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FL FL - Boca Raton, Hillsborough Canal, WhtFem UP773, 19-20, overbite, weighed down by weights, Jun'80
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The Hillsboro Canal is located in the southeastern portion of Florida within the South Florida Water Management District, and for much of its length forms the border between Browardand Palm Beach counties; however, its western end was entirely in Palm Beach County, until being recently annexed to Broward County-Parkland, FL . It begins at Lake Okeechobee at the S-2 water control structure in South Bay west of Belle Glade, Florida.[1][2] It passes within the southern border of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and flows southeast from there along Loxahatchee Road in a rural, lightly populated area. When it reaches the more heavily built-up region further east, it bends to head due eastward, forming the county line. Near its eastern end at the Intracoastal Waterway, with Boca Ratonto the north and Deerfield Beach to the south, it departs from its straight course to go around several curves, but the county boundary continues to follow it at this point. 10 miles of the canal is navigable, and it is popular for recreational boating and fishing.
Hillsboro Canal - Wikipedia
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Missing Person / NamUs #MP26514Laura Maria Hernandez, Female, Multiple
Date of Last Contact December 1, 1980
Missing FromClovis, New Mexico
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Could they have the missing date wrong on this woman? She really reminds me of the new recon
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Deborah McCall is still the only exclusion. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
GatorFL
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We have some friends who live in Parkland and their neighborhood is just off Lox Road. The canal is just north of the road. I believe the western end of the canal is navigable, I don't think the eastern part is.
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Bumping, the 42nd anniversary of Boca Raton Jane Doe’s discovery passed recently.
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Interesting that an overbite is mentioned but isn’t reflected in any of the drawings. She had a lot of dental work done. Was that work indicative of a foreign dentist or a US dentist? To correct an overbite, braces are needed.
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It's very hard to tell about something like that from a face-forward sketch. The sideways view in the original sketches does look like her lower jaw is quite out of line with the upper.
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Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Cold Case Unit are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who was found dead in a canal in southern Palm Beach County in 1980.
On Tuesday, detectives released a reconstruction image representing the victim’s appearance at the time of her death.
According to authorities, the woman’s body was found floating in the Hillsboro Canal, west of State Road 441, on June 23, 1980. Detectives say she was the victim of a homicide and had been in the canal for several days. They did not disclose how they believe she was killed.
The victim is described by detectives as a white, Hispanic female who was between 5 feet, 2 inches tall to 5 feet, 4 inches tall. She weighed 120 pounds and had dark brown or black hair and brown eyes. She also had a slight overbite and was believed to be between the ages of 19 to somewhere in the mid-20s. She may have bore one or more children, authorities said.
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Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Cold Case Unit are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who was found dead in a canal in southern Palm Beach County in 1980.
On Tuesday, detectives released a reconstruction image representing the victim’s appearance at the time of her death.
According to authorities, the woman’s body was found floating in the Hillsboro Canal, west of State Road 441, on June 23, 1980. Detectives say she was the victim of a homicide and had been in the canal for several days. They did not disclose how they believe she was killed.
The victim is described by detectives as a white, Hispanic female who was between 5 feet, 2 inches tall to 5 feet, 4 inches tall. She weighed 120 pounds and had dark brown or black hair and brown eyes. She also had a slight overbite and was believed to be between the ages of 19 to somewhere in the mid-20s. She may have bore one or more children, authorities said.
Cold case detectives seek help identifying woman found floating in South Florida canal in 1980
Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Cold Case Unit are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who was found dead in a canal in southern Palm Beach County in 1980.
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This article, posted today in the Palm Beach Post, mentions "unique" dental work; Payroll Nerd, I also wondered if it was perhaps indicative of non-U.S. origin.
Identity of woman found floating in Boca-area canal baffles PBSO detectives 42 years later
The woman was found naked and stabbed in the Hillsboro Canal in June 1980. She had a slight overbite and she may have been a mom. The rest is elusive.
Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies found a woman's body floating in the Hillsboro Canal in the summer of 1980. Forty-two years after the discovery, her identity remains a mystery.
Deputies believe the woman is a victim of a homicide. Her body was found naked and stabbed in a canal west of State Route 411 on June 30, 1980, according to The Palm Beach Post's archives. Detectives said she was likely dumped in the canal 10 days before she was found.
A forensic anthropologist at Florida Atlantic University believed she was somewhere between 19 and 25 years old when she was killed. Her image has evolved over decades from rough pencil sketches to detailed digital renderings depicting a young Hispanic woman with dark hair, brown eyes and a slight overbite.
She was about 5 feet 3 inches and 120 pounds, according to PBSO. She may have bore one or more children.
