A Jane Doe murder victim who has remained nameless since her body was discovered in a Georgia cornfield on Halloween 1981 has finally been identified almost 40 years later.
A tip prompted GBI investigators to speak with Hammack’s surviving family members, and her remains were then exhumed. DNA taken from Hammack’s biological mother determined that the Brooks County Jane Doe was her daughter.
Shirlene "Cheryl" Hammack’s killer was George Newsome, who worked at a traveling fair that investigators believed also employed Hammack. Newsome was arrested shortly after the murder and police found the rope that had been used to strangle Hammack in a motor home he owned.
Newsome escaped custody from the Brooks County jail and went on the run until January 1983, when he was arrested in Alabama.
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