Oak Grove Jane Doe

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rdf:langString Oak Grove Jane Doe

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rdf:langString Portions of the victim's body were found floating against the lock system above Willamette Falls , while additional clothing was discovered in the Clackamas River

rdf:langString ClackamasRiver at Big Cliff.jpg

rdf:langString Willamette Falls from drone.jpg

rdf:langString Victim's clothing and burlap in which the remains were discovered

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rdf:langString Oak Grove Jane Doe is an unidentified murder victim found dismembered in the Willamette River south of Portland, Oregon near Oak Grove over a period of several months in 1946. The first discovery consisted of a woman's torso which was found wrapped in burlap, floating near the Wisdom Light moorage on April 12, 1946; this led the media to dub the case the Wisdom Light Murder. The arms and one thigh of the victim were discovered the following day, April 13, floating against the lock system of Willamette Falls in similar burlap packaging; both the hands and foot had been severed from the limbs and were missing. In July 1946, the second thigh was found in the Willamette near Oregon City, and additional women's clothing believed to be that of the victim was recovered from the Clackamas River around the same time. In October 1946, the victim's severed head was found in the river near the location of the original torso discovery; her hands and feet were never recovered. Though initially reported to have been a female in her late teens or twenties, a pathologist from the University of Oregon medical school confirmed the victim was a middle-aged caucasian woman between 40 and 50 years old. The case received national media attention, appearing on the front page of numerous news outlets, but her identity and killer remain unknown. In 2004, her murder case was formally reopened, but remains a cold case. The evidence as well as the woman's remains were lost by law enforcement some time in the 1950s, rendering contemporary DNA testing impossible.

rdf:langString Oak Grove and Oregon City, Oregon, U.S.

rdf:langString Homicide by blunt-force trauma