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Pinal County, Arizona is a land of
remote desert valleys – one of which
became a burial ground for Jacobsen’s
victims. The graves were found near
Florence, a town southeast of Phoenix.See also: Dr Crippen 216 ■ The Death of Azaria Chamberlain 238–39 ■ Ian Brady and Myra Hindley 284–85MURDER CASES
The graves of Doe and Rios were in
close proximity to each other, and
both graves were covered with
concrete caps, which suggested
the two shared a killer.Arrest and detention
In August 1997, Jacobsen was
arrested in Los Angeles, California,
by a fugitive law-enforcement task
force – he was wanted in Florida forbattery and counterfeiting. Under
interrogation, as well as admitting
that he killed Rios, Jacobsen
confessed to killing a second
woman in Las Vegas and burying
her in Arizona.
Jacobsen identified the woman
as Mary Stoddard, which seemingly
solved the mystery of Jane Doe’s
identity. However, the Arizona
authorities had reburied Jane Doein a county cemetery, but the
location of the plot was not on
the paperwork. Without the body,
prosecutors had to focus their case
on Ginger Rios. Jacobsen was
convicted in 2000 and sentenced
to at least 25 years behind bars.Third victim
In a strange twist of events, in
2010, the remains of Jane Doe were
relocated and identified by the
Doe Network. She was not Mary
Stoddard. Jane Doe was actually
15-year-old Christina Martinez,
who disappeared in May 1997 on
her way to a local laundrette in
Phoenix, Arizona – two blocks from
another store owned by Jacobsen.
In 2014, a grand jury charged
Jacobsen with the murder of
Martinez. The body of Stoddard
has not been recovered, despite
searches near the other graves. ■Forensic facial reconstruction
Advancements in computerized
3D technology have vastly
improved the field of forensic
facial reconstruction. It is now
possible to scan a skull from
multiple angles to create a precise
digital reconstruction, instead of
having to build a model by hand
from clay. The technique is
particularly useful for crimes that
involve unidentified remains.
Reconstructed images may be
shown to potential victims’ family
members, run through police
databases, or sent to the DoeNetwork, a US not-for-profit
organization dedicated to
connecting missing and
unidentified persons with John
and Jane Doe cases. The US
has a 50 per cent success rate
in making identifications from
forensic facial reconstruction.
The technique of forensic
facial reconstruction has also
been used to create realistic
images of historical figure, such
as King Richard III, Copernicus,
and Tutankhamun, based on
their remains.Facial reconstruction software
creates a photo-realistic image based
on the skull and other known data,
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