Identified! TN - Knox Co, 'Shotgun Jane Doe' WhtFem 607UFTN, 21-30, Jun'87 - Tena Marie Gattrell

https://identifyus.org/cases/1567


The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent: 227 total


First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

ROBYN ADLER 1960 Florida

Ellen Akers 1966 Florida

Tammy Akers 1962 Virginia

Elaine Allenbach 1965 Washington

Angela Ambrocio 1967 Florida

Cynthia Anderson 1961 Ohio

Maria Anjiras 1961 Connecticut

Andria Bailey 1963 Washington

Nancy Baird 1952 Utah

Rose Baker 1940 Texas

SHARI BALL 1963 Florida

Lynn Bandringa 1945 California

Donna Barnhill 1967 North Carolina

Susan Bender 1970 California

Bonita Bickwit 1958 New York

Amy Billig 1957 Florida

Priscilla Blevins 1948 North Carolina

Kristy Booth 1960 Texas 7/9/13

Lisa Borden 1960 Texas

Nancy Brannon 1952 Missouri

Janet Brice 1961 Louisiana

Niki Britten 1953 Oregon

Peggy Byars-Baisden 1941 Florida

Rosemary Calandriello 1952 New Jersey

Aida Calfee 1955 Georgia

Joy Cannon 1956 Tennessee

Benita Chamberlin 1953 Oregon

Debra Cole 1969 Indiana

Kathryn Collins 1957 Texas 7/9

Darlene Conklin 1959 New York
Jana Coonan 1959 Massachusetts 4-17-13

Carla Corley 1965 Alabama

Jan Cotta 1954 New Jersey

Barbara Cotton 1965 North Dakota
Brenda Crowley 1963 New York ---- 3/12/13

Valarie Cuccia 1953 New York

Beverli Darnell 1961 Florida

Evelyn Davis 1962 Ohio

Linda Davis 1946 Oklahoma

Freda Denman 1947 Missouri

Peggy Dianovsky 1954 Illinois

Carol Donn 1963 Florida

Kimberly Doss 1962 Florida

Kathleen Durst 1952 New York

Diane Dye 1965 California

Christine Eastin 1952 California

Carol Edwards 1955 Washington

Elizabeth Eisel 1962 Washington

Ann Ellinwood 1965 Oregon

Megan Emerick 1956 Alaska

Loy Evitts 1947 Kansas

Sherry Eyerly 1963 Oregon

Leann Faulk 1963 Maryland 7/9/13

Tammy L. Fields 1965

Theresa Fischbach 1969 Texas

Laura Flink 1947 Washington

Dixie Forrester 1939 Missouri

Margaret Fox 1960 New Jersey

Erica Franolich 1960 New York

AMANDA FRAVEL 1966 Nevada

Rose Gayhart 1962 New York

Theresa Geaves 1959 Utah

Trenny Gibson 1960 Tennessee

Sharon Giusti 1943 Washington

Paula Godfrey 1965 Kansas

Martha Green 1970 Tennessee

Shannon Green 1969 Kentucky

Cherry Greenman 1956 Washington

Kathryn Gregory 1957 Washington

Linda Grimm 1961 California

APRIL GRISANTI 1964 Connecticut

Jamie Grissim 1955 Washington

Corinne Groenenberg 1957 California

Julie Grubaugh 1961 Arizona

Billie Jean Hall 1960 Maryland

Joan Hall 1966 Oregon

Teresa Hammon 1963 California

Darla Harper 1960 Arkansas