A forensic dentist discovered unique crowns on some of the woman's teeth and worked with detectives in 1980 to distribute her dental charts in flyers across Florida, in hopes that a dentist might recognize them.
"You can't look for a suspect if you don't know who the victim is," said Sgt. Jerry Arbor in the month following her death. "You have to have a starting point."
Anyone with information about the woman is asked to contact Detective John Cogburn at 561-688-4063, or at cogburnj@pbso.org.
Identity of woman found floating in Boca-area canal baffles PBSO detectives 42 years later
The woman was found naked and stabbed in the Hillsboro Canal in June 1980. She had a slight overbite and she may have been a mom. The rest is elusive.
Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies found a woman's body floating in the Hillsboro Canal in the summer of 1980. Forty-two years after the discovery, her identity remains a mystery.
Deputies believe the woman is a victim of a homicide. Her body was found naked and stabbed in a canal west of State Route 411 on June 30, 1980, according to The Palm Beach Post's archives. Detectives said she was likely dumped in the canal 10 days before she was found.
A forensic anthropologist at Florida Atlantic University believed she was somewhere between 19 and 25 years old when she was killed. Her image has evolved over decades from rough pencil sketches to detailed digital renderings depicting a young Hispanic woman with dark hair, brown eyes and a slight overbite.
She was about 5 feet 3 inches and 120 pounds, according to PBSO. She may have bore one or more children.
A forensic dentist discovered unique crowns on some of the woman's teeth and worked with detectives in 1980 to distribute her dental charts in flyers across Florida, in hopes that a dentist might recognize them.
"You can't look for a suspect if you don't know who the victim is," said Sgt. Jerry Arbor in the month following her death. "You have to have a starting point."
Anyone with information about the woman is asked to contact Detective John Cogburn at 561-688-4063, or at cogburnj@pbso.org.
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Thankfully, this is no longer true. You can do DNA and find a suspects name and the UIDs name at the same time. There are cases where they’ve figured out a perp but not the UID and vice versa.
“You can't look for a suspect if you don't know who the victim is," said Sgt. Jerry Arbor in the month following her death. "You have to have a starting point."
“You can't look for a suspect if you don't know who the victim is," said Sgt. Jerry Arbor in the month following her death. "You have to have a starting point."
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As somebody who has a crown that my dentist calls "unique"--it tends to refer to the reason why the cap was necessary and how the repair was done. My molar broke at an unusual angle and required minor gum surgery to make room for the cap; if it hadn't worked, I'd have lost the tooth. My dentist even wrote up a short item about it for a dental journal 
It could mean unusual materials or origin or something, but since they distributed information locally, I'm more inclined to think it was an unusual reconstruction.
It could mean unusual materials or origin or something, but since they distributed information locally, I'm more inclined to think it was an unusual reconstruction.
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I looked up newspaper articles on this JD, and none of the ones I found so far mention the breast or the arm.
The one below states one side of the face was ripped off and most of the teeth knocked out.
Boca Raton https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/715uffl.html - Newspapers.com
Turn to Page 2B Col. 4
Clipping from The Miami Herald - Newspapers.com
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Summary of important information from the articles below:
- The body was first spotted by a fisherman on June 20, but he thought it was an animal. It was spotted by another witness driving down Loxahatchee Road on June 23 who thought the body was a cow. Police were finally alerted after a third witness realized the body was human and called authorities.
- At the time of recovery, the body was floating eastward on the north side of the Hillsboro Canal.
- The woman had been dead from 3 to 5 days before her body was found.
- She was hit over the head multiple times with a blunt instrument, knocking her teeth out. She was stabbed multiple times.
- The woman had silver-colored polish on her fingernails and toenails.
- The woman had "unique" crowns on some of her teeth.
Byron Dobson, "Unidentified woman found dead in west," Boca Raton News, 24 June 1980, 8A.
E.A. Torriero and Charles Buhman, "2 Bodies Found in Canals; Foul Play Indicated," Miami Herald, 24 June 1980, 2C.
Witnesses at the scene, along the north side of Hillsboro Canal, about four miles west of U.S. 441 in southwest Palm Beach County, said the body was first spotted last Friday.
"You see lots of things in these canals," said the witness, a fisherman, who wished not to be identified. "But I thought it was some sort of animal."
On Monday, another fisherman was driving along the Loxahatchee Road when he saw the body. "That man thought it was a cow," Arbour said.
Finally around 3 p.m., a motorist stopped and realized it was a human's body. Sheriff's deputies arrived shortly after 3 p.m. and found the nude body floating eastward on the north side of the canal.
[...]
Detectives, using a borrowed rowboat, took more than 1 1/2 hours to remove the body from the canal. The department's helicopter flew in from West Palm Beach to aid in the recovery.
