Jane Doe Found : Missing Since 1954
By SomeCowgirl
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
United States
November 4, 2009 3:05pm CST
When you imagine an earlier time you tend to not imagine crime, or any vile acts. Atleast, I know I don't. The 1950's, I was always so sure were peaceful times, everyone friendly and no hostility... Well The article I just recently read changes my mind on that.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_discovering_jane_doe
Article NOT REFERRAL LINK!
After reading this article, what's you opinion, your impression? Did you shed tears, I know I did.
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@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
4 Nov 09
Regretfully, I could not find this article, It said that the page had expired etc. So am unable to read it or make a comment. I think that evil has always existed and brutal killings did take place (but not in the same numbers as today)but there wasn't instant communication of news - not like we have now. We are so much more aware in this age. I would have liked to have seen this article.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Cynthiann and deebomb,
Cynthiann I am sorry that the article did not work but I must think deebomb as I looked through said article link she provided and see that it is about the same woman. More was provided in this article then in my own, though I didn't read the article link deebomb provided in full I can tell more is said about the lady who stumbled across the grave site. I don't believe my article mentioned anything about the body being found in a different place then the lady was from.
It is very sad that such crimes take place, and I do agree that while they didn't seem to be as vicious it doesn't mean that said crimes weren't committed, and while the volume wasn't the same, a crime is a crime and it's sad no matter what!
@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
5 Nov 09
I have just read the article. I am glad that Jane Doe has a name. May she now rest in peace.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Times change, but some things become more habit... I guess or rather know that's a bad way to put it but the only way I could think of.
@AJ1952Chats (2331)
• Anderson, Indiana
5 Nov 09
It was good that the last contact she had with her family was a good one--sharing some of her earnings and leaving a loving note--and it's too bad that it ended this way. When I first saw your invitation to look up this article, I had hoped to find where somebody had amnesia or, for whatever reason, just didn't want to continue as part of her family until recently. I was hoping for a happy reunion.
She was only 18 then and--in spite of the deviant person who killed her--lived in a more carefree world.
This morning on the CBS Early Show, the time machine segment was featuring the year 1954 when this happened.
Of course, even back then had its down side such as McCarthy-ism and segregation.
I wondered what those school kids (the ones getting integrated into what had been an all-white school) would have thought had they been able to look into our time and see somebody who looked like them in The White House.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Deebomb, yes it is very very sad that it happened the way it did, though it seems that many of her family members are up in heaven with her now, so that they have been reunited!