Diana Harris 1953 Florida

Evelyn Hartley 1937 Wisconsin

Terrie Hefner 1964 Texas

Lorraine Herbster 1962 New Jersey

Frankie Horsley 1964 North Carolina

Michelle Houchman 1967 California

Tinze Huels 1967 Florida

Wendy Huggy 1965 Florida

Barbara Hunt 1964 Virginia

Rochelle Ihm 1966 Arizona

Nancy Jason 1958 Maryland *******

Rita Jolly 1955 Oregon

Kimberly Jones 1983 West Virginia

Gail Katz-Bierenbaum 1956 New York

Patricia Kelley Tennessee

Terry Kelley 1953 California

Rebecca Kellison 1954 Colorado

Patricia Kelly Unknown Tennessee

Patricia Lousie Kelly 1957

Kimberly Kersey 1968 Washington

Cindy King 1961 Oregon

Tracy King 1960 Pennsylvania

Hazel Klug 1962 Virginia
Vicke Lamberton 1949 Massachusetts 4/17/13

Ruth Leamon 1966 California

Patricia Leblanc 1968 Washington

Karen Lee 1961 Oregon

Tammy Leppert 1965 Florida

Cynthia Leslie 1959 Arizona

Jackie Leslie 1961 Arizona

Lori Lloyd 1961 Ohio

Mary Long 1964 California

Charlotte Loomis 1958 New Jersey

Debora Lowe 1958 Florida

Carol Lubahn 1954 California

Annabelle Ludwig 1941 Ohio

Lynn Luray 1948 California

Dorothy Madden 1948 Ohio
Sheree Magaro 1956 Maryland 4/17/13

Elizabeth Maggard 1961 Kentucky

Tammy Mahoney 1961 New York

Cynthia Maine 1959 California

Aleca Manning 1952 Arizona

Sherry Marler 1971 Alabama

Carolyn Martin 1957 Michigan

Leslie Martin-Porter 1959 California

Jonelle Matthews 1972 Colorado

Shirley McBride 1969 New Hampshire

Tammie McCormick 1972 New York

Sharon McCully 1959 Texas

Tamera McCurry 1960 Texas

Angela Meeker 1965 Washington

Deborah Meyer 1958 Wyoming

Diana Miller 1962 Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Miller 1969 Colorado

Connie Minchaca 1960 California

Barbara Monaco 1960 Virginia

Barbara Monaco 1960 Virginia

Kimberly Moreau 1969 Maine

Kelly Morrissey 1968 New York

Michelle Mulcahy 1961 Florida

Debra Murr 1956 Tennessee

Pamela Nater 1946 Florida

Pamela Neal 1960 Colorado

Audrey Nerenberg 1958 New York

Dana Null 1963 Florida

Donna O'Banion 1960 Louisiana

Mary Opitz 1963 Florida

Patricia Otto 1952 Idaho

Jeanne Overstreet 1963 Arizona

Jennifer Pandos 1971 Virginia

Eleanor Parker 1962 Louisiana

Kristina Perkins 1953 Arizona

Cynthia Perry 1968 North Carolina

Dean Pyle Peters 1966 Michigan

Linda Peterson 1949 Utah

Elizabeth Pfeifer 1965 Texas

Mary Plavnick 1962 Florida

Denise Porch 1954 North Carolina

Tamara Porrin 1971 Pennsylvania

Wanda Priddy 1958 Texas

Debra Pscholka 1958 California

Behdokht Pyke 1952 Florida

Kathryn Quackenbush 1964 Maryland 6/7/13
Deborah Quimby 1963 Massachusetts 4/17/13

