Oak Grove Jane Doe

Oak Grove Jane Doe is an unidentified murder victim found dismembered in the Willamette River south of Portland, Oregon near Oak Grove over a period of several months in 1946. The first discovery consisted of a woman's torso which was found wrapped in burlap, floating near the Wisdom Light moorage on April 12, 1946; this led the media to dub the case the Wisdom Light Murder. Inside, they found the torso of a Caucasian female, along with several articles of clothing including an overcoat, long underwear, and a dark sweater.

Three months later, in late July 1946, the victim's left thigh was discovered floating under the Oregon City Bridge near McLoughlin Boulevard. This led detectives to suspect that the perpetrator had possibly disposed of the body in both rivers. by a married couple from Oak Grove. The hands and feet of the woman were never recovered.

At the time, the murder was referred to by the media as the Wisdom Light Murder, based on the fact that the torso had been discovered near the Wisdom Light moorage.

Investigation

Initial findings

Ray Rilance, the Clackamas County coroner who first examined the torso, estimated the victim to be in her "teens or early twenties," and weighing around . subsequently examined the torso, and determined it belonged to a female "past middle age...about 50." Hunter also estimated that the torso had been placed in the water no more than 36 hours prior to its discovery. The pathologist concluded the woman was between and tall, weighed approximately to , and had light brown hair. The lower portion of the torso showed burn marks, possibly from a blow torch, leading police to believe the victim had been tortured.

Portland weather bureau official Elmer Fisher stated at the time that the torso could have been placed in the water "anywhere below Oregon City falls [now Willamette Falls]" but could not have drifted upstream from Portland. The day after the torso was discovered, on April 14, 1946, a false confession was made by a man from a telephone booth in Milwaukie; the man claimed to have known the woman's identity, as well as the location where she had been dismembered. Law enforcement however determined the call was a prank, and dismissed any connection to the murder. Nastos matched the physical description of the victim, standing at , weighing approximately , and having brown hair.

Upon the discovery of the victim's head in October 1946, it was revealed the woman wore dentures. In 1929, Schrader and Breunning had a heated argument in which a gun was fired; Breunning stopped Schrader by jumping on top of her, and in turn broke several of her ribs. In April 1946, around the time the body was discovered, The Oregonian ran a notice seeking Anna Schrader, who had disappeared; she had previously told friends she was considering moving to Minnesota, but as of 2017, no public records of residence or her death are known. Local crime writer Theresa Griffin-Kennedy also stated that the Jane Doe's remains matched the physical description of Schrader.