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ohwell1971
05-27-2008, 08:40 PM
Here is Jennifer Joyce Barton's information:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/535dftx.html

While searching on the web for other unidentified's, I came across this one:

It is located here: http://www.lacountymurders.com/unidentified_victims.cfm
Case #077-08142-1690-011
(NOTE: There are some pictures of other unidentified that are "deceased" photos - they aren't reconstructions. This Jane Doe has a reconstruction, not an actual picture.)

INFORMATION WANTED
On 07-06-77, the above unidentified victim was located at the rear of
A&H Paint Company, 13124 Figueroa Street, Carson. She was
wearing a one-piece red jump suit with red shoulder straps that were
criss-crossed in the front. She was also wearing a white Gabardine
waist jacket and a blue open-toed wedge with a Rafia sole in her right
foot, tied around the ankle by a single white shoelace. Her left shoe
was missing. She wore a 14-inch long turquoise Indian-styel necklace
made of beads of silver tubes on thread with a single turquoise nugget.
The victim was estimated to be 20 years of age. She had an old 1-inch
scar on her chin. The image above shows what the victim may have
looked like in life. Some elements, such as hairstyle, are the artist’s
estimations to complete the image and should not be used as
significant markers for identification.


I sent an e-mail off to the LAcountymurders website and received a personal response back. They saw similarities and are passing the information along to the Detective handling the case. I will keep everyone updated.

Salem
05-28-2008, 12:48 AM
Nice job Ohwell!

I think this one might be a possibility also. It is from the same link you posted above.

http://www.lacountymurders.com/wanted/compton_coldcase.htm

She was found in 1975 and the picture is a computer assisted rendering. Maybe your contact will check both of them out?

Salem

Skip this one - Jennifer did not go missing until 1976. I don't know what I was thinking... I thought it said 1971.

ohwell1971
05-30-2008, 04:22 PM
I got another e-mail from the LA Police Dept...a different detective - the one that is actually handling this case. He said he will keep me informed of the outcome - one way or another. I'm thinking the similarities must be close enough to have one detective see an e-mail and actually pass it on to another.

I am keeping Jennifer's family in my thoughts and praying for closure on this one. It's just been too long.

ohwell1971
05-30-2008, 06:24 PM
Update: Received a reply back...the UID is NOT Jennifer.

I'll continue to look.

meggilyweggily
05-31-2008, 07:49 AM
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/barton_jennifer.html

CelticCat
06-11-2008, 03:32 PM
I thought she looked more like DOE Network Case File 475UFTX, I noticed that they did not estimate the time of death as being recent, only the date she was discovered. :mad: They did not give any detailed information, but I was wondering if the person doing the reconstruction had a reason for making her hair look the way it does in the drawing. Wish they had more info. Some of the facial features look similar.

Richard
07-16-2010, 11:57 PM
Jennifer Joyce Barton
Missing since May 16, 1976 from Austin,
Travis County, Texas.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: May 31, 1955
Age at Time of Disappearance: 21 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'7"; 135 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black female. Brown eyes, brown hair. She has a light and freckled complexion.
Marks, Scars: She has a scar on the calf of her right leg.
Clothing: She was last seen wearing a burgundy body suit, blue jeans and sandals.


Circumstances of Disappearance

On the day Barton disappeared, she and a friend were headed up 11th Street to see a movie. She was short of cash and stopped at a bar to get money from friends. She met two men in the bar and later left in their van with California license plates.

A dropout from Reagan High School, Barton had a record of prostitution arrests. Friends said she had appeared distraught after a friend was killed in February, and her apartment was broken into shortly afterward.

Foul play is possible.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Austin Police Department
512-974-5250

Agency Case Number: 76-1424808

NCIC Number: M-077465873

Please refer to these numbers when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:

NCMA
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Doe Network: Case File 535DFTX

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/535dftx.html

Kat
07-17-2010, 03:05 AM
I only found one article with the mention of Jennifer's name. It was an archived pay per view but I found it in it's full text posted here:

Cold Case Investigations - View Single Post - Jennifer Joyce Barton - missing since 5/16/1976

Apparently 3 young women went missing in Austin Texas in the Spring of 1976 and Jennifer was one of them. One of the other has a thread here link located below:

TX TX - Debra Kay Stewart, 19, Austin, 1976 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

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