Laureen Rahn 1966 New Hampshire

Sondra Ramber 1969 Texas 7/9/13

Angela Ramsey 1961 Florida

Kathleen Randall 1958 Georgia

Mary Rawlinson 1966 California

Donnis Redman 1943 California

Leichia Reilly 1963 New York

Marcia Remick 1962 Virginia

Linda Reynolds 1952 Arkansas
Simone Ridinger 1960 Massachusetts 4/17/13

Susan Riedling 1967 Kentucky

Sherry Roach 1959 California

Rochelle Robbins 1951 California

Elaine Robertson 1955 Washington

Christine Rodriguez 1966 California

Alma Root 1965 California

Nancy Rose 1950 Idaho

Cindy Rowles 1968 New York

Doris SCANDALIS 1930 California

Lucinda Schaefer 1962 California

Gayla Schaper 1951 Idaho

Patricia Schmidt 1964 Virginia

Diane Schulte 1954 Idaho

Suzanne Schultz 1961 Wisconsin

Lynne Schulze 1953 Vermont

Khymbrly SCRUGGS 1960 California

Beverly Sharpman 1930 Pennsylvania

Denise Sheehy 1954 New York

Martha Shelton 1944 Kentucky

Mary Shinn 1953 Arkansas

Catherine Sjoberg 1957 Wisconsin

Bertha Smith 1913 Arizona

Cindy Smith 1960 Florida

Debra Spickler 1955 Connecticut

Mary Sprague 1960 Florida

Vicki Arleen Sundgaard 1963

Sheri Swims 1961 Florida

Mary Ann Switalski 1946 Illinois

Michelle Thomas 1967 Texas

Nadine Timm 1935 Illinois

Pamela Tinsley 1966 Oklahoma

Deborah Tomlinson 1957 Oregon

Mary Trlica 1957 Texas

Donna Urban 1959 Delaware

Leah Van Schoick 1965 Florida

Emma Vaughn 1967 Florida

Wilma Vermaas 1952 California

Floradean Walker 1925 Texas

Sheree Warren 1960 Utah

Darlene Webb 1962 Florida

Virginia Welch 1960 Virginia

Christina White 1967 Washington

Rochelle White 1951 California

Nancy Willis 1961 Tennessee

Nancy Willis 1961 Tennessee

Karen Wilson 1963 New York

Lisa Wilson 1960 Texas

Verla Winter 1939 Washington

Cynthia Woolard 1957 Florida

Judy WORRELL 1957 California

Cheryl Wyant 1964 California

Jennifer Wyant 1958 Tennessee

Amy Yachimec 1968 Arizona

Karen Zendrosky 1963 New Jersey

hannah1988 said:

I have that same concern about the Grateful Dead fan. I seem to remember a Disappeared episode where the victim was initially ruled out, and then they re-examined the case and found a match.

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one of my friends was listed as a rule out, they stated it could not be her because this person was african-american after 10 years of agony for her daughters, guess what ....it was her !!!!!! so you are correct , you just never know!

Roselvr said:

Do you have a link that explains the differences? I'm not finding what I'm looking for


This link may tell the differences; I don't have time to read through it
The Use of Nuclear DNA (nucDNA) Typing and Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Sequencing in the Identification Process


DNA Information


Understanding DNA Family tree DNA -

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Roselvr & Carl ?????? help a girl out plz
OK, I am totally confused , I thought CODIS had the auto rule outs but NAMUS did not work that way , I swear I just read that on another thread, no of course I cant find it, am I wrong?

On the Doe Network website, the area code for Bradley County is listed as 615, but it changed to 423 many years ago...in case anyone has more info for the Bradley County Sheriff's Office.

You are correct TNMom...Bradley county area code is now 423, but Shotgun Jane is in Knox County which is 865

Tammy Daniel?

Some interesting reasons to consider her and some drawbacks too.



SJD: 21-30 yrs old. Tammy: 24 years old
SJD: 5'5", 120 lbs Tammy: 5'7", 130 lbs
SJD: Bwn. Hair/Eyes Tammy: Bwn Hair/ Blue Eyes per Namus, unknown per Doe

SJD: Scar on abdomen, possibly C-Section or hysterectomy
Tammy: Scar on abdomen from spleen removal

SJD: Found in Knox County, TN, picked up at Greene county rest stop.
Tammy: Last seen in Beckley, WV (3hrs away)

SJD: Found June 1, 1987
Tammy: Last seen June 2, 1987

Drawbacks: 1) SJD has BH tattoo. Picture on Namus with good view of Tammy's arms shows no such tattoo. Could have gotten tattoo after pic was taken, but no tattoo mentioned in her MP report. 2) SJD had metal plate/screw in leg from past injury, along with other previous skeletal injuries. Not mentioned in Tammy's case file. 3) Tammy last seen one day AFTER SJD found. Could have been an estimated date last seen, or typo or the date the report was filed.

