The haunting words blend with the sound of leaves rustling in the wind. The Flatiron range west of Boulder, Colo., appear to loom, dark and ominous. On a late October afternoon, a young woman dressed in a sweater set, leggings and penny loafers stands beside a tombstone.

"Give me a family. Give me a name. Help me find my family, from whom I have been so long separated."

The voice belongs to high school student Eleanor Wedum of Boulder. The sentiments are a chilling, creative narration of the brief life and brutal death of a young woman who has become an adopted daughter of Boulder.

Wedum is taking part in the annual "Walk with the Spirits" ["Meet the Spirits"] event at Boulder's Columbia Cemetery. Wedum speaks for Boulder's Jane Doe to the crowds who wander through the historical place.

Jennifer Kitt of North Platte stands back a bit from Wedum, looking at the crowds, watching Wedum's performance. For residents of Boulder, it's another fun, slightly spooky, almost creepy Boulderish event where history mixes with irreverence.

Kitt, her head bowed and arms crossed tightly across her chest, listens to Eleanor speaking in the voice of Jane Doe.

Jennifer Kitt wants it to end. But not like this.

Not with the image of a body, battered and nude, tossed over the edge of a Rocky Mountain canyon.

Not with the knowledge that her great-aunt has rested in an anonymous grave in a Boulder cemetery, visited only by strangers and curiosity seekers.

Kitt's two-year search for answers in the case of her missing relative has taken yet another twist in a serpentine journey. Kitt still holds out hope for a happy ending.

Kitt was in Boulder Saturday and Sunday meeting with a producer from the television program "America's Most Wanted." She was interviewed about her search for her grandmother's sister, Twylia May Embrey.

Twylia disappeared from North Platte in 1953.

Jane Doe was found on April 8, 1954, beside Boulder Creek nine miles west of Boulder.

Never identified, she was in that grave for 50 years until her body was exhumed in 2004, when the case was reopened.

Initially, investigators ruled out Twylia as Jane Doe. A photo of Twylia was superimposed over Jane Doe's skull, and the two did not match. After a forensic sculpture was made of Jane Doe's skull, sculptor Frank Bender told investigators and the family there were signs the skull might match Embrey after all. Based on Bender's recommendations, DNA was taken from a member of Twylia's family and sent off for comparison to Boulder Jane Doe.

In July of 2005 Boulder County Sheriff's investigators announced the results had ruled out Embrey as a match for Jane Doe.

It was over, Kitt thought. At the time, she said it was a relief to know that Twylia didn't die in such a brutal way and to lie in a grave in Boulder, leaving her family to wonder what happened to her. Kitt said she intended to continue to search for Twylia, saying publicity from The Telegraph had led to other leads.

Last week, Kitt learned the DNA test is being re-done. While the Boulder County Sheriff's Office has not publicly given a reason for the retest, Kitt said she understood the original test was inconclusive, in spite of the announcement that the results were negative.

"I don't want to go home and tell my grandmother her sister died that way," Kitt said. "I wanted to tell her Twylia was alive."

DNA results are due next week, Kitt said.

"It is hard waiting for the results," Kitt said. "There is a lot of time to think about what's going to happen next. I hope it's not Twylia, but I do hope they learn Jane Doe's identity.

"I still have hopes of finding Twylia out there, with a life, with grandchildren."

Autumn colors begin to fade to gray as the sun drops below the Rocky Mountains.

Wedum's voice, weary from an afternoon of reciting, is merely a rasp.

"Let me have the respect in death that I was denied in life."

Kitt shivers, zips up her coat against the Colorado chill and walks away.