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Jane Doe №16
Found: September 17, 1979; Identified October 20, 2020
September 17, 1979
On an otherwise unremarkable late summer day, boaters in the Carquinez Strait of California came across the torso and legs of a woman.
Authorities were notified, the items on the body were catalogued, an attempt at identification was made, but eventually, the bones of the unknown woman were laid to rest in a cemetery in Solano County.
Who the woman was would remain a mystery for 41 years.
As the crow flies
The distance from the short looping Road known as 94C just west of Woodland in Yolo County, California, to the Carquinez Strait near East 5th Street in the City of Benicia, where Jane Doe №16 was pulled from the water, is approximately 45 miles.
But even if you are going to travel by car, it is a drive that can easily be made in under an hour, and that drive is easier still when it is made in the late night or early morning hours. Without the traffic of commuters or large trucks carrying the summer harvest of nearby fields, it can be the kind of drive where you can think about your place in the world, and what you want to do next.
