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Kentucky authorities identify ‘Mountain Jane Doe’
After 47 years as little more than a local ghost story, Kentucky State Police announced that an unidentified murdered woman discovered near Harlan is Sonja Kaye Blair-Adams.
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Judge’s controversial crusade renews diversity debate
The Kentucky Supreme Court will consider whether juries must be diverse after a judge dismisses an all-white jury.
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47 years later, authorities close in on identity of Mountain Jane Doe
Nearly half a century after the saga of “Mountain Jane Doe” began, authorities in a small Kentucky mining town say they are one step closer to identif
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See our documentary series ‘The Dead Unknown’
“The Dead Unknown” tells the story of Jane and John Does in America and the thousands of families left in the dark about their loved ones’ fate.
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She never left Harlan alive
In 1969, a young woman was stabbed to death in Harlan, Kentucky, and buried without a name. Local authorities undertook an exhumation last November in hopes of identifying the victim known only as “Mountain Jane Doe.” But the results were surprising.