Canada ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP JANE DOE: WF, 25-45, found at a wooded rest stop/picnic area on Highway 7 in Eramosa Township, ON - 28 Aug 2005 *TAMMY PENNER*

550UFON - Unidentified Female

Reconstruction, facial approximation, and artistic rendering of the victim; Victim's clothing and partial dentures.

Date of Discovery: August 28, 2005
Location of Discovery: Eramosa Township, Ontario, Canada
Estimated Date of Death: 2 to 6 weeks prior
State of Remains: Partially decomposed
Cause of Death: Unknown, but suspicious

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 25-45 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 163-168 cm (5'4" to 5'6")
Weight: 58 kg (130 lbs.)
Hair Color: Medium brown, but recently lightened giving the appearance of reddish brown.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: A previous facial injury consisting of a broken nose and damage to the left eye socket. The victim also had a partial upper dental plate consisting of two teeth. The left eye socket injury corresponds to the two teeth on the dental plate. Evidence of a previous injury to the 7th rib on the left front of her rib cage. No tattoos noted.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Low-grade, temporary partial upper dental plate (no identification number) consisting of two teeth: a left incisor and a canine.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Pink 725 Originals brassiere with "31" on the left cup (size 34B), white thong-style Rivage Intimate panties with a small bow at the waist, beige Atsmosphere tank top T-shirt with 1" straps and a round neck line (size 10 to 12, made in Quebec), and black Illegal Jeanswear corduroy shorts with two horizontal zippered front pockets and two back pockets with button down flaps (size 9). No shoes were located.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
The victim's remains were located at a wooded rest stop/picnic area on Highway 7 in Eramosa Township, east of Guelph, Ontario on August 28, 2005. Guelph is located approximately one hour west of Toronto, Ontario. Investigators believe she had been dragged into the woods from the picnic area. Her body was covered with a Woods sleeping bag.

The sleeping bag was sold by Canadian Tire across Canada, and the color manufactured until 2004. It was noted to be in good condition. Her clothing was found to have been purchased in the Montreal area.

She may have been a recent immigrant to Canada, possibly from Europe.

The Rockwood Knights of Columbus placed a memorial stone where her body was found so that she would not be forgotten.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Ontario Provincial Police - Wellington County Detachment
Agency Contact Person: Detective Constable Paul Johnson
Agency Phone Number: 519-323-3130 or 888-310-1122
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 20050002; CIB: 955-10-2005-086

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
Canada Missing Case Number: Unknown

Information Source(s)
Ontario Provincial Police
The Record
Wellington Advisor News Archive

550UFON

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Rockwood Jane Doe (2005) is now Identified

Ontario Provincial Police & Toronto Police Service Leverage Othram's Genetic Testing Platform to Identify a 2005 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

In 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police, in collaboration with Toronto Police Service, submitted forensic evidence to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas to determine if advanced DNA testing could help identify the woman. Othram scientists used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown woman. Upon successfully completing the process, the profile was returned to law enforcement so that a forensic genetic genealogy search could be conducted. This search, led by the Toronto Police Service genetic genealogy team, generated new leads in the case.

Using this new information, a follow-up investigation was conducted, leading investigators to potential relatives of the woman. This investigation led to the positive identification of the woman, who is now known to be Tammy Eileen Penner. Penner was reported missing to the RCMP on February 7, 2005. Before disappearing, she had lived in Chilliwack and Abbotsford.

Investigators now ask that the public come forward with any information that will assist in determining Penner’s cause of death. Anyone with information about Penner is asked to contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

DNA helps ID woman 2 decades after body found 2,500 miles away from her home

Advanced DNA testing helped Canadian authorities identify the body of Tammy Eileen Penner, who went missing in 2005.

www.cbsnews.com

DNA helps ID woman 2 decades after body found 2,500 miles away from her home​

The body of a missing Canadian woman was identified using modern forensic tests, nearly two decades after her remains were found in 2005 about 2,500 miles away from her home.

Tammy Eileen Penner was last seen early that year, with an official missing person report filed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Feb. 7, according to Othram, a U.S.-based company that works with law enforcement to help resolve unsolved murders and disappearance cases by identifying victims through investigative genetic genealogy. Canadian authorities used the company's services to identify Penner, whose remains until recently were known only as Rockwood Jane Doe.

Citing law enforcement involved in the case, Othram said Penner's body was originally found in August 2005 in the picnic area of a rest stop off of a highway between Guelph and Rockwood in the Canadian province of Ontario. At the time, authorities determined the remains belonged to a woman who was potentially as young as 25 or as old as 45 when she died. They said her left cheek, nose and eye socket had all been broken before her death and had time to heal while she was still alive.

Investigators didn't — and still don't — know what caused Penner's death. But the circumstances around it were deemed suspicious.

Othram said her body was discovered under a sleeping bag at the rest stop. She wasn't wearing jewelry or carrying identification, and authorities believed the clothing she wore when she died had been purchased somewhere in or around Montreal, which is almost 400 miles from Rockwood.

The company uses DNA from a victim or crime scene to build a genetic profile that can then be compared with profiles of other people, with the goal of finding potential matches and, in turn, possible relatives. The genetic profile for Rockwood Jane Doe allowed Toronto police to develop new leads in the case, ultimately confirming that the remains were those of Penner, who had lived before she died in British Columbia, on the opposite side of Canada. She was 41 when she died.

Randy Gaynor, a detective inspector with the Ontario Provincial Police, told the Canadian news organization CBC News that he has been in touch with Penner's family. He said he hopes people who may have known the woman during her life will come forward with tips that could aid the investigation into what happened to her.

"We're hoping that people will recognize and name Tammy Penner as being in Ontario or even being in British Columbia and coming to Ontario with someone, and we're hoping that anyone that has information will come forward with any information they have that will assist us in determining her cause of death," Gaynor said.

Her name was Tammy: Rockwood Jane Doe finally identified after 20 years

Acton man who has maintained a memorial for the unidentified woman says he 'hopes her family and friends can now find some closure'

www.haltonhillstoday.ca

 

[Kimster]

Sounds like she may have been trafficked. I wonder if any johns will be brave enough to speak up and help?

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

I was also shocked at how different she looked in all of the photos released of her in life.

 

[Kimster]

I was also shocked at how different she looked in all of the photos released of her in life.

That was part of the reason why I thought she was being sex trafficked. People in that lifestyle tend to start looking rough after a while.

So sad! Very sad, no matter how it happened.