Although the recovered remains exhumed yesterday from the Mountain View Cemetery are degraded, Clackamas County investigators are optimistic that modern science will identify the bones as those of a woman known only as “Oak Grove Jane Doe.” Her murder 79 years ago remains unsolved.

She Was Dismembered And Discarded in Burlap Sacks in the Willamette River

Her partial remains were found in a burlap sack in the Willamette River south of Portland on April 12, 1946. She has been dismembered and discarded in the river in several burlap sacks. The cause of death was ruled as blunt-force trauma to the head.

An examination revealed that “Oak Grove Jane Doe” was a Caucasian woman, aged between 30 and 50 years. She was petite in stature.

Yesterday, the partial remains of the woman were exhumed fr

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