Yakima Jane Doe

[DarkPrincess]

DNA Reveals Young Female Victim's Race

A horrific homicide in Yakima County, Wash. has sheriff investigators exhausting all efforts to identify a young Jane Doe who was burned to death.
In the morning hours of September 18, 2007, sheriff deputies were dispatched to an apple orchard in an unincorporated part of Yakima County, just east of Moxee. Cops say a young female's body had been dumped there approx. 12 hours earlier and set afire. Detectives say an accelerant helped aid the intensity of the fire, causing the victim to be burned beyond recognition, however, the victim's face was still largely intact.
Witnesses at an adjacent processing plant have helped cops identify a person of interest and establish a timeline. The witnesses told investigators that a vehicle from Montana was seen in the area at the time of the incident.
Cops were able to extract DNA and a forensic analysis revealed that the victim was likely a mixed-race female. The genetic markers shows the victim was 57 percent European, 41 percent sub-Saharan African and two percent East Asian. Detectives were also able to recover a ring from her right hand and a navel piercing.


Yakima detectives have tracked every missing juvenile in the area and none match the victim.
National Center For Missing And Exploited Children Aids Investigation

Jewelry recovered from the Jane Doe included a navel ring (top) and ring (bottom)


The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children aided the Sheriff's Office by developing a reconstruction composite image of the female victim. The medical examiner estimates the victim was between 14 and 17 years old, 5'7", and 120 lbs. with dark brown or black hair that was dyed red.
Detectives have tracked every missing juvenile in the area and none match the victim. Baffled, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office needs your help.

http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=53424

Jane Doe


Location:98901 General InformationFemale Age: 14- 17
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg)
Hair: Black Eyes: Unknown

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2053019

 

[Southwind]

Solved

http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=53424



http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2053019

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Jaleeza Ann Lobdell
The victim was located on September 17, 2007 in Yakima County, Washington. She was identified in March 2008 as Jaleeza Lobdell, a 14-year-old girl. She left her home in Tacoma the day before her body was found. DNA test results confirmed the girl's identity.

She is on the "closed cases/identified" page.

 

[DarkPrincess]

They're saying drug overdose. Sounds like someone panicked and set her on fire.

 

[Southwind]

Thanks DP for posting this case. Because of it, I went to several different sites that ID missing/dead people. There is a chance that I may have found a missing loved one because of going to those sites. I will let you know if I find out more.:hello:

 

[witzah]

Homicide Investigation Ongoing

No new leads in case of teen left burned in a Moxee field

Posted: Nov 09, 2010 7:23 PM Updated: Nov 10, 2010 1:40 AM YAKIMA, Wash-- It took seven months to identify the body of Jaleeza Ann Lobdell. The 14-year-old was found on September 17, 2007 burned beyond recognition.

"It was torture not knowing. But I would go out with my family and put out fliers", says Kimberly Lobdell Jaleeza's mother.

In March of 2008, Jaleeza's mother was matched to the burned remains through DNA. The investigation revealed the troubled teen had a history of prostitution and drug use. She was last seen on the Westside getting into a car with people she knew. The Yakima Sheriff's Office handled the majority of the investigation, although it still isn't clear whether she died in Yakima County, or was just dumped there. This presents significant problems for the investigation.

"No one that we needed to talk to was in Yakima, they were all over on the Westside of the state", says Stewart Graham, Chief of Detectives for the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.

Jaleeza's body was dumped near an orchard on a maintenance road. This case remains such a mystery that it's still not clear what actually killed her.

"A likely scenario is that she died of a drug overdose at a party", says Chief Graham.

The sheriff's office initially investigated this as a homicide, but in 2008, after getting a second medical examiner opinion, they changed their minds. The coroner's office disagreed then, and they disagree now.

"She definitely had a large amount of cocaine, she also had carbon monoxide in her blood stream which indicated that she was alive when she was set on fire. It is still a homicide", said Yakima County Coroner Jack Hawkins.

http://www.khq.com/story/13474808/n...-burned-in-a-moxee-field?clienttype=printable