The Daily 06-08-23 Huge break in case of NorCal serial killer found with body part

In November 1998, Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office with a woman's breast in his pocket. He was there, he said, to turn himself in for murder.

The shocking confession led to more astonishing revelations: Ford had killed at least four women over the past year. Three of his victims were identified fairly quickly. Tina Gibbs, 26, was found dead in June 1998 after Ford dumped her body near Buttonwillow. He had left Lanett White, 25, in a ditch in Lodi. Patricia Tamez, 29, was discovered in a San Bernardino aqueduct in October 1998. But his first victim remained unidentified for decades.

This week, Humboldt County sheriff's investigators announced they finally know who she is: 25-year-old Kerry Ann Cummings.

How Cummings came to be a Jane Doe for 25 years is a heart-wrenching story... Read more »

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