"Victim's ID Perplexes Authorities," Palm Beach Post, 25 June 1980, C2.
An autopsy yesterday showed the woman died from a stab wound to the chest.
The autopsy also indicated the white female, believed to be in her mid-20s, had been dead about three days before being found in the Hillsboro Canal about 4 miles west of U.S. 441.
[...]
Deputies have searched the area near where the body was found but have found no clues.
Sgt. Jerry Arbour of the Sheriff's Office said there is nothing to indicate the woman was killed near where the body was found.
[...]
The body was recovered Monday by sheriff's deputies after witnesses spotted something floating in the canal. According to police, witnesses originally thought the object was a cow but later called police again.
Deputies first saw the body about 2:30 p.m. Policemen at the scene originally thought the victim had been shot.
"Broward Sheriff's Lab To Help Identify Woman," Miami Herald, 26 June 1980, 11BR.
The Broward sheriff's crime lab is to examine the woman's teeth and the body's bone structure.
The woman apparently was stabbed three times and dumped into the Hillsboro Canal, her body laden with weights, said Palm Beach County sheriff's Sgt. Jerry Arbour.
"Police Call Professor In on Case," Palm Beach Post, 26 June 1980, SE5.
An autopsy on the body, performed Tuesday by the county Medical Examiner's Office, showed the victim died of a single stab wound to the chest. Detectives later said there were other stab wounds.
Rich Pollack, "Sheriff's Office Hopes Sketches Lead to Identification," Palm Beach Post, 2 July 1980, E1, E3.
[part 1] [part 2]
The first victim, detectives said, was found floating nude in the Hillsboro Canal, 4 miles west of U.S. 441. Police believe the woman was beaten before being stabbed several times.
[...]
Sgt. Jerry Arbour of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the victim was a white female believed to be about 20-25 years old with black or dark brown hair, 5-foot-3 and about 120 pounds. She had been dead between three to five days before the body was discovered.
Arbour said the woman had been hit over the head with a blunt instrument several times. He said the victims teeth had been knocked out.
"The person responsible for that crime," Arbour said, "made attempts to hide her identity."
"He beat her, he stabbed her and he dumped her in a canal weighted down. You can draw your own conclusions from that."
Arbour said detectives are checking dental charts as well as partial palm prints and foot prints recovered from the body.
[...]
Arbour said the victim also had silver-colored polish on her fingernails and toenails.
Rich Pollack, "Dead Women's Identities Baffle Boca Police," Palm Beach Post, 20 July 1980, E1, E3.
[part 1] [part 2]
The dentist discovered unique crowns on some of the teeth of the woman found floating in the Hillsboro Canal.
McCutcheon then had the charts made into a flyer which will be sent to all dentists in the state as well as to the Florida Dental Association magazine.
- The body was first spotted by a fisherman on June 20, but he thought it was an animal. It was spotted by another witness driving down Loxahatchee Road on June 23 who thought the body was a cow. Police were finally alerted after a third witness realized the body was human and called authorities.
- At the time of recovery, the body was floating eastward on the north side of the Hillsboro Canal.
- The woman had been dead from 3 to 5 days before her body was found.
- She was hit over the head multiple times with a blunt instrument, knocking her teeth out. She was stabbed multiple times.
- The woman had silver-colored polish on her fingernails and toenails.
- The woman had "unique" crowns on some of her teeth.
Byron Dobson, "Unidentified woman found dead in west," Boca Raton News, 24 June 1980, 8A.
E.A. Torriero and Charles Buhman, "2 Bodies Found in Canals; Foul Play Indicated," Miami Herald, 24 June 1980, 2C.
Witnesses at the scene, along the north side of Hillsboro Canal, about four miles west of U.S. 441 in southwest Palm Beach County, said the body was first spotted last Friday.
"You see lots of things in these canals," said the witness, a fisherman, who wished not to be identified. "But I thought it was some sort of animal."
On Monday, another fisherman was driving along the Loxahatchee Road when he saw the body. "That man thought it was a cow," Arbour said.
Finally around 3 p.m., a motorist stopped and realized it was a human's body. Sheriff's deputies arrived shortly after 3 p.m. and found the nude body floating eastward on the north side of the canal.
[...]
Detectives, using a borrowed rowboat, took more than 1 1/2 hours to remove the body from the canal. The department's helicopter flew in from West Palm Beach to aid in the recovery.
"Victim's ID Perplexes Authorities," Palm Beach Post, 25 June 1980, C2.
An autopsy yesterday showed the woman died from a stab wound to the chest.
The autopsy also indicated the white female, believed to be in her mid-20s, had been dead about three days before being found in the Hillsboro Canal about 4 miles west of U.S. 441.
