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Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. 77 used & new available from CDN$ 0.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Product Description From Amazon.com Private investigator Kinsey Millhone has served Sue Grafton well through 16 letters of the alphabet in a perennially popular series that occasionally breaks new ground but more often traverses familiar territory, as is the case here. Two old, ailing cops--one retired, the other disabled--try to breathe some life into an 18-year-old mystery that haunts them both for different reasons. They enlist Kinsey's help in identifying the victim, a young woman who was murdered and left for dead in the old quarry of the title. Neither they nor Kinsey expect that reopening an old case will incite the killer to strike again--not once, but twice. And while the real case of the still-unidentified victim that inspired this fictionalized scenario continues to languish in the cold case file in the Santa Barbara sheriff's office, Grafton's solution is as plausible as any. While the unlikely trio of Millhone and her cranky geezer sidekicks offers a few chuckles, the inner reaches of Kinsey's soul remain largely inaccessible to her as well as to the reader, which will probably not bother most of Kinsey's or Grafton's many admirers. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly While Kinsey Millhone is as energetic and tenacious as ever, and the plot hustles along at a gratifying pace, her 17th adventure is a little slow getting underway with all the initial accumulated biographical data. Two policemen out hunting discover a teenage girl's body near a quarry off California's Highway 1. Eighteen years later, the two recruit Millhone to help them try to identify the victim. Stacey Oliphant, now retired from the force, and Con Dolan, unwillingly sidelined by heart trouble, are as quarrelsome as an old married couple, but they both desperately want to find the killer in the quarry case. Their inquiries lead the trio from Santa Teresa to Quorum, a town in the desert near the Arizona border. At the time of the murder, a wrecked red convertible was found near the crime scene-stolen from an auto shop in Quorum. When Millhone and her cohorts talk to the grumpy shop owner, Ruel McPhee, and his charming son, Cornell, they get little information. Visits around town and probing conversations reveal various family secrets and covert liaisons, until the somewhat precipitous unmasking of the killer. Grafton briefly shoehorns in Millhone's interactions with her lost family, but that subject continues to feel as artificially imposed as it did in earlier books. A marvelously successful addition, however, is the twosome of Dolan and Oliphant. Their deftly rendered relationship is a delight; with any luck, the duo will appear in future Millhone mysteries. A main selection of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club and Mystery Guild, and a BOMC featured selection. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Inspired by the actual unsolved murder of a young woman in Santa Barbara County, Grafton's latest (after P Is for Peril) has private investigator Kinsey Milhone on a quest for justice denied for 18 years. In the summer of 1969, the decomposed corpse of a young white female was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. Her hands had been bound and her throat slashed. Despite months of investigation, "Jane Doe" remained unidentified and the case unsolved. Now years later, Con Donlan and Stacey Oliphant, the police officers who had found her body, want Kinsey to help them to identify the girl and find her killer before they retire. At the same time, having learned that the body was found on a ranch owned by her estranged grandmother, Kinsey journeys into the past to retrace her own family history. Once again, an intriguing plot, fully drawn characters, and wry humor prove why Grafton's series is one of the best. With nine letters to go, one hopes she can keep it up. For all mystery collections. Wilda Williams, "Library Journal" Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From AudioFile The 18-year-old murder of an unidentified young woman has never been solved by the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department. Two of the original detectives, now elderly and ill, decide to try once more to identify the "Jane Doe" and discover who killed her. Kinsey Millhone agrees to help, little knowing that the old murder will touch on her own past and put her life in danger. Lynn Lauber's abridgment flows smoothly. It's plot-driven, as all abridgments must be, but includes enough descriptive passages to enable listeners to imagine their favorite Kinsey Millhone settings. Within a few minutes of listening to Judy Kaye, a listener simply believes he or she is listening to Kinsey Millhone. True, the story's first-person narration makes impersonation easier, but Kaye's remarkable performance comes from understanding Kinsey's character. The straightforward, shoot-from-the-hip attitude with a sense of humor and endearing humility is delivered in a gently raspy voice. Kaye likes Kinsey Millhone just as much as Grafton's fans do. This is a listen you won't want to end. A.C.S. AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. From Booklist Kinsey Millhone bonds over junk food with two ailing old-timers in a novel that combines an 18-year-old unsolved murder case with a subtle but heartfelt rumination on aging. About to turn 37, with the daunting task of trying, ineffectually, to decorate her newly rented, mildewed