PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) This is about as frosty as cold case murders come. Michigan State Police at the Paw Paw Post are now soliciting the public’s help to identify a woman who was only skeletal remains when she was found in October, 1988 along I-196 near Covert in Van Buren County.
Her official designation is “196 Jane”. They believe she had died or been killed between April and August of that year.
They have been able to determine some facts from the condition of her skeleton, including that she had given birth at least once, and that she was between 18 and 30 years old when she died.
She was about 5’ tall, weighed 100 pounds and had brown or blonde hair.
The woman had good oral hygiene but may not have been to a dentist in a few years. There was no clothing or identification found at the site.
Attempts to reconstruct her face using her skull have produced a couple of likenesses that have been released by Michigan State Police.
A case profile has been posted on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System(NamUs) database.
If you have any information about the case, please contact D/Sgt. Scott Ernstes at (269) 657-5551.
