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LAF810128; Bossier Parish January 28 1981
Topic Started: Aug 6 2006, 10:44 AM (808 Views)
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DATE MISSING: 1/28/1981
MISSING FROM: Bossier Parrish,LA COUNTY:



BIRTH: 1/1/1968 AGE DISAPPEARED: 13 yrs
RACE: White HEIGHT: 5' 05" HAIR: Blonde
SEX: Female WEIGHT: 125 EYES: Unknown


NARRATIVE:
This unidentified female is approximately 16-21 years of age. She was found in Bossier Parrish, Louisiana on January 28, 1981. She has a medium build with shoulder length blonde hair and was last seen wearing blue jeans, long sleeve shirt and sweather with a hood, Evonne Goolagong tennis shoes and white socks. She also had a leather belt with a large Buffalo head belt buckle. She was most likely Native American.

If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of
this child, please contact the

Bossier Parish at 318-965-2203

http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/MCICSearch/Flyer.asp?ID=3537
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http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/61ufla.html

Unidentified Native Female

Located on January 28, 1981 in Bossier Parrish, Louisiana
Cause of death was homicide


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Vital Statistics


Estimated age: 16 - 21 years old
Approximate Height and Weight: 5'6"; 140 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: She was most likely Native-American. Straight hair; her eye color is unknown.
Clothing: Blue jeans with a big buckle.


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Case History
The victim was located in Bossier Parrish, Louisiana on January 28, 1981. She may have been a victim of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. The perpetrator would have to have known the area to find the little road where she was located.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this victim's identity, please contact:
Bossier Parrish Courts
318-965-2203
You may remain anonymous when submitting information to any agency.

Source Information: Florida Department Of Law Enforcement
Bossier Parish
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Investigators still hope to identify Jane Doe

Authorities in Bossier Parish are hoping that a newly released image of a murder victim known only as Jane Doe. will help them put a real name with a face.

The woman's remains were found in 1981 off Highway 157 in north Bossier Parish. She had been stabbed to death, investigators believe. They haven't given up trying to find out who she is.

They want to give closure to some family.

"Right now, this is all we have. We're hoping somebody will see the face and it will ring a bell and they'll know exactly who it is," sheriff's Lt. Ed Baswell said. "The relatives of this young lady could be anywhere from Florida to California."

Authorities believe Jane Doe was in her late teens or early 20s when she died.

Henry Lee Lucas, a confessed serial killer who admitted to dozens of murders only to later recant most of them, was indicted for the Jane Doe murder but was never brought to trial. He died in prison of natural causes.

Another facial reconstruction of Jane Doe was done in 1984. There have been advances in that process over the past quarter century.

Anyone with information about the case is urged to call the Bossier


http://www.ktbs.com/news/Investigators-sti...Jane-Doe-24589/
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# Unidentified White Female Located on January 28, 1981 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana
# Cause of death was homicide
# Estimated Date of Death: 4-6 weeks prior

Vital Statistics

* Estimated age: 16 - 21 years old
* Approximate Height and Weight: 5'5"- 5'6"; 125-140 lbs.
* Distinguishing Characteristics: Possibly Native. Medium build. Straight, shoulder length, blonde hair; her eye color is unknown.
* Clothing: Blue jeans, long sleeve, white shirt with small stripes of pink, blue and yellow. A long-sleeved, button-up, beige sweater with a hood, Evonne Goolagong tennis shoes. On the sides of the shoes were written the names "Michael Brisco, David; Resha and D. Davies". White athletic socks with blue and yellow stripes. Men's white briefs; a white bra. She also had a leather belt with a large Buffalo head belt buckle.
* Dentals: Available. Braces on teeth.

Case History
The victim was located at an old logging road off of Louisiana Highway 157, in northeast in Bossier Parish, Louisiana on January 28, 1981.
She had been stabbed in the chest several times. A kitchen knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was found plunged into the ground near her body.

She may have been a victim of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. He was brought to the site where the body was found and told investigators he recognized the area. He subsequently admitted he killed the victim, was arrested and eventually indicted by a grand jury. Lucas died in prison before he could return to Bossier Parish to stand trial on a murder charge. He never revealed any clues as to who the victim was or where he might have picked her up.
The perpetrator would have to have known the area to find the little road where she was located.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this victim's identity, please contact:
Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office
318-965-2203
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Mary Manhein
LSU FACES Lab
225-578-6084
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You may remain anonymous when submitting information to any agency.

