Identified! MI - Bloomfield Twp., WhtFem, 30-40, "Tears of a Clown" & Wings Tattoos, Aug'17 - Erin Albertson

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police in Bloomfield Township are asking for help identifying a woman who was struck and killed by a van Friday.

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The woman is believed to be 30 to 40 years old. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 176 pounds.

She has “Tears of a Clown” tattooed on her right shoulder and large wings tattooed on her back, as well as two tattoos on her left hand.

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Police gave this description: a white female, 30 to 40 years old, with blond hair, blue eyes, about 5-foot-8 and 176 pounds, and with three tattoos: one of large tattooed wings on her back, two small tattoos on her left hand, and ironic words on her right shoulder: “Tears of a Clown.”

The phrase “tears of a clown” is a figure of speech that refers to someone who smiles at adversity. Also, the phrase was the title of a hit song in 1971 recorded by Motown stars “Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.”

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