Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26724259-20150911090614/@comment-26662093-20150911123013

Richdownes89 wrote: Actually, I don't think it is that at all. I always believed it was a placeholder name for an unnamed victim (and Jane is the female version)... Furthermore:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/29996/why-are-unidentified-people-called-john-or-jane-doe

In real-world criminal investigations, that would be correct. However, in the context of the Criminal Case game, the name is, as I mentioned above, used to mean someone who sent you something who is not on your teammates list.

There was an article about it on the Criminal Case Support page for a while.