WINDSOR, Pa. (WFMZ) — Investigators have identified human remains found in a Berks County field more than 30 years ago as a woman who went missing from the Bronx, New York.
Genetic genealogy identified Nuria Rodriguez as the “Christman Jane Doe” whose remains were discovered in a field on Christman Road in Windsor Township in June 1992.
“The new testing with the DNA is the only reason we found out who she was,” said Matthew Stitzel, Berks County coroner.
Discovery and identification
A farmer found a skull in the field and notified authorities, according to John Adams, Berks County district attorney.
“The remains in Windsor Township were somewhat buried, a skull was found by a farmer then authorities were notified… they dug up a bit of a grave … the body was recovered,” Adams said.
Authorities recently learned Rodriguez was 25 when she went missing from the Bronx. It is unclear how her body ended up in Berks County.
The coroner said Parabon Labs connected DNA from the remains to a potential relative.
“Through DNA testing with them we were able to get DNA from him and send that to Parabon Labs as well where they were able to make a 100% confirmation match on her DNA,” Stitzel said.
Investigation continues
Authorities are now trying to find her killer.
“There’s nothing we can do currently to tell us her cause or manner of death because of the condition the remains were in when we found them… there just wasn’t anything to test or visually look at for us,” Stitzel said.
Authorities said they are looking at a possible connection with the death of Anna Kane, whose body was discovered in 1988. That case was solved in 2022 when Scott Grim, from the Hamburg area who died in 2018, was named as the person responsible for her death.
“It’s very coincidental that both of these bodies are A. found in the same vicinity and B. they both have connections to prostitution,” Adams said.
Authorities said Kane’s killer was found by connecting Grim’s DNA from a letter he had sent to DNA found on Kane’s clothing. They said they will do additional testing to see if they can extract DNA from clothing found near Rodriguez’s remains.
“We are doing further DNA testing to maybe help us answer the ultimate question,” Adams said.
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