This Teen Was Reported Missing In 1989, And It Turns Out She’s The Rising Fawn Jane Doe
Dade County, Georgia. It was December 16, 1988, when 2 DOT workers spotted her lying just off I-59.
She was 5 miles from the line that divides Georgia and Alabama, dressed in a navy-colored long-sleeved shirt, laced-up black shoes, and Calvin Klein jeans.
She had a tiny, delicate gold chain hanging from her neck and a pinkie ring on one of her hands.
Someone had murdered her before dumping her along the highway, but it would take 33 years to learn her name.
Since she didn’t have her real name, she was called the “Rising Fawn Jane Doe” after the little community she was found close to.
A year after she was discovered, she was laid to rest in an unmarked grave located in Dade County.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation; pictured above is Stacey Lyn Chahorski
One of the forensic artists from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation created sketches of the young woman, in addition to clay sculptures, in an effort to help figure out who she was.
For years, there was just no headway made on her case, until it was reassigned in the 2000s. After the reassignment of her case, new evidence was discovered and given to the FBI.
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“Analysts developed a DNA profile of the victim and entered the profile in the missing persons DNA database,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation explained in a statement.
“In 2015, the case was reassigned again, and a GBI forensic artist did new clay renderings and composites of the victim for an age progression.”
“The GBI contacted the FBI about the possibility of using a new type of genealogy investigation that had been credited with assisting in solving other cold cases, particularly homicide investigations.”
It was thanks to this cutting-edge technology that the Rising Fawn Jane Doe finally got her name back: Stacey Lyn Chahorsk.
19-year-old Stacey Lyn Chahorski was reported missing in 1989, January to be exact, after last talking to her mom over the phone.
Stacey told her mom that she was somewhere in North Carolina, but that she was planning to make her way over to Flint, Michigan, prior to returning to where she lived with her family in Muskegon.
After Stacey was identified, authorities returned her jewelry to her mom. They’re also working to get Stacey’s remains back to her family and catch Stacey’s killer.
If you have any information related to Stacey’s case and who may have taken her life, you can contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at 404.244.2600.
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