Doe: ID Kathy Ann Smith
DNA: ID23 Okt 2023

Doe: ID Kathy Ann Smith

In June, 1979, the body of an unidentified woman was found near Highway 290 and FM 696 in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas. The condition of her remains made it tough to determine a cause of death, let alone figure out who she was. Police theorized that she was the victim of a hit and run due to a broken pelvis. She was laid to rest in Elgin cemetery. Years later, in an effort ID the unknown Jane Doe, her body was exhumed multiple times for DNA testing. Finally, she was identified via forensic genetic genealogy, as Kathy Ann Smith. To date,not much has been shared publicly about Kathy's background besides the fact she was adopted. While police are still investigating her death and can't confirm whether she was murdered, infamous serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to Kathy's murder before recanting. Police have not ruled Lucas out in Kathy's death.

If you have any information about Kathy's case, please call the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office at 512-549-5100

After more than three decades, this Texas Jane Doe has her name back, it's Kathy Ann Smith, and this is her story.

To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply visit our channel page on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also support DNA: ID with a Patreon subscription.

For all things DNA: ID, visit the show's homepage


Visit this link to buy DNA ID Merch


Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram

Episoder(261)

Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre.

Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre.

Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre. It was just before 7:30AM on 1 April, 2019, when employees started to arrive at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, Nort...

27 Mar 20252min

Doe: ID 'Wayne County Jane Doe' Connie Christensen

Doe: ID 'Wayne County Jane Doe' Connie Christensen

Episode 139 Doe: ID 'Wayne County Jane Doe' Connie Christensen In December, 1982, deer hunters in Wayne County, Indiana, found skeletal remains in the woods along Martindale Creek. When the remains w...

24 Mar 202524min

Introducing: Women and Crime

Introducing: Women and Crime

Introducing: Women and Crime Women and Crime Podcast is True Crime told by real Criminologists. Amy Shlosberg and co-host Meghan Sacks are both criminologists who have spent their entire careers stud...

19 Mar 20259min

Yvonne Leroux

Yvonne Leroux

Episode 138 Yvonne Leroux Detectives in the York Regional Police, located in Ontario, Canada, had a perplexing scene on their hands in late November 1972. A teenage girl was found dead in the midd...

17 Mar 202557min

Doe ID: Nora Castillo

Doe ID: Nora Castillo

Episode 137 Doe ID: Nora Castillo In June, 1988, a farmer in Baca County, Colorado found skeletonized human remains on his property. Investigators found nothing in the way of identification, and only...

10 Mar 202526min

Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 3 of 3

Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 3 of 3

Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 3 of 3 This is part 3 of the Becker/Bridgewater case. If you have not listened to parts 1 and 2 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to th...

3 Mar 202547min

Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 2 of 3

Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 2 of 3

Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 2 of 3 This is part 2 of the Becker/Bridgewater case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to part 1 fi...

3 Mar 202537min

Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 1 of 3

Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 1 of 3

Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 1 of 3 In 1975, 19 year old free spirit Teree Becker was found in a Westminster, CO field, after hitchhiking toward home two days earlier. Polic...

3 Mar 202546min

Populært innen Samfunn

rss-spartsklubben
giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
konspirasjonspodden
popradet
rss-nesten-hele-uka-med-lepperod
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-henlagt-andy-larsgaard
wolfgang-wee-uncut
grenselos
alt-fortalt
fladseth
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-dannet-uten-piano
min-barneoppdragelse
rss-dette-ma-aldri-skje-igjen
synnve-og-vanessa
opptur-med-annette-og-ingeborg
rss-frekvens-med-anine-olsen