office, Kinsey is suffering from a general malaise. Then Lieutenant Con Doyle, currently sidelined by a series of heart attacks, contacts her about his investigation of a cold case involving the murder of a female adolescent who was never identified. Doyle wants to help out his old mentor, 73-year-old bachelor Stacey Oliphant, who is ill with cancer. Over a lunch of salami sandwiches chased by shots of Old Forrester (Doyle's self-prescribed healthy-heart eating program), Doyle talks Kinsey into coming on board. The three follow many fruitless leads and interview a host of desperate, dysfunctional small-town denizens before solving the case. As usual, Grafton combines in-depth, complex characterizations with a fluid narrative style; she also gives us a model portrait of how to face aging and illness with grace and humor. Grafton appends an interesting author's note detailing the facts of the real (still-unsolved) case that inspired her story. Joanne Wilkinson Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer. Q is for Quarry is based on an unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, and Grafton's interest in the case has generated renewed police efforts. During the past year, the body was exhumed and a nationally known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction that appears in the closing pages of Q is for Quarry. Both Grafton and the dedicated members of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department are hoping the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification. On the day Jane Doe was reburied, many officers were at the gravesite. "It's eerie," Grafton writes, "to think about the power this woman still has. Here we are, thirty-three years later, and she still wants to go home." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

www.booksamillion.com/nco...0399149155 Quarry (Bargain - Hardcover) by Sue Grafton In Stock: Usually ships within 24 hours. Retail Price: $26.95 Our Price: $5.99 Millionaire's Club Price : $5.39 You Save $21.56 ! (80%) Synopsis: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q is for Quarry is based on an unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, and Grafton's interest in the case has generated renewed police efforts. During the past year, the body was exhumed and a nationally known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction that appears in the closing pages of Q is for Quarry. Both Grafton and the dedicated members of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department are hoping the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification. On the day Jane Doe was reburied, many officers were at the gravesite. "It's eerie, " Grafton writes, "to think about the power this woman still has. Here we are, thirty-three years later, and she still wants to go home. "She was a "Jane Doe, " an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriffs Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer. From BookPage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ABCs of crime fiction Sue Grafton is drawing dangerously near the end of the alphabet with her popular Kinsey Millhone mysteries, which started with A Is For Alibi and continues through the new release Q Is For Quarry. One might well ask, at the rate of one book per year, what will she do about a title in 2012, having run through all the available letters? Some folks here at BookPage have suggested that she use the Cyrillic alphabet, or perhaps the Greek, which would buy her a few more years. After due consideration, though, it would seem that double letters might be the way to go. (A few suggestions: AA Is For Alcoholics Anonymous, BB Is For Gun, and so on, through ZZ Is For Top.) By this time, Grafton would be upwards of 100 years of age; just in case, though, there are myriad possibilities with triple letters, including AAA Is For Auto Club, all the way through ZZZ Is For Snoring. Q Is For Quarry finds private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigating a very cold case: 18 years ago, the body of a young girl was found in a quarry near the central California town of Santa Teresa, where Millhone plies her trade. Although the police had dental records and a good set of prints, neither the victim nor the killer was ever identified. For years the case has weighed heavily on the two retired cops who investigated the murder, and they decide to have one last look around to see if there is any way to unearth new evidence. Enter the young and limber Kinsey Millhone, hired to do some of the legwork. When it turns out the quarry is owned by Kinsey's estranged grandmother, the case threatens to open a Pandora's box of familial issues. Q Is For Quarry provides more insight into the detective's convoluted family relationships than any of Grafton's previous novels, and it's a cracking good story, as well. A note: Q Is For Quarry is based on a real-life homicide that occurred in 1969, the still unsolved killing of a young hitchhiker. Largely because of Grafton's interest and research, the case has been reopened.

