'Jane Doe' Identified More than 30 Years After Her Body Was Found on a Berks Co. Farm

Bronx mother mysteriously missed her son's birthday decades ago. 34 years later, her finally identified remains become the answer

A young mother from the Bronx went missing in the early 1990s. Around the same time, a farmer in Pennsylvania discovered a human skull in freshly turned soil on June 3, 1992. It would take 34 years before investigators were finally able to determine that the missing woman and the unidentified remains belonged to the same person. The first thing the farmer did was contact authorities after making the discovery in a field on Christman Road in Wind…

Human remains found 34 years ago in eastern Pa. were a mystery until now. ‘Jane Doe’ identified.

A woman whose remains were discovered in Berks County more than three decades ago has been identified through forensic genetic genealogy.

Skeletal remains found in 1992 on Berks field identified as missing New York woman

"Christman Jane Doe," the woman found in a Windsor Township farm field in 1992, has been identified through advanced DNA and forensic genealogy as Nuria C. Rodriguez the Berks County coroner announced Thursday, June 4, 2026.

'Jane Doe' identified more than 30 years after her body was found on a Berks Co. farm

After more than 30 years, officials in Berks County have identified a woman whose body was found in a shallow grave on a farm in 1992.

PA Coroner’s Office Identifies 1992 Jane Doe as Missing Bronx Woman Through Forensic Genetics

The Berks County Coroner’s Office in Pennsylvania announced Thursday, June 4, that it has positively identified human remains discovered in Windsor Township, Berks County, PA more than three decades ago, as being the body of a young Bronx mother who was reported missing in the early 1990s, bringing long-awaited answers to a Bronx family who never stopped searching for their loved one.