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I found this old cold case of an unidentified white female from the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. I don't believe this case from 1969 is well known outside of Eastern Kentucky.
1969 Unidentified Female Harlan County, Kentucky
Case Information:
Date Found: June 2, 1969
Place Found: On top of rural Pine Mountain about 50 feet off the scenic Little Shepherd Trail (KY State Route 1679) in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Estimated Age: late teens to mid 20s
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 53
Hair Color: Brown or Reddish/Blonde
Head Hair: medium length light brown, tinted to auburn in some places
Weight: Unknown, medium build
Medical: Healed broken collarbone
Body Details: Scars and Marks:
(1) Apparent burn scar, 3/4 inch wide, on right leg midway between knee and thigh. Scar begins on outside (lateral side) of leg and continues around to the back side of leg.
(2) Scar three inches above right knee on the outside (lateral side) of the knee. Scar is 1 and 1/2 inches long with two clamp marks.
(3) Scar is three inches long and located just below and beside the "clamp scar" mentioned above.
Cause of Death: Homicide
Estimated Postmortem Interval: 0-12 Weeks
Other Information: May be from Ohio or visited the Cincinnati, Ohio area.
Circumstances:
In June 1969, a man picking wild flowers for his wife stumbled upon a nude badly decomposed body of a young woman in a secluded wooded area on top of rural Pine Mountain. The body was found about 50 feet off of the scenic Little Shepherd Trail on Kentucky State Route 1679 in Harlan County, Kentucky.
The young woman had been beaten and also had stab wounds in the chest. The young woman was punched so hard that some of her teeth rested in her throat.
Due to the young womans body being badly decomposed, law enforcement investigators couldnt determine if the young woman had been sexually assaulted or raped.
Law enforcement investigators also determined that the young womans body was in the area for approximately three weeks before it was found.
At the murder scene, an order ticket stub from a restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and parts of a mans sweater was found near the body.
No other clothing, personal belongings, or identification of any kind were found near the body.
Law enforcement investigators believe that the young woman was murdered elsewhere and her body was dumped on Pine Mountain.
Even though the body was badly decomposed, the owner of a local funeral home in the city of Harlan held an open casket wake in the hope that someone in the community could identify the young woman.
Law enforcement authorities from other states did come to view the young womans body in hopes of identifying her body but no one could identify her.
Due to the fact that no one from the local community could identify the body, law enforcement investigators believe that the young woman was not from Harlan County, Kentucky.
The unidentified young woman was buried at a local cemetery in the city of Harlan, Kentucky.
The Harlan County Coroners Office has reopened the 1969 cold case this year. The coroner is seeking a court order from the Harlan County Circuit Court to exhume the body.
The Harlan County Coroner hopes to identify the young woman by extracting DNA from the body and test the DNA for possible DNA matches in the national database.
For the past 40 years, this is the oldest unsolved cold case in Harlan County, Kentucky.
The murdered young woman has never been identified and her killer has never been found.
Contact Information:
ME/C Contact Information
Name: Emily Craig
Agency: Kentucky Medical Examiner Office
Phone Number: 502.564.4545 x 223
E-mail Address: emily.craig@ky.gov
Link:
https://identifyus.org/cases/full_report/5880
http://mymusesmusings.blogspot.com/2009/11/death-in-harlan-county-kentucky.html
http://www.harlandaily.com/pages/fu...s&instance=news_special_coverage_right_column
1969 Unidentified Female Harlan County, Kentucky
Case Information:
Date Found: June 2, 1969
Place Found: On top of rural Pine Mountain about 50 feet off the scenic Little Shepherd Trail (KY State Route 1679) in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Estimated Age: late teens to mid 20s
Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 53
Hair Color: Brown or Reddish/Blonde
Head Hair: medium length light brown, tinted to auburn in some places
Weight: Unknown, medium build
Medical: Healed broken collarbone
Body Details: Scars and Marks:
(1) Apparent burn scar, 3/4 inch wide, on right leg midway between knee and thigh. Scar begins on outside (lateral side) of leg and continues around to the back side of leg.
(2) Scar three inches above right knee on the outside (lateral side) of the knee. Scar is 1 and 1/2 inches long with two clamp marks.
(3) Scar is three inches long and located just below and beside the "clamp scar" mentioned above.
Cause of Death: Homicide
Estimated Postmortem Interval: 0-12 Weeks
Other Information: May be from Ohio or visited the Cincinnati, Ohio area.
Circumstances:
In June 1969, a man picking wild flowers for his wife stumbled upon a nude badly decomposed body of a young woman in a secluded wooded area on top of rural Pine Mountain. The body was found about 50 feet off of the scenic Little Shepherd Trail on Kentucky State Route 1679 in Harlan County, Kentucky.
The young woman had been beaten and also had stab wounds in the chest. The young woman was punched so hard that some of her teeth rested in her throat.
Due to the young womans body being badly decomposed, law enforcement investigators couldnt determine if the young woman had been sexually assaulted or raped.
Law enforcement investigators also determined that the young womans body was in the area for approximately three weeks before it was found.
At the murder scene, an order ticket stub from a restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and parts of a mans sweater was found near the body.
No other clothing, personal belongings, or identification of any kind were found near the body.
Law enforcement investigators believe that the young woman was murdered elsewhere and her body was dumped on Pine Mountain.
Even though the body was badly decomposed, the owner of a local funeral home in the city of Harlan held an open casket wake in the hope that someone in the community could identify the young woman.
Law enforcement authorities from other states did come to view the young womans body in hopes of identifying her body but no one could identify her.
Due to the fact that no one from the local community could identify the body, law enforcement investigators believe that the young woman was not from Harlan County, Kentucky.
The unidentified young woman was buried at a local cemetery in the city of Harlan, Kentucky.
The Harlan County Coroners Office has reopened the 1969 cold case this year. The coroner is seeking a court order from the Harlan County Circuit Court to exhume the body.
The Harlan County Coroner hopes to identify the young woman by extracting DNA from the body and test the DNA for possible DNA matches in the national database.
For the past 40 years, this is the oldest unsolved cold case in Harlan County, Kentucky.
The murdered young woman has never been identified and her killer has never been found.
Contact Information:
ME/C Contact Information
Name: Emily Craig
Agency: Kentucky Medical Examiner Office
Phone Number: 502.564.4545 x 223
E-mail Address: emily.craig@ky.gov
Link:
https://identifyus.org/cases/full_report/5880
http://mymusesmusings.blogspot.com/2009/11/death-in-harlan-county-kentucky.html
http://www.harlandaily.com/pages/fu...s&instance=news_special_coverage_right_column