The Girl Who Died in a Motel Under a False Name

Trace Identity: Season 1, Episode 5. In July 1966, a teenage girl checked into a motel in Pecos, Texas under a false name. Later that day, she was found at the bottom of the motel pool. No one knew who she was. The man she arrived with disappeared. The names they used were fake. Despite investigations, newspaper appeals, and decades of searching, the young woman became known only as Pecos Jane Doe. For 55 years, her identity remained a mystery. In this episode of Trace Identity, we follow the decades-long effort to uncover her real name and explore how advances in forensic DNA technology finally revealed the identity of a girl who had been lost to history. Who was she? Why was she using a false name? Who was the man she arrived with? And what really happened at the motel in the summer of 1966? This is the story of Pecos Jane Doe. Produced, filmed, and directed by Chris Rowe Produced and edited by Vinny Roccanova Executive Producer: David Mittelman Additional editing by Ray Tiburzi and Carissa Jimenez Recreation Actress: Georgia Rowe