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 that 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."


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