PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Investigators are one step closer to solving Oregon’s oldest unidentified person case.
Since 1946, the mystery surrounding the homicide and partial remains of a woman referred to as “Oak Grove Jane Doe” has stumped law enforcement. Now the remains are being tested in the hopes of finally identifying her.
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The remains were first discovered on April 12, 1946, in a burlap sack along the Willamette River south of Portland in Clackamas County. More remains were also discovered later that year near Willamette Falls and the McLoughlin Bridge.
Examiners determined the victim was a middle-aged white woman between the ages of 30 and 50. The body, described as “petite in stature,” had suffered blunt-force trauma to the head and was dismembered…