SC MS STARTEX: WF, 40-55, found behind home in Startex Mill Village, Spartanburg, SC - 26 Oct 2011

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On October 26, 2011 teenagers searching for scrap metal found human remains in a wooded area along Highway 290 behind a home in the Startex Mill Village, Spartanburg, South Carolina. The remains were skeletonized and not recognizable. Dr. Suzanne Able, a forensic anthropologist from the Charleston County Coroner’s Office called to examine the remains, determined the deceased was a 40-55 year-old White / Caucasian female who stood 5’5” tall. She had short reddish-brown hair. Her ears had been pierced at least once, and a gold stem with a red stone earring was found by the side of the head. Investigators called to the scene found evidence that she was killed before her body was hidden under debris.

DNA Doe Project Status: Research in Progress



Startex Jane Doe, also known as Ms. Startex, was a female who was discovered under a couch alongside Highway 290 in Startex, South Carolina in 2011. Over 80 women have been ruled out as being the decedent.
  • A healing fracture in her sternum, possibly indicating she was injured in a vehicle accident 2-8 weeks prior to her death.
  • Possibly suffered from thoracic outlet syndrome, which would have caused pain and numbness in her forearm and hand.
  • Gold earrings with a red stone.
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Head Hair Description - short hair, reddish-brown, up to approxmately 1 1/2 inches long ( brown /dyed auburn)
Piercing - ears pierced at least once, one earring found by the side of the head



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Human remains discovered in the Startex community​

Authorities released no new information at the scene, but neighbors said teens made the grisly discovery in an area where people often search for metal to sell for scrap.

Residents said the teens lifted up an overturned couch and found a tarp, and found skeletal remains when they pulled back the tarp. There was no hair or clothes with the remains, residents said.

The sheriff’s office does not have any record of a missing persons report being filed within the last few years for anyone who may have lived in or around the Startex area, according to the release.


Investigators still trying to identify bones found in Startex​

Investigators know her hair color, about how tall she was, what jewelry she wore and what dental work she had done while she was alive. They know her race - white - and that she was 40 to 50 years old when she died.

Investigators also have evidence that points to how she died before her body was hidden under a couch and other debris in a wooded area in the Startex mill village five to six years ago.

But the question that motivates Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office investigator Rick Ellis the most is: Who was she?

Right now, to the investigators of the Spartanburg County sheriff’s and coroner’s offices, she’s Jane Doe Startex. But until investigators have a real name, they can’t track down her killer.

“It may not be someone I know,” Ellis said. “But she’s somebody’s family, someone’s loved one. Someone’s been missing this woman.“
 

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In addition to Bone Lake Jane Doe, the anonymous donation to the DNA Doe Project will help cover costs associated with other cases including: Tempe, Girl, New Buffalo Jane Doe, Franklin County Jane Doe, Ms. Startex Jane Doe, Suzanne Jane Doe and Frank R. Beck (formerly Downtown Phoenix John Doe).

 

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