CA CA - Lompoc, WhtFem 16-25, 205UFCA, overbite, horseshoe earrings, Aug'69
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Lompoc Jane Doe has been unidentified for 53 years today.
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Lompoc Jane Doe is not in NamUs (yet)...
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I didn't know that, thank you very much for saying it.
"Lompoc Jane Doe"
Murdered August 1969
I have mentioned before that the murder of Lompoc Jane Doe might be linked to the murder of Roxie Ann Phillips by John Norman Collins and/or his companion in crime Andrew Manuel.
It would be very important to know more exactly when she was killed, and any possible information about where she had been prior to her death.
Horror Sweeps Salinas As Killings Are Linked — Desert Sun 6 August 1969 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
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The timing seems right for a connection to the Manson murders, but I guess the police could not establish a link. I do find it interesting that the first known Manson Family victim was killed on July 27, 1969, the Lompoc Jane Doe found 6 days later on August 3, and the Tate/LaBianca murders five days later on August 8-10, 1969. It would be less than a two-hour drive along Hwy 1 from the Manson Family ranch in Simi Valley to this area just outside of Lompoc. There's a remote beach road near that location, and anyone taking this scenic route north from LA or Santa Barbara (staying on the 101 Freeway would be the faster route) would pass right by the quarry. She doesn't really seem to fit the profile of a Manson victim though, although Gary Hinman had befriended the Manson Family before they killed him.
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I don’t know if anyone else ever got back to you on this, but Gary Leiterman was convicted of murdering Jane Mixer with a story similar to the one you’re referring to. He has his own thread here on WS.
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Appreciate the tip. We will take a look!
Thanks for the reply. Yes, Gary Leiterman was convicted of Jane Mixer's murder. He was sentenced to life and has since died in prison. It was a controversial trial because although Leiterman's DNA was found on her body, there was also other DNA found in the testing that came from another (totally unrelated) person who was a small child at the time of her murder. The Defense contended that because of this "contamination", the whole testing procedure and evidence should be considered tainted.
Just today, I posted a link to this thread on the John Norman Collins thread in the Serial Killer topic section (post 316). I also posted a link to the 1969 double murder of Susan Davis and Elizabeth Perry in New Jersey. Both of those young women, and Lompoc Jane Doe were stabbed numerous times with a knife and their bodies left in rural, isolated areas. These murders all have similarities to the Michigan Coed Murders associated with Collins.
I have always stressed that John Norman Collins was only convicted of one murder - that of Karen Sue Beineman in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He was sentenced to Life in prison for killing her, where he resides today. He continued to maintain his innocence and denied ever knowing Karen or any of the other Michigan murder victims.
That is until 2013, when DNA testing linked him forensically to Karen Sue Beineman and also to murder victim Alice Kalom. At that point he changed his long time lie of never knowing them to offer alternate stories of how his DNA "innocently" got on the two women through "consensual sex" prior to his room mate stepping in and killing them. Yeah, that's the ticket...
In another recent post to the Collins thread, I mention that Collins owned a 4 inch sheath knife which he asked his room mate to hide for him just prior to a police search of his apartment. That knife was taken into evidence, but not introduced at the Beineman trial since she had not been stabbed. She had been bludgeoned and strangled to death in the basement of Collins' aunt's house.
The first two victims in the Michigan Coed murder series were both stabbed and slashed to death with a short 4 inch blade knife.
LINK:
MI - MI - JOHN NORMAN COLLINS Co-Ed Murders 1967-69, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti
Here is a Michigan newspaper clipping about the "Coed" victims from 1969: Note that in this snap shot, Jane Mixer was included in the "series", but California victim, Roxie Ann Phillips was not included. LINK: Seven Victims Identified In Coed Murder Case | Ann Arbor District Library
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Lompoc Jane Doe 1969
BIRTH unknown
DEATH Aug 1969
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
BURIAL
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USAM
Jane Doe 1969 was an unidentified female, aged between 16 and 24 years, that was found murdered near Lompoc, Calif. on August 3, 1969. She had been stabbed more than 15 times, and her body dumped down an embankment near Highway 1. Despite an intensive investigation by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department, she was never identified, and was buried in an unmarked grave.
