Cold Case: The Search For Mountain Jane Doe
By Michael Schiller
Around Thanksgiving last year, authorities gathered near the grave of Mountain Jane Doe, hoping to exhume her and end the mystery of who she was. (Scott Anger for Reveal)
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Around Thanksgiving last year, authorities gathered near the grave of Mountain Jane Doe, hoping to exhume her and end the mystery of who she was. (Scott Anger for Reveal)
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Cold Case: The Search For Mountain Jane Doe
By Michael Schiller
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Photos: Scott Anger and Michael I. Schiller for Reveal
In 1969, a young woman was found stabbed to death in Harlan, Kentucky, and buried without a name. To many locals, she’s known as “Mountain Jane Doe.” To Darla Jackson and Todd Matthews, her case deserved extra digging.
Michael Schiller of the public radio show “Reveal” followed Darla and Todd into the wooded hills of Harlan to exhume the body of Mountain Jane Doe. What they end up finding is unexpected.
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