page_title: Arroyo Grande Jane Doe
section_title: Investigation
hierarchical_section_title: Arroyo Grande Jane Doe / Investigation
caption_attribution_description: English: Forensic reconstruction of an unidentified young woman whose body was found 1980 in Henderson, Nevada. She is also known as the "Arroyo Grande Jane Doe."
context_page_description: Arroyo Grande Jane Doe, also known as Jane Arroyo Grande Doe, is the name given to an unidentified American murder victim, discovered on October 5, 1980, in Henderson, Nevada. Her identity has never been successfully established. Her case has been the subject of extensive efforts by investigators and has been highlighted as inspiring other work to solve cold cases of unidentified murder victims.
context_section_description: Investigators made extensive efforts to try to identify the body of the young woman. The victim's fingerprints were taken and her dental characteristics were recorded, but could not be matched to anyone. Eventually, the victim's DNA profile was developed by the University of North Texas and was entered into national databases, which failed to turn up her identity. Several television shows broadcast information about the case in the hope of generating leads, none of which led to her identification or the apprehension of her killer or killers. Forensic facial reconstructions were created to provide a likeness of the Jane Doe, which were hoped to enable recognition by those that may have known her.
  The body has been exhumed at least four times for further investigations – in 2002, 2003, 2009, and 2016.
  In 2003, her body was exhumed after authorities followed clues to a missing girl from California, who was eventually ruled out by DNA analysis. To date, 20 missing people have been excluded as potential identities for the victim.
  The former coroner for Clark County when the victim's body was found has worked with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to help with the case. In a video released in October 2015, he said "someone is missing their little girl – someone knows who she is – someone needs to come forward and help us", saying that he hoped the reconstructions created of the victim would trigger recognition. He said this victim's case was an impetus for the local department to develop a "cold case unit" for its unsolved cases. "She is the case that started it all for us," he said. The officer who found the body described similar feelings about the case.
  In June 2015, "Arroyo Grande" Jane Doe's case was officially reopened by investigators. On October 5, 2015, the 35th anniversary of her discovery, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released two new reconstructions, one frontal view of the face and the other as the profile. The new image replaced a version that the organization had created.
caption: Additional rendering of the victim
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