In 2000, best-selling mystery novelist Sue Grafton learned of the case, on which she based her novel, "Q is for Quarry". With Grafton's financial support, the Sheriff's Department exhumed her body so that DNA typing and a facial reconstruction could be done. She was re-interred with a Sheriff's Department honor guard on February 26, 2002. Sheriff's investigators decided not to place a headstone on her grave as a way of symbolizing their hope that she will one day be identified and returned to her family.
Despite the passage of more than 35 years, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department remains optimistic that one day Jane Doe will be identified.
LINKS:
Jane Doe 1969 (unknown-1969) - Find a Grave...
Jane Doe 1969 was an unidentified female, aged between 16 and 24 years, that was found murdered near Lompoc, Calif. on August 3, 1969. She had been stabbed more than 15 times, and her body dumped down an embankment near Highway 1. Despite an intensive investigation by the Santa Barbara County...
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Who Was Jane Doe?
Our columnist ponders the mystery surrounding the dead girl at the center of Sue Grafton's Q Is for Quarry.
www.independent.com
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Lompoc Jane Doe has been unidentified for 54 years today.
Lompoc Jane Doe (1969)
| On August 3, 1969, the body of a young white female was found by a group of hunters in a quarry in Lompoc, California. Her killer had stabbed her and slit her throat. It appeared that her body had been dragged across dust and brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks near old State Route 1 and was most likely killed at the location. She was estimated to be between 16 and 25 years old, was between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches (1.57 and 1.63 m) tall, and weighed between 120 and 130 pounds (54 and 59 kg). She had brown hair which was dyed a reddish blonde, blue eyes, and protruding incisors, and had had 19 dental fillings made within the last two years of her life. She also had pierced ears and silver nail polish. She was found wearing brown sandals with gold-colored buckles, a dark blue blouse, black bra, pink bikini panties, homemade white bell-bottoms decorated with a blue floral print, and thin horeshoe-shaped gold earrings. She was buried in 1969 but exhumed in 2001 for DNA extraction. LINK: 
List of unidentified murder victims in California |
Artist's sketch of "Lompoc Jane Doe"
Murdered some time prior to 3 August 1969 near Lompoc, California
In June 1969 John Norman Collins and his friend Andrew Manuel, residents of Ypsilanti, Michigan, stole a camping trailer by providing false identification and a forged check to a rental company. They drove cross country from Michigan to Salinas, California.
While in California, a 17 year old girl named Roxie Ann Phillips was abducted and murdered. Her body was discarded in a ravine and not discovered for several days. Very convincing evidence would later lead to California inditing John Norman Collins for her murder.
In mid July 1969, Collins and Manuel abandoned their stolen camping trailer in Salinas, CA and drove back to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where within a few days - on 23 July 1969, Collins abducted and murdered Karen Sue Beineman, an 18 year old Eastern Michigan University freshman. Collins soon became a suspect and a subject of police surveillance.
Andrew Manuel immediately decided to flee Michigan by bus, taking with him a pistol owned by Collins (which he claimed to have disposed of along the way). That pistol might well have connected Collins (and Manuel) forensically to a series of other Michigan "Co-ed" murders.
Manuel returned to Salinas, California where he cleaned out the stolen trailer of any incriminating evidence. When investigators later found it, it had been wiped clean of any fingerprints.
Manuel next headed south and east to the home of his sister in Phoenix, Arizona where he was captured in early August 1969 by the FBI and returned to Michigan.
Manuel was in California and traveled through the area where Lompoc Jane Doe was murdered in the same time frame. There are many similarities between her murder and others both in California and in Michigan.
Manuel was not charged with any of the Michigan Co-ed murders, but was considered an important witness against Collins. He was offered a light sentence to plead guilty to two felony theft charges (related to the stolen camping trailer) and to testify against Collins in his murder trial. He agreed, but gave prosecutors nothing in the way of evidence. He was given a light sentence with probation and immediately violated that probation to flee Michigan again. Recaptured, he served a few months in jail and was out by Christmas 1969.
Roxie Anne Phillips' 30 June 1969 murder, along with several others which occurred in California during the June/July 1969 time frame, strongly suggests that John Norman Collins and perhaps his associate Andrew Manuel may have been actively killing there. At the time, investigators believed that Roxie's murder was connected to a similar June 1969 murder - that of Susan Mary Hennessy, age 17 and also possibly to the murders of Virginia Lynn Smith, Marisa Habe and another unidentified girl.