Agency Case Number:
84-04/06-17-B

Source Information:
Florida Missing Children Information Clearinghouse
Bossier Parish
KSLA
LSU FACES Lab

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http://www.ksla.com/story/28131849/faceboo...enttype=generic

Facebook tip could be major breakthrough in Bossier Doe case
Posted: Feb 17, 2015 5:52 PM EST Updated: Feb 17, 2015 06:02 PM
By Fred Childers

BOSSIER PARISH, LA (KSLA) - Just over a week after Bossier Parish investigators turned to social media looking for leads in a case known as Bossier Doe, investigators have received a tip that could be a major breakthrough in the case.

The case has been open since 1981 when investigators say hunters found a woman's body near Highway 157 close to what was then called Johnson Road in the town of Princeton in Bossier Parish. The body of a girl now known as Bossier Doe had been near that road for weeks and officials say decomposition kept them from identifying her.

"She was stabbed to death, we know that. There was a knife left at the scene," says Detective Shannon Mack.

Detectives posted pictures of a composite drawing supplied by the FACES lab in Baton Rouge and that move, might have paid off.

Tuesday morning, investigators were tipped off to a Facebook post from a woman in Michigan who says a friend of hers has been looking for her sister for decades. The young girl in the picture, who the family friend says is Carol Ann Cole from Kalamazoo, Michigan, looks strikingly similar to the picture of Bossier Doe that investigators released.

The picture of Cole was reportedly taken in 1978 and according to the friend, Cole was a runaway and thought to have visited Shreveport and possibly even a resident of the New Bethany Home for Boys and Girls.

"There was very little evidence at the time. Just the shoes with the writing on it and a belt buckle," recalls Detective Faulk.

But investigators also have a full DNA profile of Bossier Doe. The family friend told KSLA News 12 that the Bossier Sheriff's Office has requested DNA samples from Cole's family members.

Now, it's just a matter of waiting to find out if Bossier Doe is actually Carol Ann Cole. It is unclear exactly how long it will take to get the DNA results.

We have reached out to Cole's sister but have not received a response yet.

The Bossier Doe Facebook page has grown considerably since the last time we told this story. Last week, she had 500 friends and this week, she has about 3,000, all of which have been shared thousands of times.

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'Bossier Doe' cold case murder victim identified as 17-year-old Carol Ann Cole




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Bossier Parish Sheriff's detectives on Thursday, March 5, 2015, announced that they have positively identified A teenage stabbing victim in a 34-year-old cold case. Carol Ann Cole, pictured right, was a young woman from Kalamazo, Mich, who went missing around the same time. Cole had been dead for four to six weeks when her body was located on Jan. 28, 1981 in the woods of Bossier Parish, investigators say. The picture on the left is a computer-generated likeness created by Louisiana State University FACES lab in an effort to try to put a name to the victim. Investigators learned of Cole in February after Lt. Shannon Mack, lead detective in the cold case, created a Facebook profile for the then-unidentified victim in an effort to generate new leads. (Photos courtesy Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office and Patty Thorington)

Rebecca Catalanello, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Rebecca Catalanello, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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After 34 years, Carol Ann Cole is found.

The missing Michigan teen is a DNA match for a young woman found dead with stab wounds in the woods of north Louisiana on Jan. 28, 1981.

Bossier Parish Sheriff Julian Whittington announced the news Thursday (March 5), two weeks after Cole's parents submitted their DNA samples at a police station near Kalamazoo, Mich., in response to leads developed through Facebook.

"It's been a long 34 years, one month and five days of waiting for the Cole family, Whittington said. "I'm here to tell you the waiting is over and Carol Ann is coming home."

A few feet away stood Linda "Jeanie" Phelps, 48, Carol Ann's little sister who has spent decades searching for her blonde-haired, blue-eyed sibling -- the one she said loved Shaun Cassidy and always kept her out of trouble.

