Today in True Crime History: February 28

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1983 — St. Louis Jane Doe is found murdered in an abandoned Missouri home. She was between the ages of 8 an 11 and had been brutally attacked. She has not been able to be identified because her head has not been located, preventing a facial reconstruction. Another problem emerged when law enforcement decided to send the young girl’s sweater to a “psychic”, but the sweater has apparently been lost. Her body was exhumed in 2013 in the hopes of obtaining more information. Her identity and case remain unsolved matters.

1993 — The Waco siege begins on a compound owned by the Branch Davidians in Texas. The siege would last 51 days and would result in dozens of deaths.