Caledonia, N.Y. -- Tuesday marks 30 years since the body of a girl was found in a Caledonia cornfield. The victim is buried in a Dansville cemetery with the name "Jane Doe" on the gravestone.
Livingston County Sheriff John York was the investigator on that case, and he remains dedicated to finding the killer.
Thousands of leads have been checked out over the years, and postings on the Internet have kept the case alive.
Investigators are hopeful the internet will help them find someone who knows something. Publicity from this 30th anniversary has prompted calls from a Massachusetts agency with an open case file.
York says that the body was found by a farmer and his son early in the morning on November 10, 1979 in their fields off Route 20 in Caledonia. She had been shot.
Medical examiners believed the girl was between 13 and 19 years old, approximately 5'3", 120 lbs., with dark hair with blonde highlights. She was wearing a red windbreaker jacket, tan corduroy pants, and a red plaid shirt.
Through botanical analysis of the clothing and skin, investigators believe she may be from the southwestern USA.
Last year the girl’s body was exhumed to get DNA samples, which were entered into a database of missing children. There are no matches so far
“Foreign DNA” from the body has also been acquired that could help identify the killer, but so far no matches have come up.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Livingston County Sheriff's Office in Geneseo at (585) 243-7100 or
LCSO@co.livingston.ny.us.
