Harris County Does

Harris County John Doe
Reconstruction of victim
Born	1950 – 1964 (aged 15 to 30)
Died	November or December 1980
Cause of death	Homicide by beating
Body discovered	January 12, 1981 Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
Known for	Unidentified victim of homicide
Height	Between 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) and 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)(approximate)

The Harris County Does consist of two currently unidentified youths discovered on January 12, 1981 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, near Wallisville Road. Extensive investigation has been conducted with few leads.^[1]

Victims

Both victims, a male and female, were found murdered, approximately eight weeks to two months before, between November and December 1980.^[1][2][3] Although their weights were impossible to estimate and the faces were not recognizable due to decomposition, their fingerprints, dental records and DNA were taken.^[2][4] Both of their bodies were hidden in the woods around 100 yards from the road and later found by a dog.^[1][2] They were both buried near to the then-unidentified Michelle Garvey, who was later identified and transported to Connecticut in 2014.^[5]

Female victim

The female, who was white with a possible Native American-admixture, was between the ages of eighteen and twenty five, although she may have been as young as fifteen.^[3] The cause of her death was ruled to be strangulation.^[6] She was estimated to have been around five feet four inches to five feet nine inches tall. Her hair was eighteen inches long and reddish-brown, styled in a ponytail. Her eyes were believed to have been brown and both of her ears were likely pierced, although only one earring was found in her right ear.^[1][2] The victim was found near a pair of green jogging shorts and a "bloody towel" and no clothing was found on her body.^[6] What are considered to be identifying factors for the girl is that she likely had an abnormal amount of hair on her face and she had a gap between her two front teeth.^[1] The victim was presumably a nail biter, as her fingernails were noticeably short.^[7] Her wisdom teeth were emerging at the time of death.^[3] Seven missing people from Texas have been ruled out as possible identities of the female.^[2]

Male victim

The male was somewhat older, estimated to be twenty to thirty years old, although he could have been as young as fifteen.^[1] Like the female, he was also white, had brown eyes and brown hair, although it was wavy and six inches long. The male was around five feet four to five feet eight inches tall at the time of his murder, which had been committed through beating.^[8][6] He had prominent eyebrows and some deterioration of some of his upper vertebrae in the neck region, possibly the result of an injury in the past or the presence of an abnormal joint.^[4] As for dentals, one filling was found in one of the molars; he also had restorations and his upper wisdom teeth were not found, as they may have been removed or they may have not have developed.^[9] Five missing men were ruled out as possible identities for the male victim.^[8]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unidentified murder victims.

• Female victim at the NCMEC
• Female victim at the Doe Network
• Female victim at NamUs
• Male victim at the Doe Network
• Male victim at NamUs