Doe: ID Kathy Ann Smith

DNA: ID

AbJack Entertainment

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In June, 1979, the body of an unidentified woman was found near Highway 290 and FM 696 in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas. The condition of her remains made it tough to determine a cause of death, let alone figure out who she was. Police theorized that she was the victim of a hit and run due to a broken pelvis. She was laid to rest in Elgin cemetery. Years later, in an effort ID the unknown Jane Doe, her body was exhumed multiple times for DNA testing. Finally, she was identified via forensic genetic genealogy, as Kathy Ann Smith. To date,not much has been shared publicly about Kathy's background besides the fact she was adopted. While police are still investigating her death and can't confirm whether she was murdered, infamous serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to Kathy's murder before recanting. Police have not ruled Lucas out in Kathy's death.

If you have any information about Kathy's case, please call the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office at 512-549-5100

After more than three decades, this Texas Jane Doe has her name back, it's Kathy Ann Smith, and this is her story.

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0:46.3	I'm On June 21st, 1979, the remains of a woman were found lying next to the north side of Highway 290, near FM 696, about six miles east of Elgin, Texas.
1:19.6	The body was found by patrol officers, who, I suspect, had stopped by the side of the road for some reason and parted the tall grasses abutting the roadway
1:28.1	far enough to glimpse human remains hidden in the weeds. The Bastrop County deputies called it in
1:33.6	and investigators responded to the scene. There was no identification on the woman. Her body was
1:39.4	in an advanced state of decomposition. In fact, there was no soft tissue remaining. An autopsy on the body was
1:46.2	performed by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office. The ME estimated the woman had been
1:51.1	dead for four to six weeks. No specific cause of death could be determined. Police theorized she'd been
1:57.0	hit by a hit-and-run driver because x-rays of her body revealed that she had a broken pelvis.
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