The woman long known as Hernando County Jane Doe or Edna has been identified as Peggy Shelton, and her death is now being investigated as a homicide. Her body was found under a multicolored floral bedspread in woods off State Road 50, three miles west of I-75 near Withlacoochee State Forest on July 19, 1972. She was decomposed; the estimated time of death was three to five days and cause of death was strangulation.

Investigators reported the victim wore a white bra and white bikini-style panties. Her teeth were in poor condition, with only the six upper and six lower front teeth remaining; dental records and fingerprints are available, and DNA was obtained. Isotope testing indicated she had lived in the United States for at least five to ten years, consumed an American diet, and had spent several years in Florida before she died. Witnesses had seen three people exit a white 1961 or 1962 Ford Falcon in the area a few days earlier, but only two returned from the woods.