www.suegrafton.com/quarryupdate.htm Update on the Jane Doe case from "Q" is for Quarry A letter to Sue Grafton's readers, fans and friends: My name is Bill Turner, and I am a retired Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department Detective Sergeant. I'm also a reader, fan and friend of Sue Grafton. Sue asked me to give you an update on the investigation of the real-life homicide on which she based "Q" is for Quarry. The homicide depicted in "Q" occurred in Santa Barbara County in 1969 and the victim, referred to as Jane Doe, is still unidentified. Sue and I keep in touch sharing Jane Doe information. Before updating on the homicide investigation, I'd like to share with you some information about Sue and her involvement with law enforcement and with the Jane Doe case. Sue has been a friend of local Law Enforcement for years. In the past, during lean budget times, Sue donated money to the Santa Barbara Police Department to fund a police dog ("K-9"). As Sue writes in "Q," my friend Doctor Bob Failing, a retired Santa Barbara County Pathologist, first introduced me to Sue in order to discuss using our Jane Doe case for her book. After meeting with me and my boss, Commander Bruce Correll, we decided to collaborate with Sue in the hope that sharing our investigative information with Sue would provide leads in the case. Our involvement was approved by then-Sheriff Jim Thomas, who was as committed to solving the 1969 case as we were. During one of our meetings with Sue we discussed the fact the 1969 crime scene photographs were of poor quality and did not depict what Jane Doe looked like at the time of her death. We believed if we could give Sue a photograph of Jane Doe for her book, one of Jane Doe's friends or family members would recognize and identify her. Identifying the victim is the most important step in finding out who killed her. We decided to exhume Jane Doe's body and have a clay model constructed from her skull, which would depict what she looked like at the time of her death in 1969. We could then photograph the clay model for Sue's book. Unfortunately, our budget was extremely tight and I was having trouble finding the money to pay for the procedure. As soon as Sue found this out, she generously offered to pay for the exhumation and reconstruction with no strings attached. When I told Sue that I wasn't sure I was comfortable with this, she reminded me we were in this together. It was obvious Sue's commitment had gone beyond just her book - she wanted Jane Doe identified as badly as we did. Sue's author's notes at the conclusion of "Q" detail the exhumation and interment. As a side note, I've got to share a story about Sue and guns. During one of our chats, I learned that Sue was somewhat handy with a pistol. I'm guessing while researching a previous Kinsey Millhone gun battle, Sue learned how to shoot. I challenged Sue's marksmanship and invited her to a duel at our department pistol range using our interactive laser shooting simulator. The shooter uses a laser equipped Smith and Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that does not use any live ammunition. The shooter is placed into various simulated situations projected on a life size screen and a computer records the laser "hits". Although the simulated training scenario is safe and not life threatening, it is a very stressful experience because it seems so real. The shooter must make quick decisions to shoot or not to shoot. Sue took me up on the challenge. In a complete surprise to me, Sue handled the heavy pistol like a true Kinsey Millhone gun fighter and battled me to a draw through three scenarios. Not once did she shoot a "good guy" or miss a "bad guy". Now I know how Kinsey became proficient in shooting out moving car tires!!!! I wish I could report that after "Q" was published, we identified Jane Doe. Unfortunately, we haven't yet. As soon as the book hit the stands in October of 2002 we started receiving information from readers throughout the United States who sent letters and e-mails, or called us. So far, we have received about 100 leads. The majority have been ruled out simply because the missing person disappeared after 1969. A few letters offered investigative suggestions on how we should proceed, and a number of writers just wanted to wish us luck. In addition to the work we did on the Jane Doe murder before Sue's book, we've been pursuing the leads from her readers as they come in. Although I can't share with you details of the leads, I can give you an example of the type of information we've been receiving from readers. One reader wrote to us about a young woman who was last seen in the spring of 1969 leaving her childhood home in Minneapolis for San Francisco and was never seen by her family again. She is reported to closely match the description of Jane Doe. We've been trying to contact her surviving family in order to hopefully get dental charts or other identifying items from them. When meeting readers of "Q" for the first time, I'm often asked what Bruce Correll, Sheriff Thomas, and I are doing now, since Sue mentions all of us in the book. It never occurred to me that anyone would actually be interested in what we're doing since the publication. Maybe it's just cocktail conversation but the interest still amazes me. Bruce Correll and I retired together in June 2002 from the Sheriff's Department, four months before the release of "Q". We both had an opportunity to read the pre-published manuscript and were excited about the story. Bruce and his family relocated to their dream home in Idaho where they are enjoying the great outdoors, snow and all. Sheriff Jim Thomas retired a few months after us and he can now be seen as a guest commentator and consultant for NBC, specializing in the Michael Jackson case. Sheriff's Commander Deborah Linden (my beautiful wife) became the Police Chief for the City of San Luis Obispo, California, in January 2003. As for myself, I golf, when I'm not talking to other investigators about Jane Doe. For you golfers out there, if you are ever teeing up at one of our beautiful local golf courses and you hear the starter announcing, "Next on the first tee is the TURNER foursome," chances are that's me enjoying my retirement. Although a number of us who initially started the Jane Doe case are now retired, the search for her identity and her killer continues by a group of dedicated Sheriff's investigators. We continue to be optimistic that through Sue's book, Jane Doe will be identified and finally returned to her family. Respectfully, Bill Turner, Sheriff's Detective Sergeant-Retired

