On Feb. 23, 1995, a hiker filling a water bottle from a creek just south of Highway 7, about 800 metres east of the Ruskin Bridge in Mission, discovered a partial skull with an attached vertebra, the RCMP said.
Experts in forensic anthropology, biology, forensic entomology, forensic odontology and human anatomy analyzed the remains in an effort to identify them, the release said.
In August 2002, bones recovered during the search of Pickton's farm in Port Coquitlam were confirmed to be genetically linked to the partial skull.
Investigators worked with a forensic sketch artist with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to develop a composite drawing based on what was learned from her skull by all the experts who had examined it.
Her DNA profile was provided to every laboratory in Canada, and the composite drawings shared with Interpol’s 188 member countries for comparison with their missing person files.
Here is what investigators have been able to determine about Jane Doe:
- Caucasian female, 20 to 40 years old.
- Death would have been sometime between about 1985 and 1995.
- Missing teeth in the upper right portion of her jaw, may have worn dentures.