jane Doe."

"This case is older than I am. I wasn't even born at the time, that's how far this dates back," said Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty.

Last November, Alexander's friend, who now lives in Arizona, called the Hernando County Sheriff's Office to report that Alexander had gone missing in the late 70s.

It turned out that Alexander's family had never reported her missing. There was no immediate word on why a missing person report was not filed.

"We are not really 100 percent sure why. A dysfunctional family or maybe she'd run away a few times before. We can't find any indications it was reported to law enforcement," said Sheriff Al Nienhuis.

Earlier this month, Hernando deputies were notified of a previously unidentified homicide victim in Livingston County, N.Y.

A test of Tammy's half-sister's DNA has confirmed Tammy as the victim, police said.

"She can be properly remembered and hopefully they'll be able to bring her killer to justice," Nienhuis concluded.

"To finally put a name to her, I can't even tell you what that means," Dougherty said.

Dougherty said his office will now work closely with the FBI to solve this murder.

ABC Action News reached out to Alexander's family and her friend for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Ell

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