CA COLFAX JANE DOE: W/HF, 16-26, found in steep area in Colfax, CA - 10 Feb 1990 - Green cross tattoo *WENDY ABRAMS-NISHIKAI*

114UFCA - Unidentified Female

Reconstruction of the victim by NCMEC; enhanced image of victim's bracelet.

Date of Discovery: February 10, 1990
Location of Discovery: Colfax, Placer County, California
Estimated Date of Death: 3-6 months prior
State of Remains: Decomposed
Cause of Death: Suspected homicide

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 16-26 years old
Race: White and/or Hispanic
Sex: Female
Height: 4'10" to 5'4"
Weight: 120-140 lbs.
Hair: Dark brown (with possible reddish tint) and short.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar to the right side of her chest and may have had prior cyst removal surgery or injury to her tailbone. She had 3 ear piercings in her left ear and a small, home-made tattoo of a green cross on her upper left chest. Possibly diabetic. She had a medium to heavy build.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Insufficient DNA for profiling.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue hiking shorts, a light colored, size large, sleeveless tank top and was wearing size 4, L.A. Gear tennis shoes.
Jewelry: 17” pearl necklace with 14K gold clasp, and 3 stud earrings in her left ear: gold stud in cartilage, green stud in the middle earlobe, silver stud in the lower earlobe. Two size 5 Mother of Pearl rings were found near the remains.
Additional Personal Items: Insulin-type syringes were found near the remains.

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim's remains were found in the steep, wooded terrain of the Sierra foothills. Two target shooters spotted the woman's clothing and two new white L.A. Gear tennis shoes in brush at the bottom of an incline off of Yankee Jims Road six miles east of Colfax. The men did not get close enough to see the body but later wondered why someone would throw away two new tennis shoes, and reported what they had seen to authorities. The woman apparently had been hiking.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Placer County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Dennis Watt
Agency Phone Number: 1-530-889-7800 or 1-530-889-7878
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: SO9002100046

Agency Name: Placer County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 1-530-889-7854
Agency E-Mail: PCSOWEB(at)placer.ca.gov
Agency Case Number: SO9002100123

NCIC Case Number: U408925361
NamUs Case Number: 6325
NCMEC Case Number: 110387

Information Source(s)
NamUs
NCMEC
The Sacramento Bee

Doe Network: International Center For Missing and Unidentified Persons

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Remains found near Colfax identified as Berkeley woman missing since 1989

The Placer County Sheriff's Office announced a Jane Doe cold case breakthrough on Monday.

www.cbsnews.com

Remains found near Colfax identified as Berkeley woman missing since 1989​

Human remains found near Colfax more than 30 years ago have been officially identified as that of a missing Berkeley woman.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office announced a Jane Doe cold case breakthrough on Monday.

Back in 1990, human remains were discovered off an embankment on Yankee Jims Road in the Colfax area. Technology at the time was insufficient to identify the remains, forcing detectives to classify the investigation as a Jane Doe case.

Since then, advances in forensic genealogy have resulted in a multitude of formerly cold cases to be reopened.

Last year, a likely next-of-kin of the person was identified through DNA analysis – finally leading detectives to identify the remains as that of Wendy Abrams-Nishikai.

Abrams-Nishikai was last seen on Halloween 1989 in Berkeley. She was 21 years old at the time and left behind a young daughter.

Exactly how Abrams-Nishikai is still unclear.

"While her death is still under investigation and the case is ongoing, we hope this identification provides some closure to her surviving family members after 35 years of uncertainty," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Anyone with further information regarding Abrams-Nishikai's death is urged to contact the Placer County Sheriff's Office.

 

[Guess Who]

Another one where the remains were found close to the location they went missing in and found rather soon and nobody connected them.