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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Unknown Boulder Jane Doe Killer
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Race: Unknown |
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Height: Unknown |
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Weight: Unknown |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Unknown |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Unknown |
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Wanted for :
Murder, Boulder, CO;
Apr 08, 1954
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Boulder, CO |
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Possible Location : Colorado |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Case Story |
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Mystery Surrounds 50-Year-Old Murder |
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The story of Boulder Jane Doe began in April 1954 when two college students found the body of a young woman who had been stripped, beaten, and left to die on the banks of Boulder Creek. Police say she was discovered a week after her death. Furthermore, authorities believe that she was still alive after she had been dumped down the embankment.
The 17 to 20 year old had perfect teeth and couldn't be identified by dental records. Police say the only distinguishable things about the 5'3", 100-pound victim was an appendectomy scar and three bobby pins in her reddish blond hair. Boulder residents gave the unidentified girl a burial and a headstone reading "Jane Doe. April 1954. Age About 20 Years."
Police say that Boulder Jane Doe was never identified and her killer was never caught. However, recently the case was re-opened and Boulder County Sheriff's Department has been working with forensic teams to uncover more clues in the mystery.
In 2004, the body was exhumed to provide material for DNA analysis as well as a facial reconstruction by renowned forensic sculptor, Frank Bender. Bender was able to recreate a mold of how Boulder Jane Doe may have looked. Also, forensic experts say that bone fragments may indicate that she was hit with a car before being dumped in the ravine.
While authorities had generated leads from this new forensic evidence, it would be a local author and historian who would bring cops information that could possibly identify the man who killed Boulder Jane Doe. |
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Renowned Serial Killer May Be A Suspect |
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Silvia Pettem, a Boulder historian and author, had been responsible for persuading local law enforcement to exhume the body and had raised donations to pay for the process.
However, she had also been researching the story of Boulder Jane Doe and found that 1950's serial killer, Harvey Glatman, lived in the Denver area at the time of Boulder Jane Doe's death. When she brought the information to authorities, they started to look at Glatman as a possible suspect.
Boulder County Sheriff's Detective Steve Ainsworth says that not only did Glatman live in the Denver area at the time of Boulder Jane Doe's death, he had also abducted a girl in the Boulder area in 1945.
Police say that Harvey Glatman killed three women in California during the 1950's and was executed in 1958. Glatman would pose as a photographer for a detective magazine, tie the models up, photograph and rape them. He would then ditch the bodies in secluded areas which Boulder police say would explain why their Jane Doe was both naked and left in a ravine.
Ainsworth believes that the woman escaped and was running down the canyon when Glatman hit her with his car, sending her over the embankment. He also believes that among some of the photographs that Glatman took of his victims could be one of Boulder Jane Doe.
While police vow to follow the Glatman investigation wherever it leads, they also have asked other area law enforcement to look for unsolved homicides and abductions that may have similarities to Boulder Jane Doe's case. The FBI has added the DNA information extracted from the exhumed body and added it to the National Missing Person's database. |
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