www.tammycravit.com/conte...edoe1.html Jane Doe's Murder Remains a Mystery By Tammy Cravit - Record Correspondent 9/5/04 An off-duty sheriff's deputy found her, a stroke of luck in a case marked with few of them. She lay a few feet down an embankment, her body dragged there across dust and scrub brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks within sight of old Highway 1. Sheriff's investigators believe she was killed there, on that lonely stretch of what was once the Grefco quarry road. She was stabbed numerous times, the knife wounds a mute testament to the rage that ended her life."There was an abundance of blood at the scene," said Lt. Jeff Klapakis, an investigator with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. "She was probably stabbed 15 times or more." The Lompoc Record announced the gruesome discovery across most of the front page on August 4, 1969: "Murder probed as girl's body found in remote area." Looking back on the news coverage of the day, it's clear that investigators expected to swiftly identify the victim. The killer, though, left few clues for police. So her identity, like that of her killer, remains a mystery. The ledger at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery lists her simply as Jane Doe. Little is known about Jane Doe. She was a young woman, perhaps a hippie, between 16 and 24 years old. She was a few inches taller than five feet, about 125 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair dyed a reddish blonde. She wore sandals, a blue blouse and homemade white pants decorated with a blue floral print. Investigators followed up what few leads they had. Dirt samples were taken from the scene. The origins of her clothing were traced. A dentist examined her teeth and noted 19 fillings done within the year or two preceding her death. Based on her dental work, investigators surmised that she may have come from abroad. Fingerprints were submitted to Interpol, an international clearinghouse for law enforcement. Witnesses came forward and were interviewed, but no hard evidence surfaced."Based on the technology and the training they had back then," Klapakis says, "the investigators did an excellent job." One promising witness account placed Jane Doe at Gaviota state beach in the days before her murder. Investigators pursued that lead, but it too led nowhere. It's possible that more widespread media coverage of the case might have turned up additional leads, but a savage murder in Los Angeles soon grabbed the world's attention. In the wake of that new murder, Jane Doe would fade from the headlines, and the name Charles Manson would become a household word. According to Klapakis, investigators looked at the possibility of a connection between Jane Doe and Manson and his followers. The method of Jane Doe's death was similar to that of the Tate-LaBianca murders, and members of the Manson "family" had been seen in the Lompoc area earlier that year."That (connection) was certainly something they were looking at, at the time," said Klapakis. However, no link was established, and investigators were left with little else to go on. Jane Doe was buried in Lompoc Cemetery on Aug. 14, 1969, with little fanfare and in an unmarked grave. In the 35 years since the murder, science has given police new tools. DNA testing, hair and fiber analysis and other techniques that were unimaginable in 1969 are now commonplace. With the advent of these new investigative tools, it's become common for investigators to bring technology to bear on unsolved "cold cases." Unfortunately, the best tools of modern science don't come cheaply, and Jane Doe isn't the only cold case in the sheriff's files. A chance conversation in 2000 brought best-selling mystery novelist Sue Grafton, of Santa Barbara, into the story and gave detectives a chance to re-examine Jane Doe's murder. Without that meeting, Klapakis said, the story probably would have ended here. But the conversation, between a retired pathologist and a world-famous writer, would write a different next chapter for Jane Doe. Retired pathologist Dr. Robert Failing worked for many years for the Santa Barbara County coroner. He'd performed the autopsy on Jane Doe, and had always been surprised she'd never been identified. At a party, Failing found himself discussing the case with Grafton, who used it as the basis for her next novel, "Q is for Quarry.""As a novelist, I've been offered countless plot ideas," Grafton wrote in an author's note at the end of that book. "This idea took root." Grafton said she was given an extraordinary level of help by the sheriff's department. She was allowed to read old case files. She saw the clothes Jane Doe was wearing at the time of the murder, and a lock of her hair."These items personalized her story for me," Grafton said from her Santa Barbara home. "The fact that she has remained unidentified after all these years only made her death seem more poignant." Grafton said her interest in the case sparked law enforcement's interest in revisiting the case. Detectives wondered if modern forensic science might yield new clues and speculated that new facial reconstruction techniques might help give Jane Doe her name back. To