[...]
Deputies have searched the area near where the body was found but have found no clues.
Sgt. Jerry Arbour of the Sheriff's Office said there is nothing to indicate the woman was killed near where the body was found.
[...]
The body was recovered Monday by sheriff's deputies after witnesses spotted something floating in the canal. According to police, witnesses originally thought the object was a cow but later called police again.
Deputies first saw the body about 2:30 p.m. Policemen at the scene originally thought the victim had been shot.
"Broward Sheriff's Lab To Help Identify Woman," Miami Herald, 26 June 1980, 11BR.
The Broward sheriff's crime lab is to examine the woman's teeth and the body's bone structure.
The woman apparently was stabbed three times and dumped into the Hillsboro Canal, her body laden with weights, said Palm Beach County sheriff's Sgt. Jerry Arbour.
"Police Call Professor In on Case," Palm Beach Post, 26 June 1980, SE5.
An autopsy on the body, performed Tuesday by the county Medical Examiner's Office, showed the victim died of a single stab wound to the chest. Detectives later said there were other stab wounds.
Rich Pollack, "Sheriff's Office Hopes Sketches Lead to Identification," Palm Beach Post, 2 July 1980, E1, E3.
[part 1] [part 2]
The first victim, detectives said, was found floating nude in the Hillsboro Canal, 4 miles west of U.S. 441. Police believe the woman was beaten before being stabbed several times.
[...]
Sgt. Jerry Arbour of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the victim was a white female believed to be about 20-25 years old with black or dark brown hair, 5-foot-3 and about 120 pounds. She had been dead between three to five days before the body was discovered.
Arbour said the woman had been hit over the head with a blunt instrument several times. He said the victims teeth had been knocked out.
"The person responsible for that crime," Arbour said, "made attempts to hide her identity."
"He beat her, he stabbed her and he dumped her in a canal weighted down. You can draw your own conclusions from that."
Arbour said detectives are checking dental charts as well as partial palm prints and foot prints recovered from the body.
[...]
Arbour said the victim also had silver-colored polish on her fingernails and toenails.
Rich Pollack, "Dead Women's Identities Baffle Boca Police," Palm Beach Post, 20 July 1980, E1, E3.
[part 1] [part 2]
The dentist discovered unique crowns on some of the teeth of the woman found floating in the Hillsboro Canal.
McCutcheon then had the charts made into a flyer which will be sent to all dentists in the state as well as to the Florida Dental Association magazine.
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Is there any more on the murder of Janice Oberholtzer that's mentioned? (sp?) It seems similar.
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There are a bunch of articles out there, but her husband, Barry Oberholtzer, was charged with her murder and was found not guilty in his 1983 trial. A judge dismissed charges brought against him in 1980 for lack of evidence.
Janice was beaten 22 times in the head and her car was found submerged in the canal near where her body was found.
From what I've read, it seems the prosecution didn't have any hard evidence to tie Barry to the murder -- they claimed he killed her because he found out she was having an affair and argued that no one else would have a motive to murder Janice so brutally. Apparently Janice scratched her attacker during a struggle, but at the time DNA analysis wasn't a thing, so the source of the blood/skin under her fingernails could not be determined. I wonder if the police still have the fingernail scrapings and if they could still be tested.
Kathleen Pellegrino and Richard Leiby, "Jury finds Oberholtzer innocent of wife's death," South Florida Sun Sentinel [Fort Lauderdale, FL], 20 July 1983, 12B.
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''The victim is described by detectives as a white, Hispanic female who was between 5 feet, 2 inches tall to 5 feet, 4 inches tall.
She weighed 120 pounds and had dark brown or black hair and brown eyes.
She also had a slight overbite and was believed to be between the ages of 19 to somewhere in the mid-20s. She may have bore one or more children, authorities said.
Anyone with information about the victim’s identity is asked to call Detective John Cogburn at 561-688-4063 or email the detective at cogburnj@pbso.org.
Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS (8477). A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest.''
Cold case detectives seek help identifying woman found floating in South Florida canal in 1980
Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Cold Case Unit are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who was found dead in a canal in southern Palm Beach County in 1980.
''The victim is described by detectives as a white, Hispanic female who was between 5 feet, 2 inches tall to 5 feet, 4 inches tall.
She weighed 120 pounds and had dark brown or black hair and brown eyes.
She also had a slight overbite and was believed to be between the ages of 19 to somewhere in the mid-20s. She may have bore one or more children, authorities said.
Anyone with information about the victim’s identity is asked to call Detective John Cogburn at 561-688-4063 or email the detective at cogburnj@pbso.org.
Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS (8477). A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest.''
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Boca Raton Jane Doe has been unidentified for 43 years today.