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I think I changed the date three times. lol First I changed it to the 15th, which was the Monday after Easter. Then I saw Namus had the date as the 8th, so I changed it to the 8th. Now I've changed it back to the 15th, and there it shall remain.Hi, Bessie, Satch & dogperson! A belated thanks to HannahJ for posting insider info to fill in some of the many gaps in our knowledge of the case.
Satch, thanks for posting the link to the LSU Faces site. It's the only one I've seen that gives her full date of birth. However, it and NameUs list her height as 65 inches = 5'5". Other sites list her height as 63 inches = 5'3". The latter jibes with news reports.
Bessie, thanks for the welcome and correcting the date. It still bothers me the way the date was reported in the newspapers. Reporters are usually quoting whatever the family or neighbors said because they didn't witness the events themselves. But reporters did have first-hand knowledge of which Sunday Easter fell on. If all the sources I checked, including newspapers, were correct about Easter being on the 14th, why did those same newspapers repeatedly say Clement disappeared "on the 8th, the day after Easter?" The first articles were written only a couple of weeks after she vanished--not long enough for reporters to "forget". Weird.
Here's a twist in the bedspread: Although I lack the resources ($$) to check every news article, the ones I have seen don't read: "her only bedspread." It's phrased: "only a bedspread." You can see that maybe somewhere in the past 50 years the words got twisted.
Ever play that party game where one person writes down a sentence, then whispers it into the ear of the person sitting next to them? The 2nd person whispers it to somebody else. The last person says the sentence out loud, then the original person passes the written version around the room. The 2 versions are hilariously different.
Clement's story isn't funny though. Neither is tracking a false trail. Jane Clement's brother is dead so we can't ask him. We really need to see the police report. Does anyone here have an LE acquaintance in Baton Rouge, LA? Is that a question I'm allowed to ask on the experts board?
Jane Rowell Clement
Missing since April 7, 1963 from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Age at Time of Disappearance: 22 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'3" ; 100 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
White female.
Dark blonde hair.
Blue eyes.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Jane Rowell Clement, an aspiring writer and mother of two young children has been missing since April 7, 1963. She was last seen at her residence at 2776 Sorrel Ave in Baton Rouge,LA. Clement called her estranged husband the day after Easter 1963 and asked him to watch their children while she went job-hunting.
The husband picked the children up but got no answer when he phoned his wife's home later that day. A week later, a worried neighbor called Clements brother in New Orleans to tell him she hadn't seen Clement in days.
The brother had to break into his sister's locked Sorrel Avenue home. In the laundry room, he found a basket of washed clothes that had mildewed. The only things missing from the house were Clement's Easter clothes and her only bedspread.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Baton Rouge City Police Department
Sgt. Candy Graham
225-389-8617 OR 225-389-3844
Agency Number: 5501-63
NCIC Number: N/A
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
The Baton Rouge Advocate
The Doe Network: Case File 1373DFLA
Link:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1373dfla.html
Hello,
I have been reading this forum for years. This is my first post. This case has always haunted me and i wish their was more information. I could not locate anything on ancestry regarding census records or marriage. And a missing sibling? terrible. I wish her children would shed a little light on Jane. More pictures of her etc.. She was so beautiful. Are there any living family members? A single mother of 2 in 1963 very ahead of her time. Also it appears that her home at 2776 Sorrel Ave Baton Rouge has been torn down. Im sure i saw it before on google maps, but now it is no longer there. very interesting. LA Bumping for Jane.