Houston cold case victim identified 3 decades later

The Brief

  • A woman’s remains found in 1992 have been identified.
  • The woman’s killer is still unknown.
  • The organization that identified her are looking into another Harris County “Jane Doe” case.

HOUSTON On September 8, 1992, a passerby found a woman’s remains near 500 Rittenhouse on Houston’s Northside.

“Jane Doe” remains found

At the time, investigators described the victim as a white woman between 20 and 30-years-old, about 5-foot-1 with brown hair roughly eight inches long. She had a lower-spine scoliosis condition and artificial upper front teeth secured with a temporary bridge. Despite extensive work by law enforcement and forensic experts, her identity remained unknown for more than 30 years.

That same time period, Spencer Graham says her mother disappeared.

“She disappeared when I was 2-years-old — so I have very little memory of her. For the longest time, we had just assumed she had left on her own,” she said.

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