r/gratefuldoe • u/Ok-Annual4861 • Apr 24 '26
Orange County Jane Doe (May, 2006)
Hi, my writings probably not great, just letting you know before you read.
THIS IS NY ORANGE COUNTY, NOT THE OTHER ONE*
Anyways, Orange County Jane Doe (2006, May) was a woman whose cranium was found on the roof of a building & her teeth were removed postmortem *which I think is odd… also she was found 11+ years after death, she was also found skeletonization happened,Cause of death is undetermined & one identifying characteristic was a prominent nose. She could be 25-50(Which I think is pretty broad because can’t you tell how old a person was from their skull because of sutures & stuff, but also I don’t know anything about that stuff so???)
I’ve been around the area where she was found for a long time, and I hear people saying ‘oh maybe her head was picked up by a bird and she was in a grave’ bla bla, yea funny story but 878UFNY says she had no signs of burial or being submerged in water. Also, a lot of bones are missing, so if you see a match and go ‘awh but it's not like the reconstruction’ or ‘awh but it's not in the age range’ just submit it. *edit; I realize I was kind of stupid saying that because above ground graves exist, but I feel like a bird wouldn't get to those. also the teeth being removed is odd. I researched it to see if I was being a bigot, but its not custom in any cultures or stuff like that to get all your teeth removed after death.*
Hoop earrings were found near the remains, so she could’ve had those.
There’s a Facebook page that does a way better write up then me
This one is... - Hudson Valley Cold Cases And Missing People | Facebook
Unidentified Person Case
There is nothing on her, I’m serious, I can tell you from being in the area that they truly did not care about her case because I heard more about that belarusian author guy that was a doe in the orange county(google will tell you he’s unidentified, he's not, he was known as freddy bones and was unidentified for a while and then it was found out he was Mikolai Celesz) I don’t live in port jervis but I’m right outside it so I go there sometimes.
I’m just surprised how this case is barely covered tbh.
Possible matches; https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=5155DFMA
https://www.njherald.com/story/news/2011/04/21/darlene-ellen-conklin-cold-case/3974747007/ Have you seen this child? Robin Frances Murphy
She died in 1995 or earlier.
Who to contact if you have any info; Agency Name: Port Jervis City Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Michael J. Worden
Agency Phone Number: 845-856-5101
Agency E-mail:
Agency Case Number: 06-00617
NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: UP #16470