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Unsolved Mysteries

Update: The Girl with the “S” Tattoo

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After 40 years, Detective Joseph Ebert has finally discovered the identity of a young girl who was murdered and left on the side of a road outside of Henderson, Nevada. Dubbed “Jane Arroyo Grande Doe,” by John Williams, the original investigator on the case, it has been confirmed that “Jane” was actually 17-year-old Tammy Tarrell of Artesia, New Mexico. But part of this mystery remains unsolved: Who killed Tammy Tarrell? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I knew she was probably dead and I knew it was probably ugly.

0:12.1

But that, that was brutally ugly.

0:18.6

I pray they have not done this to another human being.

0:24.2

On a previous podcast, we presented the story of a brutal killing that has haunted authorities

0:35.9

in the small town of Henderson Nevada for decades.

0:39.4

In October of 1980, the Bondy of a Young Woman was discovered naked beside a dirt road

0:44.9

near the Arroyo Grande Wash.

0:47.2

The unidentified teenager became known as Jane Arroyo Grande-Doh and two homicide detectives

0:53.6

born a generation apart have dedicated themselves to finding out who she is, who killed her, and

0:59.8

why.

1:00.8

Now, over 40 years after her body was discovered, they have solved part of the case.

1:07.3

They have now identified the young woman.

1:16.4

I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries.

1:20.4

Update the Girl with the S Tattoo.

1:35.3

I handled 329 death investigations.

1:40.6

Homicide, suicides, and different deaths.

1:46.3

Jane Arroyo Grande-Doh was the only one who has been unsolved.

1:52.8

Detective John Williams was a retired homicide investigator with the Henderson Nevada Police

1:57.2

Department.

1:58.6

On the evening of October 5, 1980, he responded to a report of a dead body seen off the

2:04.1

side of a Royal Grande Drive at the time a dusty road on the outskirts of town.

2:10.1

It was the beginning of a case that would consume detective Williams for the rest of his career.

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