OR SWAMP MOUNTAIN JANE DOE: WF 18-40, found in Linn County, OR - 24 July 1976 - Platform Sandals, Beaded Strap or Belt *MARION NAGLE MCWHORTER*

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birds and diamonds are white seed beads. Background is black seed beads. This item is possibly part of a purse or belt.


platform sandal, basket weave pattern on sandal.


Partial skeletal remains
Female
found near Swamp Mountain Road in Linn County, Oregon on July 24, 1976 by person hunting moss

Height estimated 4 ft.11 inches to 5'1 inch tall
Race unknown
Height, weight, hair color, hair length and style, eye color, all unknown
healed fracture of right nasal bone

found with leather coat, fringed
Levi brand blue jeans with 29 inch inseam
white platform sandal, heel measures approximately 2 inches
decorative strip of black and white seed beads, possibly part of a purse strap or belt
yellow/tan strip of leather with two gold-tone metal rings attached- may have been attached to the beaded section described above.

Possible reconstructions of the victim's face.

Linn County #OREGON's "Swamp Mountain" #JaneDoe has been waiting to be identified since July 24, 1976! WHO WAS SHE?

Partial skeletal remains Female found near Swamp Mountain Road in Linn County, Oregon on July 24, 1976 by person hunting moss

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[Sunburst]

Given the HUGE popularity of the Dorothy Hamill haircut in 1976, I wish Carl or someone would do a recon with that haircut. None of those recons have the Hamill cut.

 

[Kimster]

Thank you for posting her Sunny!

 

[Kimster]

Here's Carl Koppelman's rendition of this doe. I like this one because it gives a softer side.

 

[Romulus]

762UFOR - Unidentified Female

Reconstructions by Joyce Nagy; 3D renderings; personal effects.

Date of Discovery: July 24, 1976
Location of Discovery: Linn County, Oregon
Estimated Date of Death: 1966-1976
State of Remains: Partial skeletal
Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 18-40 years old
Race: Unknown
Sex: Female
Height: 4'11" to 5'1"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Healed fracture of the right nasal bone.

Identifiers
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Leather coat with fringe, Levi blue jeans (29 inch inseam), platform-style sandal with an approximately 2-inch heel and a single white strap with a basket weave section attached to the base by 5 round tacks on each side.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: A yellow/tan leather strip with two yellow metal rings (each measuring approximately 2 inches in diameter). A black/white decorative strip composed of seed beads (background/base beads are black and two birds and two diamond shapes are created from the white beads). It appears the beaded section may have been attached to the leather strip.

Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent's skeletal remains were found by a moss hunter on Highway 20 near Swamp Mountain Road in Linn County.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Linn County Medical Examiner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Dr. Veronica Vance
Agency Phone Number: 971-673-8220 or 971-673-8300
Agency E-Mail: nici.vance(at)state.or.us
Agency Case Number: 76-3309

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 7765
Former Hot Case Number: 2132

Information Source(s)
NamUs

762UFOR

 

[Kimster]

Jason shared this with me and I'm excited about it! Each time a doe has been identified, I wonder when I'll learn the identity of Swamp Mountain Doe.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

45-years-ago today, the remains of an unknown woman were found near Swamp Mountain Road in Sweet Home, Oregon. The photos shown are new, within the last few months, and are based on DNA Phenotyping, using DNA to predict physical appearance. We recently saw a different Oregon toddler John Doe identified after 58-years! It's never too late to solve these cases.

 

[Kimster]

May this be the year that Swamp Mountain Doe gets identified!

 

[Kimster]

I strongly believe she could be a victim of this serial killer.

 

[Kimster]

I strongly believe she could be a victim of this serial killer.

I forgot to add that she was mentioned at the end of the video. There were also four other unsolved murders in the area that could be tied with the same serial killer.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Highway 20 cold case solved: DNA identifies ‘Swamp Mountain Doe’ as missing woman from mid-70s

Now, five decades later, the woman long known by investigators as Swamp Mountain Doe has a name: Marion Vinetta McWhorter.

www.oregonlive.com

Highway 20 cold case solved: DNA identifies ‘Swamp Mountain Doe’ as missing woman from mid-70s​

In the summer of 1976, a man collecting moss found partial human remains in the woods about a mile south of U.S. 20 in rural Linn County.

The woman had worn a leather coat with fringe, a belt adorned with the symbol of a phoenix in white and black beads and Levi’s jeans. A lone clog was found nearby.

Now, five decades later, the woman long known by investigators as Swamp Mountain Doe has a name: Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter.

Oregon State Police on Tuesday said it had confirmed McWhorter’s identity through genetic genealogy.

McWhorter’s disappearance was among several unsolved cases that detectives looked into as they investigated state highway mechanic John Ackroyd for attacks on women along U.S. 20 in the late 1970s through the early 1990s.

The Oregonian/OregonLive exposed Ackroyd as a suspected serial killer in its 2018 series “The Ghosts of Highway 20” that later became an HBO Max series, “Lost Women of Highway 20.”

Ackroyd eventually was convicted of killing a woman who was vacationing at a central Oregon resort off Highway 20 and then emerged as the prime suspect in the disappearance of his teenage stepdaughter.

It’s still not clear if Ackroyd had any connection to McWhorter’s disappearance.


McWhorter, then 21, called a relative from a pay phone in Tigard in October 1974. Her family never heard from her again.

That year, Ackroyd was stationed in Germany, his military records show.

The circumstances of McWhorter’s disappearance mirror those of two other teens who went missing three years later after making a call from a pay phone in Lebanon.

The bodies of Karen Lee, 15, and Rodney Grissom, 14, were never found, though some of their clothing and personal items were later discovered in the woods off Highway 20.


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[Kimster]

I am so excited she has been identified! It came as a total shock because I didn’t even know they were close to identification! Kudos to the team at the Linn County Sheriff’s office who had her picture up on the wall for years. They never gave up!

Marion, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN!!!!!

 

[Guess Who]

May this be the year that Swamp Mountain Doe gets identified!

You called it!