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Coconut Creek Police ask for help in decades-old murder case after victim’s name is revealed

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A woman who was fatally shot in the head and known as “Jane Doe” for the past 45 years has been identified as Barbara Overby, 24, of Fort Lauderdale, the Coconut Creek Police Department said Wednesday. Now that Overby has been identified, police are asking members of the public to come forward with any leads that might help identify her killer, the department said in a Facebook post. On Sept. 28, 1981, officers went to the 6700 block of Lyons Ro…

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Sun-Sentinel broke the news in Deerfield Beach, United States on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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