NamUs #UP107 - Barren County Jane Doe Found November 2nd, 1973

By: Shane Lambert

The Barren County Jane Doe is NamUs #UP107. This is an individual who was found with a gunshot wound that was fatal near Park City, Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police say she was "stashed in a small ravine." Here are the details for this case that I found from various sources, as mentioned throughout.

Date body found: November 2nd, 1973 (Friday) in the afternoon.

Time/date of death: This Jane Doe, according to NamUs, was thought to have been dead for "Months." According to the journalism from the time of the discovery, she was thought to have been at the site where she was found for 3 to 10 weeks. It seems that women who went missing in October 1973 or any month before then during that year could be in play for a match.

Where the body was found: In Barren County, Kentucky. NamUs says she was found along the Interstate. According to the journalism I read, she was found one mile north of Park City, along I-65 "near a grove of trees." An article on this matter with Kentucky State Police said "The body was found 100 feet west of the southbound lane of I-65, 7/10 of a mile north of Park City."

04 Nov 1973, Sun The Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Who found the body?: A truck driver using the Interstate.

Age: She was 20 to 50 years old, according to NamUs, and that is a very broad range. According to the Kentucky State Police, she was about 35 years old.

Sex: Female

Race: White/Caucasian

Estimated Height and Weight: 5'7" and 145 pounds, according to NamUs. According to the Kentucky State Police, she was 5'7" to 5'8" and 140 to 150 pounds.

Hair: Red/Auburn

Distinctive: Ivory-colored nail polish on the fingernails of her left hand. "The middle incisor teeth of maxilla were missing" (Kentucky State Police).

Clothing articles:

1. A cotton v-necked dress that was white with blue-horizontal stripes, an elastic waist, and two front buttonholes.
2. Pink panties with lavender polka-dots
3. "Exquisite form" bra with prosthetic inserts "falsies"

Accessories: Near the body, a set of keys was found - one key possibly to a 1969 GM product ignition, one key possibly to a 1969 GM product trunk, one key possibly to a 1967-1971 ignition, and two keys engraved with "114."

Opinion: The 114 keys could be big clues. If those are apartment keys, any missing person who lived in "Unit #114" would be a good candidate. Addresses for missing people can be found using Ancestry. If you know of a missing person in the area and timeframe involving this Jane Doe, try to find the MP's address on Ancestry after cross-referencing the other details.

Alisa Francine Watson -- Missing Since 1972 from Tacoma, Washington

Details from NamUs**: 

Alisa had left the family home and may have been living at an apartment in Seattle area. No contact with family since 1972.

Missing Person: Alisa Francine Watson (may go by Lisa)
Last-contact date: 1972
The area where the MP was last seen: Tacoma, Washington
Link to government source: NamUs MP

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VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Black
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 14 years old
Birthdate: Alisa Francine Watson was born around 1958.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Scar: No scars known
Height/weight: 5'2" and 115 pounds
BMI*: Alisa Francine Watson was in the normal range for BMI.
No photo found: If a photo can't be found, rely on BMI, height, weight, ethnicity, and other physical features to describe or picture the person.
Tattoos: Alisa Francine Watson had no tattoos associated with her profile. If you know that the missing person did have tattoos, please post a remark at the end of this blog post. Tattoos are important for identifying someone because Jane Does (unidentified dead people) often have tattoos mentioned in their profiles. I can be a basis for comparing DNA between a missing person and an unidentified person.

By: Shane Lambert
Original time of writing: March 19th, 2021

Alisa Francine Watson has not been seen since 1972 when she was 14 years old. NamUs notes a missing date of January 1st for that year, however, often this specific date is used to refer to any time of the year that it is conjoined with. That means she might have disappeared at any time in 1972. This individual has now been missing for about 52-53 years as of February 2025.

We, people who work on missing person cases, have no photo to work with on this case. This is an individual who doesn't have one attached to any profile. When a missing person doesn't have a photo, researchers can try to find a photo at Ancestry.com or at Newspapers.com. However, if the missing person was someone that you knew and you have a photo of her, then please reply to this post.

What stands out in this case is the youth of the individual. How did she have her own apartment in Seattle? Or was she residing with someone there?

If she is a runaway, then what were her means to transport herself? Washington in the 1970s was a hub for hitchhiker disappearances, although few details are known online about this case. In fact, this is a case that is in dire need of someone contributing more information than what's available online. I was not able to find this person in Ancestry or Newspapers.com.

Author: Shane Lambert

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
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