Doe ID: 'Bedford Jane Doe' Kathy Alston
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🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On October 6, 1971 a decomposing body of a woman was found off a logging road in a wooded area near Route 101 in Bedford, New Hampshire, an area now the site of the on-ramp from Route 101 to Kilton Road in Bedford. Because her body had been covered by tree branches not native to that area, police surmised that the woman had been murdered, and her killer had brought branches with them to cover her body. Due to the advanced decomposition, gathering details about the woman were tough. Despite several efforts over years, she remained unidentified and was dubbed 'Bedford Jane Doe'. Finally, DNA and genetic genealogy would lead the way to Bedford Jane Doe getting her name back.She was Kathy Alston, and this is her story.
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| 0:57.0 | Music The The On October 6, 1971, the body of a woman was found in a remote, wooded area in Bedford, New Hampshire. The body lay on an unused logging road at the end of the end of a woman was found in a remote wooded area in Bedford, New Hampshire. |
| 1:29.0 | The body lay on an unused logging road at the end of Kilton Road near U.S. 3. |
| 1:34.5 | For those of you looking at a map, Kilton Road has since been extended, |
| 1:38.4 | and where the body lay is where the access ramp to Route 101 West is now situated. |
| 1:44.6 | Former Bedford Police Chief David Bailey was a rookie back then. |
| 1:48.7 | He observed the body where it was found, curled up under a pile of what he described as patchy brush. |
| 1:54.7 | He told the Bedford patch, quote, I will never forget that smell. |
| 1:59.8 | The previous month, September, was very warm. |
| 2:03.0 | Authorities noted the extreme level of decomposition of the Jane Doe. |
| 2:07.5 | The Bedford Patch reported, quote, |
| 2:09.5 | According to information provided by the New Hampshire Department of Justice's cold case unit, |
| 2:15.0 | forensic tests indicated the victim had died one to three months earlier. |
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