Two decades on, the enigma of a Jane Doe found deceased behind a Tempe business continues to haunt Arizona. A national DNA testing initiative, the DNA Doe Project, is urging the public to aid in unraveling the identity of a woman whose lifeless form was encountered on University Drive on April 27, 2002. This unidentified young woman, believed to be between 15 and 19 years old and possibly of Hispanic, Latino, or Native American descent, was pronounced dead due to a cocaine overdose, according to the DNA Doe Project.

The DNA Doe Project has relentlessly sought to not just put a name to her face, but also to tenderly forge a bridge back to her kin. The woman stood around 5’1" and weighed approximately 125 lbs., boasting long, straight, dark hair and brown eyes. She bore scars on her left hand and shoulder. Before her untimely demise, she might have been trying to hitch a ride near 32nd Street and Greenway Road in Phoenix.

The endeavor to give her an identity has seen the DNA Doe Project make concerted efforts to compare her sample against various genetic databases with no matches found to date. Their plea is simple: should anyone recognize the woman described, they are encouraged to submit DNA samples that could potentially lead to a match.

In a statement obtained by Ground News, the DNA Doe Project has asked that individuals come forward to possibly help finally put to rest a 22-year-old mystery.