do that, they would have to exhume the body. But there was a problem."Her interest came at a time when law enforcement was having budget crunches statewide," said retired Detective Sgt. Bill Turner. "Exhumation is an expensive process. There wasn't any extra investigative money in the budget." Turner estimated that the exhumation, forensic analysis and re-interment cost about $5,000. Grafton proposed an extraordinary solution to the problem - she offered to underwrite the cost of the project. Turner and his partner, now-retired Commander Bruce Correll, discussed her unusual proposal with then-Sheriff Jim Thomas."Sheriff Thomas said, 'I'm willing to do the work if you think it'll get the case moving again,'" recalled Turner. "Our whole purpose in this was to get her identified and get her back to her family." With that decision, the wheels were set in motion. Jane Doe's story would soon be told again. On Aug. 4, 1969, an off-duty sheriff's deputy, hunting wild boar in the hills south of Lompoc, stumbled upon the body of a young woman, a murder victim who had been stabbed repeatedly and dumped down an embankment. Despite an intensive investigation, the woman's identity remained a mystery. Identified only as Jane Doe, she was buried in an unmarked plot at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. In September 2000, best-selling mystery novelist Sue Grafton learned of the case and based her novel, "Q is for Quarry", loosely on the details. Her interest in the case sparked a re-examination of the evidence. With Grafton's help, sheriff's investigators decided to exhume Jane Doe's body for a fresh examination, including DNA evidence and a facial reconstruction. In July 2001, deputies, members of the Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office, and the graveyard superintendent gathered for the exhumation of Jane Doe. Grafton and her husband watched. Detectives worked for most of the day, digging with hands and a backhoe to unearth the remains. Retired Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Bill Turner, one of those who led the re-examination of the case, said the moment the body was revealed was a somber one."To unearth someone after that period of time is a real feeling of respect," he says. "We took it very seriously." Grafton recalled a feeling of seriousness, but also of purpose. "We felt ... that we were doing it for her, in hopes of learning who she is," she says. Jane Doe's body was taken to the coroner's office, where samples were taken for DNA testing. New photographs were taken, old evidence reviewed."We have her hair, we have her clothing. All of that was tested for DNA," said Turner. Investigators had another major goal, one they hoped would spark the critical lead that could at last solve the case and give Jane Doe back her name. The body's skull and jawbone were sent to Betty Gatliff, a forensic artist in Oklahoma known internationally for her expertise with facial reconstruction. Over the next months, while Grafton wove the story of her novel around the facts of Jane Doe's case, Gatliff produced a reconstruction in clay of what Jane Doe might have looked like in life."The identification of a victim is probably the primary cause to solve the case," Turner said of murder investigation. "Nothing takes the place of talking with people and identifying the victim." On Feb. 26, 2002, a four-person sheriff's department honor guard escorted Jane Doe's remains back to the cemetery. A sheriff's chaplain officiated over the funeral ceremony attended by about 30 law enforcement officers. Turner spoke at the ceremony, standing beneath a canopy erected over the unmarked grave."Thirty-two years ago her life and her dignity were taken from her. For the last 32 years, we've been her caretakers," he said. "No one should be alone in death. Today, we are here and she's not alone." Grafton also spoke, her words poignant and full of emotion."After 33 years, the power of this young girl is that we are here today," she said. "Failing (to identify her), at least we know we have done what we could for her." Grafton recalled the funeral as touching and powerful. "There was something very moving about the reverence for her life," she said. Turner said he and the others involved in the case made the unusual decision not to have a headstone or marker placed on her grave. He said the decision was not made on the basis of cost; those involved had a more emotional reason for their decision."The reason none of us bought a headstone is that this is unfinished," he said. "It's not for the long-term. We're just taking care of her until she can go home." Grafton's mystery, "Q is for Quarry," was published in October 2002. An author's note at the back of the book outlined the history of the Jane Doe case, reproduced the facial reconstruction photos provided by forensic artist Betty Gatliff, and urged readers who recognized Jane Doe to contact the Sheriff's Department. Sheriff's investigator Lt. Jeff Klapakis estimated that the department has received about 100 tips in the two years since the book was published. "There's a couple of good leads," he said. Klapakis said some of those tips refer to people who aren't in fact missing. Others describe people who went missing after the time Jane Doe was found. Still, investigators check out every lead."We need to identify who she is," Klapakis said. "Even if we never find the killer, her family deserves to get her back." Investigators are especially interested in a report received from a woman who worked at Pea Soup Andersen's in the 1960s. The woman told police that the daughter of a co-worker was