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30 years later, N.Y. Jane Doe remains mystery


WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- She was brutally strangled to death, her naked body laid out on the sidewalk in broad daylight in front of a junk yard in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Valentine’s Day nearly three decades ago.

She is the only Jane Doe ever found in Mount Vernon, and to this day investigators still aren't sure who she is.

Since she was found, the process of identifying John and Jane Does has changed quite a bit, and there are more tools available to both the police and the public.

A Facebook community has grown up around Mount Vernon's Jane Doe, and DNA from many women have been tested to see if there's a match -- but still, the identity of Mount Vernon's Jane Doe remains unknown.

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