Jane & John Doe - Sumter County Does

August 1976


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• The bodies of a young man and woman, both believed to between 18 and 22 years old, were found on a secluded dirty road. They had both been shot to death, and a local resident claimed they heard the sounds of gunshots and a vehicle speeding off shortly before the victims were found. Neither the male nor the female had any identification or money on them.
  

• They had apparently traveled through various places in the United States before being killed in South Carolina. This was inferred from some of their belongings.
  

• Each victim was shot three times, receiving one shot in the throat, one in the chest, and one in the back.  The weapon used was believed to be a .357 caliber revolver.
  

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• The male victim was at first believed to between 18 and 22 years of age, but his dentition suggested that he may have been older than 27. The age range was updated to be between 18 and 30 years after his case was entered into NamUs.  
  The forensic dentist who examined the man's teeth said he believed he was over 27 but that he had looked younger due to his clothing and build. The victim was white with an olive complexion. He had brown, shoulder-length hair, brown eyes, and very distinctive bushy eyebrows. He stood over 6 feet tall, weighed about 150 pounds, and had had extensive, elaborate, dental work that may have been performed outside the United States.
  

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• The female victim was slightly younger than the man. She was originally thought to be between 18 and 20 years old. After her case was entered into NamUs, her age estimate was increased to 18 to 25 years. She stood 5' 5" tall, weighed 100 to 105 pounds, and had a slim build and an olive complexion like that of her companion. This led some observers to speculate that they may have been siblings.  
  She had reddish-brown, shoulder-length hair and bluish-gray eyes (some sources state "hazel"). She had two distinctive moles on the left side of her face near her mouth.
  

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• They may have been hitchhiking across the United States or were the victims of a carjacking. No drugs or alcohol were found in the two bodies, nor were they wearing underwear or had any money. An autopsy revealed that they had eaten fruit or ice cream with fruit, and a witness stated watching a man and woman matching the deceased couple's description at a local fruit stand. Months after the murder, an employee of a Santee, South Carolina campground claimed that he had met the couple weeks before the two's deaths. He said that the man's name was either Jock or Jacques and that he and his companion were going to Florida. The man and the employee soon became friends, and later told him that he was the son of a doctor in Canada, and that he and the woman were on vacation. Neither the couple nor the killers have ever been ID'd.
  

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Jewelry of Jane Doe -


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If anyone wants to help look for a Dr. with JPF initials in Canada Help is needed! Here is the link. If one person can choose 1-2 Provinces and run through the city lists that would rock! It is a daunting task I know but well worth it for their families sake. Please let me know if you decide to help, which province you are searching and if you find anything. I am keeping a list of the DR.'s I have found just searching online. Now I will search this directory and Alberta and British Columbia. The US is also listed. Once Canada has been checked the US will be checked. Most seem to think the couple is from Canada. Here is the link: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]