missing in 1969, but was unable to recall any further information."We're seeking information from the public, if anyone knows about that," Klapakis said. All those involved in the case acknowledge that the passage of time makes identifying Jane Doe and finding her killer a challenge. Still, they remain optimistic about their chances for success."I wouldn't be in this business if I wasn't optimistic," said Klapakis. "We just need to find someone who's missing a daughter.""I think someday she will be identified," echoed Turner. "Somebody out there knows." Grafton said that hope is the reason she included the facial reconstruction in her novel."All of us hope that one day someone, somewhere will take a look at the photographs ... and experience that spark of recognition," she said. "If there's a break in the case, that's where it's going to surface.'' The passage of time hasn't diminished the will of the sheriff's department to solve the case. In the eyes of investigators who worked the case over the years, time has only strengthened their resolve to see Jane Doe identified and returned home, and her killer brought to justice."Somewhere out there, there's a killer," said Klapakis. "Even 35 years later, Jane Doe deserves justice." If you have information that might help investigators with this case, please contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department at 681-4100.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sunday, August 3, 1969 the body of a murder victim was found by hunters near a quarry on Highway 1, south of Lompoc. The victim's identity was not established following a lengthy investigation, hence the "Jane Doe" identity. According to the first officer at the scene, the girl's body had been rolled over the edge of an embankment, coming to rest about fifteen feet down, some fifty feet from the highway. She was lying on her left side on a crumpled canvas tarp, her hands bound in front of her with a length of white plastic-coated wire. The plastic-coated wire was submitted to the crime lab for analysis. (Zodiac also used plastic coated wire to bind his victims at Lake B.) The lab determined that wiring of that nature "would most probably be utilized in low-voltage-amperage conditions where little or no tension would be exerted on its length and where maximum protection from abrasion and moisture was required, perhaps an auto light system, or small low-voltage lighting equipment." (According to several Z-experts Zodiac has a knowlegde about car-mechanics etc.) Examination of the body showed eight deep stab wounds in the middle of the back below the shoulder blade area: two stab wounds at the base of the neck on either side; five stab wounds between her breasts; and a large stab wound under the left breast, which had penetrated the heart. (The female victim at Lake B. Had simmilar wounds) A forensic orthodontist, narrowed the girl's age to fifteen years, plus or minus thirty-six months, noting that she probably died before she reached the legal age of eighteen. (Most of Zodiacs victims were teenagers) At 10:30 A.M. on August 6, 1969, the police interviewed a clerk named Roxanne Faught, who worked at a minimart on Highway 101. She'd contacted the Sheriff's Department after reading about the murder in the papers and reported that on Friday, August 1, she'd seen a young girl who matched the description of Jane Doe. Miss Faught stated that the girl had helped herself to coffee and a doughnut, which she was unable to pay for. Faught paid for them herself, which is why the incident stuck in her mind. Earlier she'd noticed this same girl hitchhiking north, however she was gone when Faught left work at 3:00 P.M. (Zodiac wrote a day before Miss Faught saw this Jane Doe (in his 3 part cipher letters): I want you to print this cipher on your frunt page by Fry Afternoon Aug 1-69, If you do not do this I will go on a kill rampage Fry night that will last the whole week end. I will cruse around and pick off all stray people or coupples that are alone then move on to kill some more untill I have killed over a dozen people". Could she have been one of zodiacs victims?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.wordsofwonder.net/janedoe/part1.html Jane Doe's murder remains a mystery By Tammy Cravit - Record Correspondent 9/5/04 An off-duty sheriff's deputy found her, a stroke of luck in a case marked with few of them. She lay a few feet down an embankment, her body dragged there across dust and scrub brush and dumped behind a cluster of rocks within sight of old Highway 1. Sheriff's investigators believe she was killed there, on that lonely stretch of what was once the Grefco quarry road. She was stabbed numerous times, the knife wounds a mute testament to the rage that ended her life."There was an abundance of blood at the scene," said Lt. Jeff Klapakis, an investigator with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. "She was probably stabbed 15 times or more." The Lompoc Record announced the gruesome discovery across most of the front page on August 4, 1969: "Murder probed as girl's body found in remote area." Looking back on the news coverage of the day, it's clear that investigators expected to swiftly identify the victim. The killer, though, left few clues for police. So her identity, like that of her killer, remains a mystery. The ledger at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery lists her simply as Jane Doe. Little is known about Jane Doe. She was a young woman, perhaps a hippie, between 16 and 24 years old. She was a few inches taller than five feet, about 125 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair