Hancock County Jane Doe.

MUS-2026-259

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

The victim was found off I-10 East near Exit 2 (Stennis Space Center), Mile Marker 4, after being struck by a car and thrown a long distance from the road. Teenagers who had been driving through the area in the early morning hours came forward and said they had struck something they assumed was a deer. The autopsy documented extensive blunt injuries consistent with the vehicle strike, including a cervical spine fracture, a fractured femur, many broken ribs, and a lacerated liver. Investigators described the woman as likely transient, with no teeth, dyed reddish-brown hair, gray eyes, freckles, and a Cesarean scar indicating she had had at least two children. No person was reported charged in connection with the death, and the case is an identification case rather than an active homicide investigation in the coverage found.

1. Early May 1998

   Body found off I-10 in Hancock County after a vehicle strike. Sources differ on the exact day (May 6 versus May 8).

2. Early May 1998 (about 2 to 3 a.m.)

   Teenagers driving a 1998 green Mitsubishi through the area later came forward and said they had hit something they assumed was a deer.

3. October 2013

   The Hancock County Coroner received permission to exhume the remains to obtain DNA for comparison to two missing Louisiana women.

4. December 2013

   The exhumation found the remains of a man, not the woman; the woman's exact burial location was unknown and further exhumation plans were halted.

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