Case brief
Murder of Melinda Beardsley
Emigrant Gap Jane Doe was a formerly unidentified murder victim whose body was found on December 17, 1977, near the intersection of I-80 and Highway 20 in Emigrant Gap, California. Despite extensive investigation by the Placer County sheriff's office, no identification of this decedent was made at the time. NamUs and The Doe Network announced that the woman had been identified in 2026.
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