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Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-40
Estimated Year of Death: 1986
Estimated PMI: N/A (News reports say "days")
Height: 5'0"-5'10" (60-70 inches), Estimated
Weight: 95-105 lbs, Estimated
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot to the chest
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: August 3, 1986
NamUs Case Created: November 29, 2018
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Lakeside, California
County: San Diego County
Circumstances of Recovery: At about 2:45 p.m., a family out rock hunting discovered the badly decomposed body of a fully-clothed woman near an embankment off Highway 67, 3.5 miles south of Poway Road in Lakeside, CA. After finding the body, the family drove home and called the police.
When deputies responded, they saw the woman was wrapped in a pink blanket and a quilt. She was wearing a blue shift-type dress and a red bikini. Signs of trauma were evident to detectives at the scene, but the nature of the wounds could not be determined until an autopsy was conducted. The autopsy revealed that the woman had been shot in the chest.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: Measured up to 8 inches long, but was removed in a matted mass.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: Small amount of red nail polish on fingernails of both hands.
Clothing and Accessories
- Wrapped in a pink blanket and quilt (On the Body)
- Red bikini, bra (size 36B), half slip, and a blue shift-type dress with a cord-like belt around the waist (On the Body)
- Sandals with white strap (On the Body)
- White metal ring worn on ring finger, two yellow metal rings worn on the right hand, and two black plastic bracelets consisting of cord-like plastic structures (On the Body)
News Coverage
"Rock hunters find body," Times-Advocate [Escondido, CA], 4 August 1986, B1.
The badly decomposed body of a woman was discovered Sunday afternoon off Highway 67, 3 1/2 miles south of Poway Road, a Sheriff's Department official said today.
According to Lt. William Baxter, a Lakeside family that was rock hunting in the area found the body of a fully-clothed woman near an embankment.
Los Angeles Times, 5 August 1986, II, 2.
The Lakeside family found the unidentified female about 2:45 p.m., at the bottom of a California 67 embankment about 3 1/2 miles south of the Poway junction, said Lt. William Baxter, a Sheriff's Department homicide investigator. The family drove to their home and reported their discovery to authorities.
Deputies found the fully clothed body, and detectives determined that it had been in the area for days, officials said. There were signs of trauma but the nature of it could not be determined due to the body's decomposed state, authorities said.
"Woman had been shot," Times-Advocate [Escondido, CA], 8 August 1986, B2.
An autopsy revealed that the unidentified woman had been shot in the chest, said Deputy Coroner Gerald Hillbrand.
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Uncertain
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 25-40
Estimated Year of Death: 1986
Estimated PMI: N/A (News reports say "days")
Height: 5'0"-5'10" (60-70 inches), Estimated
Weight: 95-105 lbs, Estimated
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot to the chest
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: August 3, 1986
NamUs Case Created: November 29, 2018
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Lakeside, California
County: San Diego County
Circumstances of Recovery: At about 2:45 p.m., a family out rock hunting discovered the badly decomposed body of a fully-clothed woman near an embankment off Highway 67, 3.5 miles south of Poway Road in Lakeside, CA. After finding the body, the family drove home and called the police.
When deputies responded, they saw the woman was wrapped in a pink blanket and a quilt. She was wearing a blue shift-type dress and a red bikini. Signs of trauma were evident to detectives at the scene, but the nature of the wounds could not be determined until an autopsy was conducted. The autopsy revealed that the woman had been shot in the chest.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: Measured up to 8 inches long, but was removed in a matted mass.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: Small amount of red nail polish on fingernails of both hands.
Clothing and Accessories
- Wrapped in a pink blanket and quilt (On the Body)
- Red bikini, bra (size 36B), half slip, and a blue shift-type dress with a cord-like belt around the waist (On the Body)
- Sandals with white strap (On the Body)
- White metal ring worn on ring finger, two yellow metal rings worn on the right hand, and two black plastic bracelets consisting of cord-like plastic structures (On the Body)
News Coverage
"Rock hunters find body," Times-Advocate [Escondido, CA], 4 August 1986, B1.
The badly decomposed body of a woman was discovered Sunday afternoon off Highway 67, 3 1/2 miles south of Poway Road, a Sheriff's Department official said today.
According to Lt. William Baxter, a Lakeside family that was rock hunting in the area found the body of a fully-clothed woman near an embankment.
Los Angeles Times, 5 August 1986, II, 2.
The Lakeside family found the unidentified female about 2:45 p.m., at the bottom of a California 67 embankment about 3 1/2 miles south of the Poway junction, said Lt. William Baxter, a Sheriff's Department homicide investigator. The family drove to their home and reported their discovery to authorities.
Deputies found the fully clothed body, and detectives determined that it had been in the area for days, officials said. There were signs of trauma but the nature of it could not be determined due to the body's decomposed state, authorities said.
"Woman had been shot," Times-Advocate [Escondido, CA], 8 August 1986, B2.
An autopsy revealed that the unidentified woman had been shot in the chest, said Deputy Coroner Gerald Hillbrand.