dyed a reddish blonde. She wore sandals, a blue blouse and homemade white pants decorated with a blue floral print. Investigators followed up what few leads they had. Dirt samples were taken from the scene. The origins of her clothing were traced. A dentist examined her teeth and noted 19 fillings done within the year or two preceding her death. Based on her dental work, investigators surmised that she may have come from abroad. Fingerprints were submitted to Interpol, an international clearinghouse for law enforcement. Witnesses came forward and were interviewed, but no hard evidence surfaced."Based on the technology and the training they had back then," Klapakis says, "the investigators did an excellent job." One promising witness account placed Jane Doe at Gaviota state beach in the days before her murder. Investigators pursued that lead, but it too led nowhere. It's possible that more widespread media coverage of the case might have turned up additional leads, but a savage murder in Los Angeles soon grabbed the world's attention. In the wake of that new murder, Jane Doe would fade from the headlines, and the name Charles Manson would become a household word. According to Klapakis, investigators looked at the possibility of a connection between Jane Doe and Manson and his followers. The method of Jane Doe's death was similar to that of the Tate-LaBianca murders, and members of the Manson "family" had been seen in the Lompoc area earlier that year."That (connection) was certainly something they were looking at, at the time," said Klapakis. However, no link was established, and investigators were left with little else to go on. Jane Doe was buried in Lompoc Cemetery on Aug. 14, 1969, with little fanfare and in an unmarked grave. In the 35 years since the murder, science has given police new tools. DNA testing, hair and fiber analysis and other techniques that were unimaginable in 1969 are now commonplace. With the advent of these new investigative tools, it's become common for investigators to bring technology to bear on unsolved "cold cases." Unfortunately, the best tools of modern science don't come cheaply, and Jane Doe isn't the only cold case in the sheriff's files. A chance conversation in 2000 brought best-selling mystery novelist Sue Grafton, of Santa Barbara, into the story and gave detectives a chance to re-examine Jane Doe's murder. Without that meeting, Klapakis said, the story probably would have ended here. But the conversation, between a retired pathologist and a world-famous writer, would write a different next chapter for Jane Doe. Retired pathologist Dr. Robert Failing worked for many years for the Santa Barbara County coroner. He'd performed the autopsy on Jane Doe, and had always been surprised she'd never been identified. At a party, Failing found himself discussing the case with Grafton, who used it as the basis for her next novel, "Q is for Quarry.""As a novelist, I've been offered countless plot ideas," Grafton wrote in an author's note at the end of that book. "This idea took root." Grafton said she was given an extraordinary level of help by the sheriff's department. She was allowed to read old case files. She saw the clothes Jane Doe was wearing at the time of the murder, and a lock of her hair."These items personalized her story for me," Grafton said from her Santa Barbara home. "The fact that she has remained unidentified after all these years only made her death seem more poignant." Grafton said her interest in the case sparked law enforcement's interest in revisiting the case. Detectives wondered if modern forensic science might yield new clues and speculated that new facial reconstruction techniques might help give Jane Doe her name back. To do that, they would have to exhume the body. But there was a problem."Her interest came at a time when law enforcement was having budget crunches statewide," said retired Detective Sgt. Bill Turner. "Exhumation is an expensive process. There wasn't any extra investigative money in the budget." Turner estimated that the exhumation, forensic analysis and re-interment cost about $5,000. Grafton proposed an extraordinary solution to the problem - she offered to underwrite the cost of the project. Turner and his partner, now-retired Commander Bruce Correll, discussed her unusual proposal with then-Sheriff Jim Thomas."Sheriff Thomas said, 'I'm willing to do the work if you think it'll get the case moving again,'" recalled Turner. "Our whole purpose in this was to get her identified and get her back to her family." With that decision, the wheels were set in motion. Jane Doe's story would soon be told again. Correspondent Tammy Cravit can be contacted at tammy@wordsofwonder.net. Edited by: suzannec4444 at: 4/3/06 1:53 pm suzannec4444 Administrator Posts: 2763 (4/3/06 1:42 pm) Reply | Edit | Del Re: Unidentified Female in 1969 Santa Barbara County,Califor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.wordsofwonder.net/janedoe/part2.html Writing a new chapter for Jane Doe By Tammy Cravit - Record Correspondent 9/6/04 On Aug. 4, 1969, an off-duty sheriff's deputy, hunting wild boar in the hills south of Lompoc, stumbled upon the body of a young woman, a murder victim who had been stabbed repeatedly and dumped down an embankment. Despite an intensive investigation, the woman's identity remained a mystery. Identified only as Jane Doe, she was buried in an unmarked plot at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. In September 2000, best-selling mystery novelist Sue Grafton learned of the case and based her novel, "Q is for Quarry", loosely on the details. Her