Coroner Working To Give “Jane Doe” A Name – Can You Help?
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Coroner’s Division is requesting the public’s assistance in trying to identify an unidentified person.
On February 16, 2026, a woman was struck by a train in Port Costa. The incident was investigated by Amtrak Police and Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office. The person was pronounced deceased at the scene. The manner of death was later determined to be a suicide.
The Coroner’s Division took custody of the body and despite multiple efforts has not been able to identify the person, who did not have any identification.
Coroner’s Photo
She is described as:
White, adult female with brown colored hair and hazel eyes. She was 5’4”, and 171 pounds. She has a small broken heart tattoo on the inner left wrist (see photo). She was wearing a black colored pullover top, black and grey plaid pants, and red/white Nike athletic shoes.
Anyone with any information on the identity of the person is asked to contact the Coroner’s Division at (925) 313-2850.
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Let’s bring her home
So sad. Her family needs closure.
Indeed…
Platitudes. Platitudes are offered. For free.
What do you know? What do you imagine that you know?
You imagine a family. You imagine she is missed.
What do you know?
Platitudes are offered.
Opinions. Opinions are offered. For free.
What’s being expressed in the comments you’re criticizing is sympathy:
1. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune
2. understanding between people; common feeling
You may not share those “common” feelings, but it’s evident that others here do.
Each human was literally connected to another at the beginning of their life and more likely than not to have figuratively been connected to at least one other human at life’s end.
No one here offered vague solutions/platitudes in lieu of actual knowledge or action. They shared feelings of sympathy.
I may not be a smart man, but I know what “platitude” is. Your insinuation that I don’t share sympathy is just that, your insinuation. You own that.
Everyone has a story. Hers deserves to be known.
If she has any family they deserve to know what happened to her.
People drop off the earth – cutting off family and friends – all the time. Its extremely sad how many meet their end.
I guess some people just don’t want to be found. It would still be nice to be able to put a name on her grave.