The Murder of New Hope Jane Doe

Episode 207

On a cool Wednesday morning in September of 1990, three roadside workers discovered the badly decomposed remains of an unidentified female. Murdered via strangulation, her body was dumped just over a guardrail along I-40 in Hillsborough, North Carolina at the New Hope Road Church exit.

The victim was partially dressed, nude from the waist down other than a pair of white, anklet socks with clean bottoms. A pink sweater displaying an image of three cartoon bunnies was partially wrapped around her neck. She wore several pieces of costume jewelry, including a ring which may have been home made.

For more than thirty years the identity of the woman known as New Hope Jane Doe has remained a mystery, as has that of her killer. Perhaps someone out there might recognize her, perhaps you.

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Sources:

20 Sep 1990, 21 - The Durham Sun at Newspapers.com

20 Sep 1990, 1 - The Chapel Hill News at Newspapers.com

20 Sep 1990, 3 - The Chapel Hill News at Newspapers.com

20 Sep 1990, 1 - The Chapel Hill Herald at Newspapers.com

20 Sep 1990, 2 - The Chapel Hill Herald at Newspapers.com

21 Sep 1990, 2 - The Chapel Hill News at Newspapers.com

21 Sep 1990, 1 - The Chapel Hill Herald at Newspapers.com

21 Sep 1990, Page 3 - The Daily Tar Heel at Newspapers.com

22 Sep 1990, 1 - The Chapel Hill Herald at Newspapers.com

23 Sep 1990, 3 - The Chapel Hill Herald at Newspapers.com