The Murder of Corona Jane Doe, December 1981

Sketch of Jane Doe. Photo from NamUs.

On Friday, December 18, 1981, the nude, decomposing body of a white female was found in a shallow grave in a rural area near the McKinley offramp of the State Road 91 freeway in the city of Corona, Riverside County, CA. Jane Doe had been deceased for about one month, and it is believed that she may have died elsewhere. While her COD has not been reported, her case is being handled as a homicide. While NamUs states that her remains were not recognizable due to decomposition, a reconstruction of her is available.

Jane Doe was found wrapped in a gold-colored bedspread/blanket. There were no shoes, clothing, or jewelry found on or near Jane Doe other than the bedspread that she was wrapped in.

Jane Doe was a 17-21 year old white female who was 5'8 tall and estimated to have weighed 133 lbs. She had blonde hair with red tints that she wore above her shoulders, about either 4"-6" or 4"-8" in length. Her eye color is unknown. Both of her ears were pierced.

Convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas has taken credit for Jane Doe's death; he stated that he picked her up at a bus stop in Riverside and took her to Corona, where he strangled and buried her. However, Lucas is known for having made many false confessions while in prison, and gave as many as 3,000 statements now presumed to be untruthful.

Jane Doe's DNA, dentals, and fingerprints are all available for comparison. While NamUs states that she has 17 MP exclusions, three of these are in fact repeats.

Six of these exclusions are definitive: Carol Lubahn, Kimberly Kahler, Debra Pscholka, Dena McHan, Judith Odonnell, and Yvonne Regler.

A number of the missing women and girls on Jane Doe's exclusion list — eight, to be exact — do not have JD listed among the rule-outs on their own pages. These are Tracy Stewart, Gail Dahl, Janel Peters, Rebecca Dunn, Ann Narus, Janice Fullam, Lisa Borden, and Kristy Booth.

However, they are almost certainly still exclusions, as, according to a personal email from Mary Bell of the Doe Network, "Unfortunately, listing NamUs exclusions is not a high priority. We get exclusions all the time that never show up on the NamUs exclusion list."

Anyone with information regarding Jane Doe should contact Detective Jesse Jurado of the Corona PD at 951-736-2330, and/or Nancy Rissi of the Riverside County Sheriff's Coroner Bureau at 951-443-2300. The agency case numbers are K181352029 and 81-48239, respectively.

Jane Doe's NamUs case was created on May 12, 2010 and last updated on March 28, 2025. 

Sources 

NamUs

Doe Network 

Riverside County Sheriff 

Unidentified wiki 

WebSleuths

1986 Lucas Report, page 208