Jane Seneca Doe

Every year at this time, Brandon Johnson, the Deputy Coroner of Grundy County drives to a spot near Seneca on U.S. Highway 6, and leaves a bouquet of flowers, along with a laminated photo of a woman he never met.

A possible breakthrough has been reported in the case of a 1976 Grundy County murder victim who remains unidentified. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

Her case has baffled authorities in Grundy County for over four decades. In the fall of 1976, the body of a young African American woman was found on the shoulder of a rural highway near downstate Seneca. She was wearing a colorful red sweater, with a bottle of wine in the pocket. It was believed she may have been in…