"All I can think right now is wow. I finally found Carol Ann," said Phelps, who traveled from her home in Kalamazoo to be present for the announcement. "Definitely not the way I wanted to find my sister...There was a sense of relief, but also a deep sadness."

Phelps said she never gave up on finding her sister and thanked those who didn't give up to find out who Bossier Doe was.

The case has perplexed Bossier Parish investigators for decades. But a detective's decision to create a Facebook profile on Feb. 6 for the victim she named "Bossier Doe," generated the leads that brought them quickly to Carol Ann Cole.

During the press conference, the Sheriff's Office changed the name on Bossier Doe's Facebook page to "Carol Ann Cole" and replaced a computer-generated sketch of the unidentified woman with the teen's actual photograph. Immediately, many of the 2,613 people who'd friended the page began posting notes congratulating the family and law enforcement for finding Carol Ann.

Carol Ann went missing after she moved from Michigan to San Antonio, Texas, with her mother, Sue Cole in 1979 or 1980.

Cole said she was having difficulties with her daughter and decided to place her in a girl's home outside of San Antonio. Cole said she was informed Carol Ann ran away from the residence near her 17th birthday, Nov. 5, 1980 -- but Cole said she has no recollection of where the home was and what it was called.

The last contact the teenager had with her family, according to Phelps, was when she placed a collect call from a residence in Shreveport to her paternal grandmother in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The family was later told that Carol Ann was babysitting there.

Phelps and longtime family friend Patty Thorington have been searching for Carol Ann for decades. And despite their efforts to file a missing persons report with various police agencies over the years, Phelps said they were only recently able to get information about Carol Ann formally entered into a national missing persons database. A formal missing persons report was made Feb. 4, according to Bossier Parish Sgt. Dave Faulk.

The young woman's body was found in a wooded area off Louisiana Highway 157 near Princeton in Bossier Parish.

For decades, investigators shared the few details they knew about her: She was in her late teens or early 20s. She was blonde, 5-foot-6, about 125 to 135 pounds. She appeared to be fully clothed, they said, wearing jeans, a Buffalo Nickle belt buckle, athletic socks with yellow stripes and shoes with scribbles on the outside and a name written on the inside: "D. Davies."

And there was this: She had a residue on her teeth used for bonding orthodontics. It appeared she might have removed her braces herself. It was something Phelps said she'd heard her sister had done. And in an interview with NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, Sue Cole said that at some point after moving from Michigan her daughter had removed her braces.

Lt. Shannon Mack, lead detective in the cold case, less than four weeks ago created a Facebook page in the name of "Bossier Doe" and asked people to share it. Whittington said a 911 operator named Linda Erickson saw the Facebook page with Bossier Doe's image, then notified detectives when she came across a Craigslist ad with a photo of Carol Ann. It was an ad that Thorington had placed in an effort to find any information on the missing girl's whereabouts. By Feb. 13, Thorington said, someone at the Sheriff's Office emailed her regarding their Bossier Doe case.

Whittington said social media was essential in solving the cold case. "I had no idea people check these things daily," he said of Facebook, calling it a "too good of a tool not to" use it in future cases.



Detectives have called John R. Chesson, the Vinton man who found Bossier Doe while hunting in 1981, a "person of interest" in Bossier Doe's death. Chesson is now in prison after being convicted in the 1997 murder of his estranged wife's former mother-in-law.

Bossier Parish detectives also have been investigating whether their victim had any ties to New Bethany Home for Girls, a religious girls home roughly 40 miles from where the body was found. A photo that surfaced from New Bethany includes an image of a young woman who Phelps believed resembles Carol Ann. But until now, Phelps has said that without the results of the DNA tests in hand, the possibility has has brought only more questions and grief.

Sgt. Faulk said the agency will be following all leads to gather information about who killed Carol Ann. He said that to date there is "no solid indication" that she was at New Bethany. Asked about Chesson's significance in the current investigation, Faulk said that anytime someone finds a body, they are a person of interest.

"We are still, of course, looking at all leads coming in," he said.

Thorington has created a Facebook page for Carol Ann Cole called "Bring Carol Ann Home" as well as a GoFundMe fundraising site to raise money to enable Phelps and her family retrieve her remains and commemorate her life.

Rebecca Catalanello can be reached at rcatalanello@nola.com and 504.717.7701
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