The second case: A teenage girl's body was found behind a Tempe business after her mother reportedly kicked her out of their house. At first, police suspected foul play but ruled it out after questioning suspects and learning the girl overdosed on drugs.
Police believe she may have been a Phoenix resident but have been unable to officially identify her.
When and where: The girl died of a cocaine overdose in the 1800 block of East University Drive in Tempe behind a golf store. Her body was found at 5:40 a.m.
Summary
Police said the girl, who they believe was 17, was near hitchhiking near 32nd Street and Greenway Road in Phoenix when she was picked up by a man. The man told police he took her to Tempe, where she said she wanted to get tickets to a concert, police said.
But the girl changed her mind and asked the man if he could get her drugs and he did, police said.
The girl told the man she was kicked out of her house by her mother for drug abuse.
She used the cocaine and the man dropped her off. Her body was found the next day.
Sweig said police checked high schools and grade schools and found no matches.
The girl is described as Hispanic or American Indian, 16 to 19 years old, 5 feet tall, with dark hair and brown eyes. She had a scars on her left hand and left shoulder and wore a red halter top, blue pants and black slip-on dress shoes.
Sweig and others across the nation are using a Web site,
www.theyaremissed.org, that profiles missing or unidentified people with a photo in hopes that someone will recognize the unidentified.