DOE ID: Pam Wittman

DNA: ID

AbJack Entertainment

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Episode 133 Doe ID: Pam Wittman

In November, 1980, a road crew doing work along I-95 in Volusia County, Florida, discovered human remains. A medical examiner concluded that the victim was a young woman, but she carried no ID. The strongest clue was a shirt she was wearing with the caption 'Do it in the dirt' on the shirt. Because local police had no missing persons cases that might be a match for the remains, her case went cold, and she was known locally as 'Jane Doe 1980' Police had little to go on but they caught a break when a serial killer named Gerald Stano was caught, and began to share details of his victims. Stano was thought to have dozens of victims in Florida, and other states. He gave details that left little doubt in the mind of investigators that he had killed this Volusia County Jane Doe. Even knowing who had murdered her, they didn't know who she was. Eventually DNA & genealogy came together once again to give this Jane Doe her name back. She was Pam Wittman. Pam from Martinsville, Indiana, had lost touch with her family after moving to Florida and taking a job as an exotic dancer, and sex worker. For years, her family wondered what happened to her. Now they know she died at the hands of a brutal serial killer who is sure to have many more victims. Stano was put to death in Florida's electric chair. After four decades, this Jane Doe has her name back; it's Pam Wittman, and this is her story.

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0:00.0	You're listening to DNAID.
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0:40.3	The The
0:57.0	The On November 5, 1980, Florida Department of Transportation Highway workers had the shock of their lives.
1:29.2	They were mowing the grassy portions of the wooded median strip between the north and southbound lanes of I-95,
1:35.8	when they found a small cluster of human bones amidst the brushy undergrowth.
1:40.4	The location was a mile north of Taylor Road near the Port Orange exit, four and a half miles north of the Volusia-Brevard County line.
1:49.5	Responding, Volusia County Sheriff's Office deputies guessed that the scant pile of bones belonged to a child.
1:56.3	The bones were collected and submitted to the Volusia Medical Examiner's Office for analysis.
2:01.0	The complete skeleton did not belong to a child, but a young woman. She was estimated to be between
2:06.5	18 and 23 years old, and fairly tall between 5'6 and 5 foot 8. Hair was still evident, which
2:13.3	told the investigators that the Jane Doe, who had no ID, had light brown or blonde hair.
2:20.3	Nicks on the ribs and breastbone told the pathologist that she'd been stabbed in the chest and torso.
2:25.6	It was unknown how long she'd been deceased, but it was a matter of months, not days.
2:30.8	Clothing found on the body included red shorts with blue trim, a red t-shirt with an iron-on patch with an image of a bullfight saying,
2:38.9	do it in the dirt, and a second patch on the lower left and blazoned with the name of Rats Hole, a t-shirt shop in Daytona Beach.
2:47.1	Green plastic clogs, size 8, were still on her feet.
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