Possible plus: Where the Doe skeletal drawing in Namus shows crushed vertebrae seems consistent with being near where the spleen would be located in the body also. Might make sense that those two injuries could be from a single incident.

Well, this is interesting maybe, too. Tammy's mother is listed in this article as Norma Hensdill: http://www.wvnstv.com/story/1698633...s-after-disappearance-of-raleigh-county-woman

So Tammy's maiden name was possibly Hensdill. Norma's spouse (presumably Tammy's father?) was Robert Hensdill. If he went by Bob, then you've got a reason for Tammy to maybe have a B.H. tattoo - maybe a tribute to her dad?

ETA: Seems her dad's full name is Robert Jefferson H. and he goes by Jeff. So still possible, but less likely. Her grandmother was Ella Bell Dunn Hensdill who passed away in 1985. If, like her son, grandma went by her middle name of Bell, then the B.H. would make sense as a tribute to grandma. It would also make sense if grandma passed in 1985, and how it could be a more recent tattoo and not be in older photos of her. I know it's reaching, just trying to think outside the box.

Irish_Eyes said:

Tammy Daniel?

Some interesting reasons to consider her and some drawbacks too.

SJD: 21-30 yrs old. Tammy: 24 years old
SJD: 5'5", 120 lbs Tammy: 5'7", 130 lbs
SJD: Bwn. Hair/Eyes Tammy: Bwn Hair/ Blue Eyes per Namus, unknown per Doe

SJD: Scar on abdomen, possibly C-Section or hysterectomy
Tammy: Scar on abdomen from spleen removal

SJD: Found in Knox County, TN, picked up at Greene county rest stop.
Tammy: Last seen in Beckley, WV (3hrs away)

SJD: Found June 1, 1987
Tammy: Last seen June 2, 1987

Drawbacks: 1) SJD has BH tattoo. Picture on Namus with good view of Tammy's arms shows no such tattoo. Could have gotten tattoo after pic was taken, but no tattoo mentioned in her MP report. 2) SJD had metal plate/screw in leg from past injury, along with other previous skeletal injuries. Not mentioned in Tammy's case file. 3) Tammy last seen one day AFTER SJD found. Could have been an estimated date last seen, or typo or the date the report was filed.

Possible plus: Where the Doe skeletal drawing in Namus shows crushed vertebrae seems consistent with being near where the spleen would be located in the body also. Might make sense that those two injuries could be from a single incident.

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I assume they're looking at her...

Tammy Daniel DNA Status: Initial inquiry underway

Roselvr said:

I assume they're looking at her...

Tammy Daniel DNA Status: Initial inquiry underway

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I don't think it means they are looking at her for this case. I think that is pretty standard procedure to get a DNA sample. I wouldn't think they'd have much trouble. Both her parents seem to be living and articles from the last few years indicate her mother is very much still looking for her.

Namus says Tammy's spleen was removed. SJD's autopsy clearly shows she had a spleen. However, as this article shows http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079560/, spleen can regenerate under some unusual circumstances. Ironically, the most common circumstance is when the spleen was originally removed due to trauma and not disease. The article explains how it happens, and it makes sense. So, if in fact SJD is Tammy, that could not be a automatic rule out.

But there is the date discrepancy, the eye color discrepancy, the spleen discrepancy, and the fact that there is no mention of tattoo or medical harware in leg for Tammy. That's an awful lot of misfit pieces. But what kills me is the stats are dead on, timeline is so close and given where they picked her up, it's easy to see someone coming from Beckley ending up there. I think I will put in a call to Tammy's MP detective. Perhaps he can follow up on these details. Obviously we know it's a rule out if he gets contradictory answers. But if he finds out that yes, Tammy did have a BH tattoo or yes, she did have a plate in her leg, I think he will be the one wanting to take this further.

