RCMP want the public's help in solving the 16-year-old mystery of a woman whose partial remains were found on serial killer Robert Pickton's farm.
Cpl. Annie Linteau said Saturday that Mounties have reached out to police around the world to try and figure out Jane Doe's identity.
RCMP are posting an FBI sketch of what the woman may have looked like on their website in the hope that a member of the public may recognize her.
Half of the woman's skull, with the vertebra attached, was found in 1995 by a man filling a water bottle at a creek in Mission, B.C.
In August 2002, bones recovered at Pickton's farm in Port Coquitlam were genetically linked to Jane Doe, but charges against Pickton for her murder were dropped.
“We're asking the public to have a look at this sketch, keeping in mind that her hair, nose, lips and jaw are an approximation,” Cpl. Linteau said.
She said the Missing Women's Task Force, which worked on the Pickton case, is urging people to look at the sketch and call police even if it slightly resembles someone they may have known years ago.
Cpl. Linteau said that so far, police know that Jane Doe was Caucasian, between 20 and 40, missing some teeth in the upper right portion of her jaw and that she died sometime between 1985 and 1995.
The woman may also have worn dentures, Cpl. Linteau said.
RCMP are hoping other police agencies will be able to match Jane Doe's information with someone on their missing persons files.
“Her DNA profile was provided to every lab in Canada, and along with the composite drawings, shared with Interpol, making this information available to Interpol's 188-member countries,” Cpl. Linteau said.
It's possible Jane Doe's family doesn't even know she's dead because the woman may have been estranged from them, she said.
“Somebody knew her and her family deserves to know what happened.”
