FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WI (WLUK) – Since Jane Doe’s remains were found in the southern part of Fond du Lac County in the fall of 2008, Leslie Eisenberg has been on the case.
“I am the forensic anthropologist of record who originally examined the remains and analyzed them.”
She was at the cemetery Thursday when Jane Doe’s remains were exhumed.
“My role yesterday was to harvest or remove certain samples from the remains that could be sent to the lab.”
The samples will undergo what’s called a stable isotope analysis.
Eisenberg tells FOX 11 stable isotopes as being all around us. You can’t see them but they’re found in water, soil and the food we eat.
“That all gets accumulated in our bones, in our hair, in our teeth as the dental enamel is forming. And so different regions have different isotope signatures.”
Sheriff Mick Fin says that information could offer new details about Jane Doe which the Fond du Lac County sheriff mentioned Thursday.
“We can then push out to the social media those, that geographical area of the country, her new mockup photo that we have of her and anything else we might know. So, we can, kind of, isolate instead of the whole world to a corner of the country.”
Eisenberg brings up one other point about what Jane Doe’s teeth might reveal.
“The beauty of it is, the teeth, which are formed after birth take up what’s in the water, what’s in the air, what the mother is eating and the tooth production contains information on where the person grew up.”
Investigators say results on the female’s remains could take four months.
As previously reported, Jane Doe is being described as a petite female, approximately 15-21 years old, around 5 feet tall and weighing around 120 pounds.
Her hair was light brown to dark blonde, about 12-14 inches long and is believed to be Caucasian, however, she could be of Hispanic, Asian or Native American descent.
If you have any information to give to investigators, please contact the following numbers:
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Tip Line (920-906-4777)
NCMEC Tip Line (1-800-THE LOST)
Detective Ryan Murphy (920-929-3380)
Detective Pete Vergos (920-929-3384)
