Lieutenant Eddie Hope

She had wood piled on top of her. She was still burning when the deputies got there. She couldn't really be identified. We had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.

She had wood piled on top of her. She was still burning when the deputies got there. She couldn't really be identified. We had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.

You know, we have homicides just like the rest of the world, but, you know, it's going as far as trying to burn the body. It really struck fear in people around here.

You know, we have homicides just like the rest of the world, but, you know, it's going as far as trying to burn the body. It really struck fear in people around here.

She had wood piled beneath her and wood piled on top of her. And there was, I believe, a gas can lid there. Wow. So it looked like somebody was trying to cover their tracks.

She had wood piled beneath her and wood piled on top of her. And there was, I believe, a gas can lid there. Wow. So it looked like somebody was trying to cover their tracks.

Right.

Right.

She never lost them. They said that's highly unusual.

She never lost them. They said that's highly unusual.

A little bit.

A little bit.

Nothing. If we got tips, ran them down. Because, I mean, we had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.

Nothing. If we got tips, ran them down. Because, I mean, we had no grounds to go on who this could be or where she came from.

We would get people off the internet that would say, hey, I think this might be so-and-so, and we would follow up on that and eventually rule it out. What we were thinking at the time was maybe she's not from around here because nobody's missing her here.

We would get people off the internet that would say, hey, I think this might be so-and-so, and we would follow up on that and eventually rule it out. What we were thinking at the time was maybe she's not from around here because nobody's missing her here.

Small headstone that just reads Jane Doe. There's no other information we knew on her.

Small headstone that just reads Jane Doe. There's no other information we knew on her.

A Texas Ranger who sometimes worked with them said maybe he could help. And he was able to fly in an artist to try to reconstruct what our victim looked like in real life.

A Texas Ranger who sometimes worked with them said maybe he could help. And he was able to fly in an artist to try to reconstruct what our victim looked like in real life.