ETA: Seems from reading that some people have more than one spleen, and that a partially removed spleen can grow back.

Don't know whether this one's been suggested (just Googled "shotgun jane doe"+"burnette"), but Mary Jo Burnette looks at least superficially like SJD's reconstruction. Height, weight, hair color, eye color line up all right. Burnette would have been just shy of the lower limit, age-wise. Doesn't have a NamUs entry.


No mention of surgical plate or tattoo, but might have received those (as well as surgical scar) later at any rate. "Teeth crooked" and "right upper central incisor protrudes," which doesn't appear in sketches of SJD.

Charley entry, linked above, says that Burnette was arrested in 1984, not reported missing till 1989. SJD has fingerprints in NamUs, so if Burnette had prints taken when she was arrested, would be possible to compare. Pics at Charley show no earrings at the time they were taken, when she was 16/17.

Roselvr said:

I started typing another post this morning then switched to my other computer..

I wondered about the shirt. I have multiple pages open looking to see who was good enough on the Dolphins to get a shirt made with their number (32) but didn't really come up with much.

Dolphins shirts are hard to get in some states. My hubby is a fan. I wonder if it was bought local or if it was her's or someone gave it to her. I wish I could find more of her online, larger pic of the shirt. I asked hubby if he knew who wore 32, he did not. The shirt probably doesn't matter, but you never know. It does not look like a Dan Marino jersey I found from 1984

Apparently her face was just reconstructed right before this post was originally made
blog? It says: Jul. 25th, 2008 at 11:58 PM I put her skull back together last Wednesday.

What was left of it link to comments page

She had an injury history, I'll say that. Both legs plus wrist & clavical have been broken as well as back problems.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jackson_(American_football)

Boomeroreo said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jackson_(American_football)

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She borrowed the Miami Dolphins jersey from her male companions on the night she died. The jersey does not offer any probitive value.

Roselvr said:

I assume they're looking at her...

Tammy Daniel DNA Status: Initial inquiry underway

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DNA Complete:

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/21070/4/

SJD is now on the FBI VICAP Unidentified Persons page
I'm upset by the lack of them listing all of her scars; they also do not list the Isotope states


JANE DOE - Knoxville, Tennessee 06/01/1987
Poster link
On June 1, 1987, an unidentified white female was killed participating in what was believed to be an attempted robbery. The unidentified female suffered a single gunshot wound to the face with a 12 gauge shotgun. The deceased was picked up by her accomplices at a rest area in the vicinity of Bulls Gap, Tennessee, prior to the incident in which she was killed. She wore a silver link-type bracelet on her right wrist.

The unidentified female was wearing a Miami Dolphins jersey, light blue pants, and a silver link bracelet.
The unidentified female had a scar on her abdomen and a tatto of "B.H." on her left arm.
Age: 21 to 30 years old Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'4" to 5'6"
Weight: 115 to 120 pounds Sex: Female
Race: White

Hello, Nellie Florence Cornman Flickinger is my sister. We still haven't found any good leads. My daughter was doing the searches because she better on the computer than I am.

Welcome Lost Sisters Brother. I believe your sister is also being looked at for this UID...
TX TX - Gray County, WF, 33-45, NamUs 3537, "Amethyst Doe", 08/05/99 - Page 2 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong and I hope we here as WS can assist in helping to find your sister.

lost sisters brother said:

Hello, Nellie Florence Cornman Flickinger is my sister. We still haven't found any good leads. My daughter was doing the searches because she better on the computer than I am.

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Hi and welcome.

Nellie also has her own page here: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62186&highlight=nellie+flickinger

Sadly, there's not much information on it.

lost sisters brother said:

Hello, Nellie Florence Cornman Flickinger is my sister. We still haven't found any good leads. My daughter was doing the searches because she better on the computer than I am.

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Welcome to WS! I just copied your reply to your sister post. It would be great if you can add more info there.