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Authorities also suspected she had gotten her tattoo shortly before she was murdered, and it wasn’t very big; just half an inch by a quarter inch.
National Center For Missing & Exploited Children; pictured above is another reconstruction
In the absence of her name, she became known as the Arroyo Grande Jane Doe, since Arroyo Grande was close to where she was found.
41 years went by without anyone being able to identify her, but a few days ago, the Henderson Police Department announced that she was no longer a Jane Doe.
Henderson Police Department; pictured above is Tammy Terrell who was recently identified as the Arroyo Grande Jane Doe
On December 2nd, the Henderson Police Department announced that they had identified the Arroyo Grande Jane Doe as 17-year-old Tammy Terrell.
The Henderson Police Department was able to figure out her identity through investigative genetic genealogy, and on November 10th, they finally knew exactly who the Arroyo Grande Jane Doe was.
“Tammy was last seen at a restaurant in Roswell, New Mexico on the evening of September 28th, 1980, with an unidentified white male adult and white female adult; possibly planning to leave New Mexico for an unknown destination in California,” the Henderson Police Department explained in a statement.
“Due to the fact that this is still an open investigation, no additional details will be released at this time.”
