Linda Marie Pagano, formerly known as Strongsville Jane Doe, was an American murder victim from Akron, Ohio who was an unidentified decedent for 44 years.

[4] The new attention to the case led to a connection being made by the Akron police, and in June 2018 the remains were conclusively identified as Linda Pagano.

[5] During the summer of 1974,[6] Pagano and her siblings were living with their stepfather, Byron Claflin, in his apartment on Carnegie Avenue in Akron.

[8] On August 31, 1974, Pagano attended a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young rock concert in Cleveland[5] with her boyfriend, Steve Wilson.

[5] On February 5, 1975, three boys were hiking in a park in Strongsville, Ohio[8][3] when they discovered partial skeletal remains[4] on the banks of Rocky River, now known as Mill Stream Run Reservation.

[6]In 2016, Christina Scates, a student at Cleveland State University was doing genealogy research on her own family history when she discovered the unidentified skeleton in the cemetery records.

Scates, confused as to why it seemed like this young woman had been forgotten about, sought access to police files and autopsy records.

[2] New photos of the skull were sent to Koppelman, and it was also discovered that a spelling error in the case files had prevented the bones from being added to databases for the missing and unidentified.

[4] Shortly after Scates contacted Cuyahoga County law enforcement, the bones were added to NamUs, the national database for missing and unidentified.

[9] Dental records were exchanged as a preliminary comparison,[6] and exhumation of the body for DNA analysis was soon discussed between Strongsville law enforcement, city officials, and medical examiners.

[2] Due to the many unmarked graves in the potter's field where the victim was buried, it took multiple attempts to exhume the correct body.

[2] Once the correct body had been exhumed, bone samples were taken from the victim,[6] and DNA mouth swabs were taken from Cheryl and Michael Pagano.

[11] The parts of Linda's skeleton that had been recovered were cremated and interred next to her late mother in Holy Cross Cemetery.

[7] Because Pagano's disappearance is now classed as a homicide, family members and potential witnesses will be re-interviewed by law enforcement.