Where Is Jane Doe? (1956)

• 54%
• 1956
• Crime
• Larry O'Reilly

Jumping off a bridge is a common form of suicide in large cities. It is important to recover evidence as to the occurrence of these suicides to match possible victims to missing persons. With one such case, clothing matching the description of such worn by a missing teenager is found on a bridge. The missing girl's parents identify the clothing as being their daughter's, and they tell a story of a girl with a poor academic record, discipline by them and many quarrels between the three, but would such lead one to suspect the girl is the type to commit suicide? After reviewing more evidence, Captain Cronin, the lead police detective for this case, believes the suicide is a hoax and that the plain Jane girl really is trying to make it as a model. As Captain Cronin pursues many leads - including issuing several forms of public bulletins and conducting more painstaking legwork of interviewing the modeling agencies specifically in New York, the hub of such activity - he hopes that this case will be like 98% of all missing persons cases with a happy ending of the missing person being found alive.