interest in the case sparked a re-examination of the evidence. With Grafton's help, sheriff's investigators decided to exhume Jane Doe's body for a fresh examination, including DNA evidence and a facial reconstruction. In July 2001, deputies, members of the Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office, and the graveyard superintendent gathered for the exhumation of Jane Doe. Grafton and her husband watched. Detectives worked for most of the day, digging with hands and a backhoe to unearth the remains. Retired Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Bill Turner, one of those who led the re-examination of the case, said the moment the body was revealed was a somber one."To unearth someone after that period of time is a real feeling of respect," he says. "We took it very seriously." Grafton recalled a feeling of seriousness, but also of purpose. "We felt ... that we were doing it for her, in hopes of learning who she is," she says. Jane Doe's body was taken to the coroner's office, where samples were taken for DNA testing. New photographs were taken, old evidence reviewed."We have her hair, we have her clothing. All of that was tested for DNA," said Turner. Investigators had another major goal, one they hoped would spark the critical lead that could at last solve the case and give Jane Doe back her name. The body's skull and jawbone were sent to Betty Gatliff, a forensic artist in Oklahoma known internationally for her expertise with facial reconstruction. Over the next months, while Grafton wove the story of her novel around the facts of Jane Doe's case, Gatliff produced a reconstruction in clay of what Jane Doe might have looked like in life."The identification of a victim is probably the primary cause to solve the case," Turner said of murder investigation. "Nothing takes the place of talking with people and identifying the victim." On Feb. 26, 2002, a four-person sheriff's department honor guard escorted Jane Doe's remains back to the cemetery. A sheriff's chaplain officiated over the funeral ceremony attended by about 30 law enforcement officers. Turner spoke at the ceremony, standing beneath a canopy erected over the unmarked grave."Thirty-two years ago her life and her dignity were taken from her. For the last 32 years, we've been her caretakers," he said. "No one should be alone in death. Today, we are here and she's not alone." Grafton also spoke, her words poignant and full of emotion."After 33 years, the power of this young girl is that we are here today," she said. "Failing (to identify her), at least we know we have done what we could for her." Grafton recalled the funeral as touching and powerful. "There was something very moving about the reverence for her life," she said. Turner said he and the others involved in the case made the unusual decision not to have a headstone or marker placed on her grave. He said the decision was not made on the basis of cost; those involved had a more emotional reason for their decision."The reason none of us bought a headstone is that this is unfinished," he said. "It's not for the long-term. We're just taking care of her until she can go home." Grafton's mystery, "Q is for Quarry," was published in October 2002. An author's note at the back of the book outlined the history of the Jane Doe case, reproduced the facial reconstruction photos provided by forensic artist Betty Gatliff, and urged readers who recognized Jane Doe to contact the Sheriff's Department. Sheriff's investigator Lt. Jeff Klapakis estimated that the department has received about 100 tips in the two years since the book was published. "There's a couple of good leads," he said. Klapakis said some of those tips refer to people who aren't in fact missing. Others describe people who went missing after the time Jane Doe was found. Still, investigators check out every lead."We need to identify who she is," Klapakis said. "Even if we never find the killer, her family deserves to get her back." Investigators are especially interested in a report received from a woman who worked at Pea Soup Andersen's in the 1960s. The woman told police that the daughter of a co-worker was missing in 1969, but was unable to recall any further information."We're seeking information from the public, if anyone knows about that," Klapakis said. All those involved in the case acknowledge that the passage of time makes identifying Jane Doe and finding her killer a challenge. Still, they remain optimistic about their chances for success."I wouldn't be in this business if I wasn't optimistic," said Klapakis. "We just need to find someone who's missing a daughter.""I think someday she will be identified," echoed Turner. "Somebody out there knows." Grafton said that hope is the reason she included the facial reconstruction in her novel."All of us hope that one day someone, somewhere will take a look at the photographs ... and experience that spark of recognition," she said. "If there's a break in the case, that's where it's going to surface.'' The passage of time hasn't diminished the will of the sheriff's department to solve the case. In the eyes of investigators who worked the case over the years, time has only strengthened their resolve to see Jane Doe identified and returned home, and her killer brought to justice."Somewhere out there, there's a killer," said Klapakis. "Even 35 years later, Jane Doe deserves justice." If you have information that might help investigators with this case, please contact the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department at 681-4100. Correspondent Tammy Cravit can be contacted at tammy@wordsofwonder.net.