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Unidentified

St. Louis Jane Doe

Year
1983
Where
Missouri
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

The St. Louis Jane Doe is an unidentified girl who was found murdered in the basement of an abandoned apartment building on February 28, 1983 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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