page_title: DNA Doe Project
section_title: Debra Jackson, AKA "Orange Socks"
hierarchical_section_title: DNA Doe Project / Cases / 2019 identifications / Debra Jackson, AKA "Orange Socks"
caption_attribution_description: English: This image was rendered using postmortem photographs of unidentified victim as references. Image was done in Corel Painter on a Wacom Cintiq digital drawing tablet.
context_page_description: DNA Doe Project is an American non-profit volunteer organization formed to identify unidentified deceased persons using forensic genealogy. Volunteers identify victims of automobile accidents, homicide, and unusual circumstances, and persons who committed suicide under an alias. The group was founded in 2017 by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Margaret Press.
context_section_description: Debra Jackson's body was found face-down and nude in a culvert along a highway in Georgetown, Texas on October 31, 1979. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Along with the pair of socks on her body, she also wore an abalone/mother of pearl stone on a ring.
  At the time, Jackson was believed to have been a transient or a runaway. Strong evidence supported this, as she had keys from an Oklahoma motel, long, dirty nails, insect bites (revealed to actually be impetigo scars post-identification), unshaven legs and a makeshift sanitary pad. She had salpingitis due to having untreated gonorrhea.
  Henry Lee Lucas confessed to her murder and was sentenced to death. It was later discovered that police officers from the area had him look at crime scene photos and then confess during interviews, which they would use to gain recognition for solving cold cases.
  The DNA Doe Project took on the case in 2018. On August 6, 2019, Orange Socks was identified as 23-year-old Debra Louise Jackson, who was from Abilene, Texas.
caption: Postmortem rendering of Debra Jackson by Natalie Murry.
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