The woman has a secret identity.
It's soaked in her shirt, dirty and bloody.
It's in her bones, dry and scattered in the West Side desert.
But is it in this face? Is this her face?
For the first time in Albuquerque, a face has been reconstructed from the skull of a Jane Doe homicide victim.
Detectives hope the sight of it and her distinctive shirt will stir up a memory of the woman and move someone to call in with her name.
Detective Rich Lewis with the Albuquerque Police Department's Cold Case Unit would be happy to get even a hint of her identity, residence or history.
"We're not going to give up until we identify her," Lewis said. "I'm hoping someone sees this and says, `That might be my sister, my daughter, my wife.' That is what I'm hoping to get."
When that happens, Lewis said the case has enough clues that it should be solvable.
http://abqtrib.com/news/2008/jan/19/albuquerque-police-hope-identify-victim-forensic-a/
It's soaked in her shirt, dirty and bloody.
It's in her bones, dry and scattered in the West Side desert.
But is it in this face? Is this her face?
For the first time in Albuquerque, a face has been reconstructed from the skull of a Jane Doe homicide victim.
Detectives hope the sight of it and her distinctive shirt will stir up a memory of the woman and move someone to call in with her name.
Detective Rich Lewis with the Albuquerque Police Department's Cold Case Unit would be happy to get even a hint of her identity, residence or history.
"We're not going to give up until we identify her," Lewis said. "I'm hoping someone sees this and says, `That might be my sister, my daughter, my wife.' That is what I'm hoping to get."
When that happens, Lewis said the case has enough clues that it should be solvable.
http://abqtrib.com/news/2008/jan/19/albuquerque-police-hope-identify-victim-forensic-a/