Collins was indited for Roxie's murder while awaiting trial for killing Karen Sue Beineman, and his extradition from Michigan to California for trial was requested. However, Governor Milliken of Michigan wanted all Michigan charges, convictions, and appeals to be completed first. When Collins was convicted and sentenced, and all Michigan appeals were exhausted, the extradition request was approved, but California then declined to pursue the case, and Collins remained in Michigan where he has been incarcerated for the past 54 years.
John Norman Collins (left) and Andrew Manuel in custody 1969
LINK:
MI - MI - JOHN NORMAN COLLINS Co-Ed Murders 1967-69, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti
Here is a Michigan newspaper clipping about the "Coed" victims from 1969: Note that in this snap shot, Jane Mixer was included in the "series", but California victim, Roxie Ann Phillips was not included. LINK: Seven Victims Identified In Coed Murder Case | Ann Arbor District Library
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"Lompoc Jane Doe"
Reconstruction of the victim
Date of Discovery: August 3, 1969
Location of Discovery: Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California
Estimated Date of Death: Days prior
State of Remains: Unknown
Cause of Death: Homicide by stabbing
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 16-25 years oldRace: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'2" to 5'4"
Weight: 120 to 130 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, dyed a reddish blond and shoulder length.
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pierced ears. She wore silver nail polish.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. She had protruding front teeth. Dental work included 19 fillings done within the year or two preceding her death. Based on her dental work, investigators surmised that she may have come from abroad.
Protruding teeth
Fingerprints: Available, but of poor quality.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Brown sandals with a gold colored buckle, a dark blue blouse, black bra, pink bikini panties, and what appeared to be homemade white hip hugger bell bottom pants decorated with a blue floral print daisies with a red center (see photo). The female's clothing is described to have been in fashion for those in her age group at the time.
Pants floral print pattern
Jewelry: Thin, horseshoe-shaped, gold earrings.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown.
Circumstances of Discovery
Hunters found the victim's body in a quarry a few feet down an embankment. Her body had been dragged there across dust and scrub brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks within sight of old Highway 1. Investigators believe she was killed there.She had been stabbed multiple times and her throat was slit.
The victim was later buried in the Lompoc Cemetery in 1969.
In 2001, she was exhumed for DNA collection and to have reconstruction created.
Author Sue Grafton's novel "Q" is for Quarry is loosely based on the investigation of this victim.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Santa Barbara Sheriff's DepartmentAgency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 805-681-4100
Agency E-Mail: detective(at)sbsheriff.org
Agency Case Number: 3690943
Agency Name: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department - Cold Case Unit
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 805-681-4150
Agency E-Mail: detective(at)sbsheriff.org
Agency Case Number: LOMPOC-1969
Agency Name: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department - Coroner Bureau
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 805-681-4145
Agency E-Mail: coroner(at)sbsheriff.org
Agency Case Number: W7707
NCIC Case Number: U763720372
NamUs Case Number: Not entered
Doenetwork number 205UFCA
Information Source(s)
Santa Barbara County SheriffSanta Barbara County Sheriff (archived)
"Lompoc Jane Doe"
Found murdered 3 August 1969
LINKS:
Who Was Jane Doe?
Our columnist ponders the mystery surrounding the dead girl at the center of Sue Grafton's Q Is for Quarry.
www.independent.com
Jane Doe 1969 (unknown-1969) - Find a Grave...
Jane Doe 1969 was an unidentified female, aged between 16 and 24 years, that was found murdered near Lompoc, Calif. on August 3, 1969. She had been stabbed more than 15 times, and her body dumped down an embankment near Highway 1. Despite an intensive investigation by the Santa Barbara County...
www.findagrave.com
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Just revisiting this case. It would be interesting to know what specifically they found with the dental work that they would draw the conclusion that it was done abroad. Materials? Workmanship? Could it be used to narrow down a region or perhaps it is a presumption on someone's part that hasn't been questioned? Could it have been done at a dental school or some other low-cost option that has been overlooked? Hard to say without knowing the details.