LAVENDER DOE: WF, 17-25, found in Kilgore, TX - 29 October 2006 - IDENTIFIED! *Dana Lynn Dodd*

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Lavender Doe was a teenager or young adult who whose burning body was found hours after her murder in 2006, in Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas. Her cause of death is unknown, but is investigated as a homicide.

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Two men target shooting on an oil lease near Highway 31 off Fritz Swanson Road discovered the victim's body lying face down on a burning wood pile. A gas can was found in the vicinity. The victim had been burned over 98% of her body.

Investigators were initially unsure of the victim's sex and race due to the condition of her body. She was also thought to be as young as 13. Semen was found at the crime scene, strongly indicating she had been raped.

On October 2, 2013, Gregg County Sheriff's Office exhumed the victim's body to obtain additional evidence to use against a primary suspect in her homicide. In 2014, a reconstruction was released by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

She is known by the nickname "Lavender Doe."

Reconstruction from Carl.

One Tuff Babe slightly faded jeans (size 7/ with possibly brown/orange embroidery and stitching, a purple or mauve/purple shirt, and a light sweater (size medium).

http://www.kltv.com/story/38969975/...der-indicted-in-2006-lavender-doe-murder-case



Joseph Burnette has been indicted of 'the murders of Felisha Pearson and Lavender Doe.

http://www.kltv.com/story/38969975/...der-indicted-in-2006-lavender-doe-murder-case

Burnette is suspected of murdering Felisha Pearson, 28. Pearson was reported missing on July 19, 2018. Her body was later found on July 24 at a location off of Birdsong Street in Longview.

An arrest warrant affidavit shows Burnette and Pearson lived together, residing at the Contessa Inn. After her death, Burnette was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender with a previous conviction.

On Aug. 21, officials say Burnette gave a full confession "which corroborated the facts of the investigation into the death of Felisha Pearson and the murder of a female in Gregg County in 2006." The woman, who remains unidentified, was dubbed Lavender Doe by law enforcement officials.

Longview detectives interviewed Burnette on July 25 in connection with the Pearson case. On August 21, officials say he gave a full confession "which corroborated the facts of the investigation into the death of Felisha Pearson and the murder of a female in Gregg County in 2006." The woman, who remains unidentified, was dubbed Lavender Doe by law enforcement officials.

He was indicted on August 27 for the murder of Pearson and Lavender Doe. He was also indicted for failure to register as a sex offender. Now, officials are searching for information about Lavender Doe in order to identify her.

According to LPD and the GCSO, on the day of the murder, Lavender Doe was possibly at Walmart Super Center on Fourth Street in Longview.

"She was possibly walking the parking lot by the lawn and garden, she may have been soliciting customers as they entered and exited the store trying to sell items from a brochure," officials said in a news release.

Lavender Doe was a white female in her late teens or early 20s with reddish blonde or light brown hair. She was about 5 fee 2 inches tall, weighed about 100 to 120 pounds and was found wearing blue jeans and a violet/maroon sweater.

Officials say her first name may be Ashley.

To provide information on the case, call Gregg County CID Lt. Eddie Hope, 903-236-8400.

https://www.news-journal.com/news/p...cle_b9b7b752-aa2c-11e8-ae2d-bb29d6ff4ac2.html

Police: Man confesses to 2018, 2006 killings of women in Gregg County

A Longview man has confessed to killing a woman whose body was found this past month in a wooded area in the city and to killing an unidentified woman in 2006, police announced Monday.

At a joint press conference, the Longview Police Department released information that showed Joseph Wayne Burnette, 41, confessed last Tuesday to killing Felishia Pearson, whose body was found in July off Birdsong Street in Longview. Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano said Burnette also confessed to the murder of a woman in Gregg County in 2006, known as “Lavender Doe,” because the woman has not been identified.

Information relating to the murders of Pearson and Lavender Doe was presented to a grand jury Thursday, Longview Police Chief Mike Bishop said. Longview police and the Gregg County Sheriff's Office were notified Monday morning that there was a grand jury indictment for Burnette.

Burnette was initially held in the Gregg County Jail on a $500,000 bond on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender. Burnette's bonds now total to $2.5 million in bonds, after $1 million in bonds for each murder charge were added. Cerliano said Burnette is on suicide watch at the county jail.

Felisha Pearson


Lavender Doe

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There's been some speculation online that Lavander Doe could be Ashley Lee James, missing from Lakewood, Colorado since April 30, 2006. Ashley an away from a shelter called the ''Gemini house'' in April of 2006, she was there because no one knows who her parents were and because she had been living on the streets prior to being put in the shelter.

Since it's been reported no one knows who Ashley's parents are, it's a possible they don't have her DNA in the system. There are also no photographs available of Ashley.

https://tylerpaper.com/gregg-county-sheriff-s-office-releases-name-of-lavender-doe/article_75b90976-2ee7-11e9-8f61-335a3db0116d.html

Gregg County Sheriff's Office releases name of Lavender Doe


Dana Lynn Dodd, known for years as Lavender Doe while she was an unidentified murder victim. (Courtesy of Gregg County Sheriff's Office)


Almost 13 years after her body was found in Gregg County, the name of “Lavender Doe” is known.

The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office released Dana Lynn Dodd’s name Monday afternoon after the News-Journal filed a request Jan. 30 seeking her name under state Freedom of Information laws.

Dodd, whose body was found in 2006, was 21 when she died. Her last known address was in Jacksonville, Florida, Gregg County Sheriff’s Lt. Josh Tubb reported Monday.

Read the rest of this story from our news partners at the Longview News-Journal here.

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