New Britain Jane Doe (1991).

MUS-2026-0567

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

On October 11, 1991, a survey crew found a badly decomposed woman in garbage bags near the railroad tracks on Myrtle Street in New Britain, Connecticut, across from the former Fafnir Bearing Company. She had died of a gunshot wound to the head and is estimated to have been dead for three weeks to four months before she was found. She was wearing a sleeveless jumper style dress printed with panda bears. No one in New Britain had reported her missing. Her body was later exhumed so the FBI could produce an updated likeness of her face. DNA Doe Project research indicates she had many DNA matches from Puerto Rico, and the case remains in research with her identity unknown.

1. October 11, 1991

   A survey crew finds her near railroad tracks on Myrtle Street. Her cause of death is a gunshot wound to the head.

2. 2011

   Her body is exhumed by court order so the FBI can create an updated likeness. She is reburied in an unmarked grave, and the likeness is updated again in 2018.

3. August 2019

   DNA Doe Project testing reported by Savagewatch indicates Puerto Rican ancestry, possibly relatives from Moca, Puerto Rico.

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• DNA Doe Project: New Britain Jane Doe
• Unidentified Wiki: New Britain Jane Doe
• Savagewatch: Connecticut cases