Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reopens case of Jane Doe whose body was found in 1975
PORT CLINTON - The case of an unidentified female body found in 1975 has been reopened by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.
Captain Aaron Leist said the nude body of a woman was found by duck hunters on Oct. 23, 1975 in Muddy Creek, near Oak Harbor, and has never been identified. He would like to find closure for the family of this missing person.
“I don’t like misses. I’d like to figure this out as soon as possible,” Leist said. “She was somebody’s daughter.”
He said the Jane Doe had a high-quality post-mortem photo taken, which was published in newspapers.
Then-acting Ottawa County coroner Dr. William Coon ruled the cause of death as due to drowning, and that the body was found within 48 hours after death.
The woman is described as a white female, between the ages of 30 and 35, five feet, five inches tall, with an estimated weight of 150 pounds, and medium length brown hair and hazel eyes.
He added that because of the very public initial searches and the one conducted in 2016 by Ottawa County Sheriff Office Sergeant Amy Gloor, the woman was probably not from this area.
He added that the drowning could have been accidental, but the fact that the body was unclothed makes it unlikely. He said that because of other the combined evidence, he’s “fairly certain,” it was probably a case of human trafficking or a drug-related incident.
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This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reopens 1975 cold case
