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Unidentified

Jane Doe 1986

NCIC# U100869925 , NamUs# 1634

Date Found: December 4, 1986

Location Found: Turnersville, NJ

Estimated Age: Infant Years Old

Female

On December 4, 1986 the remains of an unidentified infant were located in a dumpster behind the Towne Shopping Center on Route 42 in Turnersville, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The dumpster was utilized by a pizzeria located within the Shopping Center. The infant was found wrapped in a beach towel that depicts an African plains scene, then placed in a plastic bag. An image of the towel is displayed above. The infant was a white newborn female, weighing approximately 7 pounds. She had dark hair and brown eyes. She had been deceased only a few hours before she was found. The infant's mother would have been showing her pregnancy during the late summer and fall months of 1986.

Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office (New Jersey) (856)384-5500 or the Gloucester Camden Salem County Medical Examiner (856)384-6910

NCMEC: 1107689