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Do you know who murdered Sherri Ann Jarvis in 1980?
On November 1, 1980, the body of 14-year-old Sherri Ann Jarvis was discovered off Interstate 45, just outside of Huntsville, Texas. Known for decades only as the "Walker County Jane Doe," her remains were found by a truck driver, and it was immediately clear she had been the victim of a brutal crime. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled, her body left near the highway without any identification. It took more than 41 years before advances in forensic genealogy finally identified her as S ...Read More
On November 1, 1980, the body of 14-year-old Sherri Ann Jarvis was discovered off Interstate 45, just outside of Huntsville, Texas. Known for decades only as the "Walker County Jane Doe," her remains were found by a truck driver, and it was immediately clear she had been the victim of a brutal crime. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled, her body left near the highway without any identification. It took more than 41 years before advances in forensic genealogy finally identified her as S ...Read More
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Sherri Jarvis
November 28, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Huntsville
TX
1980-11-01
1980-03-09
1966-03-09
14
Sherri
Jarvis
11/28/2025
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I can’t stop thinking about Sherri Ann Jarvis and how she ended up at that truck stop near Huntsvi... ...Read More
01/23/2024
01/23/2024
I've been following Sherri Ann Jarvis's case for a while, and the fact that it took over 40 years to... ...Read More
09/19/2023
09/19/2023
I’ve been thinking a lot about Sherri Ann Jarvis and one thing that really sticks with me is how t... ...Read More
03/26/2023
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