Jane Marie Chafton was 28 when she disappeared from Lawton, Oklahoma. She was last seen August 9, 1999; she had arranged a taxi from a Motel 6 to Duncan but later canceled, saying she had found another ride. Chafton had worked as an accountant earlier in life and was a mother and sister; by 1999 she was involved in substance use and sex work.

Her nude body was recovered August 13, 1999 from Sandy Bear Creek in rural Stephens County, about six miles northeast of Velma. The medical examiner could not determine a definitive cause of death because of water exposure and decomposition, and no clear trauma was reported, but investigators called the circumstances suspicious given the lack of clothing or personal effects.

Chafton’s death was the first in a series of at least five similar cases between 1999 and 2003 in the Lawton area: young women, many involved in high-risk lifestyles and some with mutual acquaintances, found nude in or near water. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and local agencies, with input from the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, have investigated but no arrests have been announced. Does anyone have information about Chafton’s last known movements or the ride she mentioned on August 9, 1999?