vanderford said a globe - news . rosalee said she had traveled between idaho and texas . rosalee came back after the mysterious yearslong absence , but bonnie did not . she said the child had died and was buried in the mountains of idaho ; she also said child protective services had taken bonnie away from her . rosalee also told a story about her live - in boyfriend who allegedly threatened to kill bonnie , and her decision to leave bonnie at a bus terminal or an airport in nampa , idaho . upon her arrival back on the west coast , rosalee began telling her family varied stories about what happened to her daughter . one month after her abandonment , jane doe 927 was thriving in her foster home , according to globe - news files . she — along with her daughter , bonnie — had left her husband , charles webster , in 1977 to go to a wedding in idaho .