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Her body was found in Macon almost 40 years ago. But who she is remains a mystery
Read more here: http://www.macon.com/news/local/article169772102.html#storylink=cpy
https://gbi.georgia.gov/case/unidentified-remains-285
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The body had been decaying for six weeks just 200 feet from the front door of Bowmans cinder block home when she found it Sept. 8, 1977. It belonged to a black woman, authorities later determined, in her early 30s or 40s.
In the weeks before the gruesome discovery, a strong rotting smell had pervaded the entire neighborhood near Arkwright Road, Bowman told The Telegraph.
I cant believe it was there for so long, and I never saw it before, she said. I thought it was a dog or something. I never even went to look.
Animals had scattered some of the remains. Several people in the neighborhood told police their dogs had returned home smelling foul.
It took hours for authorities to collect the bones. A 20-person search team combed about four miles of woods east of the house.
Bibb County sheriffs investigator Harry Harris handed each of the men plastic evidence bags.
Look for bones, Harris told the search team. I dont give a damn if theyre fish bones, cat bones, dog bones or chicken bones any bone you find (put it) in the bag.
The womans hands and shoulder blades were never recovered.
There was little for police to go on.
Nobody reported missing in Middle Georgia had characteristics even approaching hers. Its possible she was from out of town.
The woman was naked, and a purse was nowhere to be found.
Interstate 75, constructed about a decade earlier through Macon, had made it easier for out-of-town criminals to come and go quickly without detection.
Police figured the woman had been strangled and dumped there, but the cause of her death was never determined.
Neither was her identity.
Read more here: http://www.macon.com/news/local/article169772102.html#storylink=cpy
https://gbi.georgia.gov/case/unidentified-remains-285