The New Britain Police Department is looking to some new technology to breathe new life into a 1991 cold case.
Right now, police only know her as Jane Doe. It’s been that way for the last 20 years after she was found covered in blankets on Myrtle Street in New Britain wearing a white dress with a panda bear print.
“She had been there for a few months. She died of a single gunshot wound to the head,” said Acting Captain James Wardwell.
Detectives are now hopeful that new FBI technology will help them identify her.
“They have cutting edge technology to make facial approximations. They will use the skull and her DNA profile to come up with a face,” said Wardwell.
The FBI lab in Virginia will make the face out of resin. It will be similar to the likeness they made of New Britain’s 2009 Jane Doe, who was successfully identified as Diane Cusack, 53, thanks to the creation.
The likeness is expected to be a vast improvement over the depiction made in the early 90s. Police hope a more realistic and accurate face will generate new leads in an old case, like it did in Cusack’s case.
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“Right now we have 4 full boxes of statements, reports, search warrants. We hope by the end of it we’ll have 5 boxes and a solved case,” said Wardwell.
The FBI will take anywhere from 3 to 6 months to create the likeness. It’s a service that’s offered free of charge.
