Doris Joanne Girtz

Doris Joanne Girtz (May 1955 - c. January 1979) previously known as the Perry County Jane Doe, and also nicknamed "Girl with the Turquoise Jewelry" Her name was not known for 46 years, despite efforts to identify her. She was the only unidentified decedent in the county. In July 2025, Perry County Coroner Robert Ressler announced the successful identification of Girtz.

Description The badly decomposed remains were found by a stonemason alongside a river, near a highway in Perry County, Pennsylvania, near Watts Township.

Prior to her death, she had suffered a fractured rib, which had healed. Recent analysis of the decedent's bones indicated that she had spent a long time living in the Midwest or in Southern Canada, near the Great Lakes, when she was an adolescent. She also had a chain bracelet on her right arm and a turquoise necklace and earrings.

She wore a tan jacket, white boots with silver buckles, green and white socks, and blue slacks. The slacks were described as having been made from knitted wool which contained strands of red thread. Her face was reconstructed twice by professionals. A sketch by Barbara Martin-Bailey was drawn in 2009, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created a three-dimensional rendering by digitally adding layers of muscles and skin to a CT scan of her skull, which was released in 2013. A revised image was later released in 2018. In July 2025, Perry County Coroner Robert Ressler announced the successful identification of Girtz.