1991: Golden Gate DOE
Doe Network: 353UFCA
NamUs #UP5932
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, San Francisco, Jane Doe 434-91
Date of Discovery: April 5, 1991
Location of Discovery: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Estimated Date of Death: Minutes prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Suicide by jumping
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 20-40 years old
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair: Brown and short.
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Identifiers
Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Black sweater manufactured by Berger over a black and red striped sweater manufactured by Compass over another black sweater manufactured by Patsy Place. The woman also wore a black knit skirt by Esprit, black tights by Fredericks of Hollywood, light blue and white panties and black slip-on shoes, size 5.
Jewelry: White metal ring on right ring finger.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Discovery
The decedent was witnessed to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge and hit the ground below on April 5, 1991.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: Felipe Fernandez
Agency Phone Number: 415-553-1694
Agency E-Mail: Medical.Examiner(at)sfgov.org
Agency Case Number: 1991-0434
NCIC Case Number: U644979619
NamUs Case Number: 5932
Information Source(s)
NamUs
San Francisco Couny Medical Examiner
Admin Notes Added: Prior to 2005; Last Updated: 12/16/18
A search for relevant articles brought up only two from that timeframe; the most detailed being the one below:
‘891st Known Suicide From Gate Bridge’, The San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar 1991 B6
If this is, in fact, Golden Gate Doe, the Medical Examiner’s Office has listed the Date of Discovery incorrectly. There are no other articles written for a suicide anywhere around this time.
Possible Matches:
Wendy Jamie Abrams-Nishikai
UPDATE: June 24, 2024 This potential match was ruled out due to dental records.
Wendy Jamie Abrams Nishikai
Courtesy of Facebook, ‘Attempt to Locate’ page
Wendy Abrams-Nishikai was last seen in Berkeley, California on October 31, 1989. She has never been heard from again. Abrams-Nishikai was a student at the University of California at Berkeley at the time of her disappearance; she left behind a young daughter. Few details are available in her case.
