106: Oak Grove Jane Doe: Oregon’s Oldest Unidentified Victim

She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast · Oct 21, 2025 · 46m

In April 1946, a burlap sack pulled from the Willamette River south of Portland revealed something horrifying: the torso of a woman, carefully dismembered and discarded. Over the next several months, more body parts surfaced, and newspapers across the country covered what became known as the Wisdom Light Murder. Nearly eighty years later, this victim is remembered only as Oak Grove Jane Doe — Oregon’s oldest unidentified person case.

In this episode, we explore the chilling discovery, the flawed investigation, and how her remains went missing for decades. We’ll also look at the women she was…