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In 1976, human remains were discovered on Swamp Mountain near Sweet Home, beginning a mystery that would last nearly fifty years. With no name, no cause of death, and no clear timeline, the victim became known only as Swamp Mountain Jane Doe. In 2025, genetic genealogy finally identified her as 21-year-old Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter, a young woman who vanished while hitchhiking north in 1974. Her identification placed her among the so-called “Ghosts of Highway 20,” a series of murders and di