The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office held a joint press conference to announce the identification of a Jane Doe cold case victim. On July 18, 1980, deputies responded to the upper parking lot of Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, where a young woman was found deceased. She had suffered multiple stab wounds and was later determined to be pregnant at the time of her death. Despite extensive investigative efforts, she remained unidentified for decades and became known as “Jane Doe Ventura County.” In 2011, the case was reexamined by our Cold Case Unit. DNA evidence was analyzed and entered into CODIS, leading to the identification and conviction of Wilson Chouest for her murder. He is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. While justice was served, our work was not done. Detectives remained committed to restoring her identity. Through advances in DNA technology and collaboration with the DNA Doe Project, she w...