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Trace Evidence

207 - New Hope Jane Doe

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Who is New Hope Jane Doe Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WhoIs1990OrangeCountyNCJaneDoe/

On a cool Wednesday morning in September of 1990, three roadside workers discovered the badly decomposed remains of an unidentified female. Murdered via strangulation, her body was dumped just over a guardrail along I-40 in Hillsborough, North Carolina at the New Hope Road Church exit.

The victim was partially dressed, nude from the waist down other than a pair of white, anklet socks with clean bottoms. A pink sweater displaying an image of three cartoon bunnies was partially wrapped around her neck. She wore several pieces of costume jewelry, including a ring which may have been home made.

For more than thirty years the identity of the woman known as New Hope Jane Doe has remained a mystery, as has that of her killer. Perhaps someone out there might recognize her, perhaps you.

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0:00.0

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0:05.7

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With everything from fine art to fashion, ceramics, photography and more,

0:16.9

all available to buy and take home on the day.

0:19.8

Wimbledon Art Fair, from the 17th to the 20th of November,

0:23.4

for a chance to win 200 pounds to spend at the show,

0:26.3

prebook your free ticket at Wimbledon Art Fair.com.

0:39.2

Along the busy stretch of highway, seven miles north of Chapel Hill,

0:43.3

three roadside workers made a shocking discovery.

0:46.5

15 feet off the eastbound lane of I-40,

0:49.5

just beyond a guardrail in an overgrowth of weeds

0:52.3

lie the badly decomposed body of a young woman.

0:56.0

When deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrived,

0:59.4

they found the woman unrecognizable.

1:02.0

Nude from the waist down other than a pair of socks.

1:05.2

A pink sweatshirt depicting three cartoon bunnies was partially wrapped around her neck.

1:10.5

No wounds were visible, and an autopsy couldn't conclusively determine the cause of death,

1:15.6

though they believed it to be strangulation.

1:18.6

For investigators, they had two mysteries to solve.

1:22.3

Who had killed this young woman and then dumped her body in this spot

1:26.0

where thousands of cars drove by every day,

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