#cold-case-identification

#cold-case-identification

On Aug. 13, 1998, the decomposed body of a female in her 30s was found in shrubbery in a ravine off the 1300 block of Avocado Avenue in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego. The woman was found wearing a blue "Woodruff Warriors 20-year reunion 1971-1991" T-shirt, black shoes, white socks, and a silver herringbone bracelet. She was described as a 5-foot-2-inch white or Hispanic female weighing 110 pounds. The case was determined to be a homicide, but efforts to identify her were unsuccessful.

The new appeal is accompanied by a special sketch by a US forensic facial reconstruction artist now central to their new campaign. The woman's skeleton was discovered on January 5, 2021 by workmen clearing sections of the old Midleton-Youghal railway line as part of a greenway development. One theory being examined by detectives is that the woman may have been illegally exhumed from a grave - and then deliberately dumped by the rail line where she lay undiscovered for years.