Register entry · Case file · Unidentified victim · Miami Lakes FL
Miami-Dade County Jane Doe (1996).
MUS-2026-0061
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MUS-2026-0061
Unidentified victim
- Incident
- 1996
- Indexed
- Oct 3, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office
- Location
- Miami Lakes FL
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
On October 29, 1996 a man and his nephew feeding ducks pulled a cardboard box tied with rope and wrapped in duct tape from a canal behind 13920 Lake Placid Court in Miami Lakes, Florida. Inside was the nude, decomposed body of a woman aged 25 to 35 with a tank top wrapped around her head. The cause of death was asphyxiation, ruled a homicide. She had a well-healed nasal fracture and South-American-style dental fillings; investigators believe she may have been of Colombian descent. Listed as Doe Network 785UFFL and NamUs UP6098; a 2021 look at familial genetics led nowhere. She was never identified.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1996
A woman's body is found duct-taped inside a box in a Miami Lakes canal on October 29.
- 2021
A familial-genetics review produces no identification.
- 2024
Write-ups still list her as unidentified with no identification ever announced.
Key people
The people in the file.
Woman, 25 to 35. Body found October 29, 1996 in Miami Lakes, Florida; unidentified.
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