Unidentified White Female
Located on 27 January 1965 in Charles County, Maryland
Estimated date of death: Late December 1964 or early January 1965
Vital Statistics
Approximate birthdate: 1915-1925
Estimated age: between 40 and 50 years of age
Approximate Height and Weight:
Distinguishing Characteristics: She had brown hair and was of small build. An autopsy indicated that she had suffered from cirrhosis of the liver.
Dentals: Possibly on file with Maryland State medical examiner, Baltimore.
Clothing: She was wearing only her underclothing when found.
Case History
This woman's body, clad only in underwear and covered by leaves, was found by a foxhunter on 27 January 1965. She was approximately 200 yards from Mill Run Road, near the villages of Mount Victoria and Wayside, in Charles County, Maryland.
It was estimated that her body had been in the woods for about three weeks. One theory was that the woman had been killed elsewhere and dumped in Charles County. The woman wore no rings or watches and there was no other means of identification on her. Her body was so decomposed that it was impossible to take fingerprints. It appeared there might have been some facial injuries.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Charles County Sheriff's Office
Source Information:
The Washington Star Newspaper
The Washington Post Newspaper
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From the Washington Post 27 January 1965:
Fox Hunter Finds Body of Woman
LaPlata, Md, Jan 27.
The mutilated body of a woman clad only in her underwear was found this afternoon in woods near Wayside, Md.
Charles County Sheriff Francis C. Garner and Dr. Edward J. Edelen, County medical examiner, said she had been dead several weeks.
Garner said the woman is believed to have been between 40 and 50 years of age.
The body was partially covered with leaves when it was spotted by Harry E. Taylor Jr., a Prince Georges attorney who was fox hunting about 200 yards deep in woods off Mill Run Road.
Garner, who investigated with deputies Joseph W. Thompson , Robert J. Mudd, and Francis W. Canter, said there have been no reports of missing women in Charles County. A 13-state broadcast was ordered to learn of any missing women elsewhere.
An autopsy will be performed in Baltimore to determine the cause of death.
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From the Washington Star 28 January 1965:
Woman's Body Found In Woods in Maryland
The decomposed and apparently mutilated body of an unidentified white woman was found in woods near Wayside in Charles County, Md, yesterday.
The woman, wearing only underclothing, appeared to have been between 40 and 50 years old and had been dead for several weeks, according to Sheriff Francis C. Garner and Dr. Edward J. Edelen, deputy medical examiner for the county.
Her body, face down and partially covered with leaves, was discovered about 4 p.m. by a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Prince Georges County, the sheriff reported.
Garner said Attorney Harry E. Taylor Jr., who lives in Brandywine, spotted the body while fox hunting on horseback about 200 yards in a woods off Mill Run Road, not far from the Wicomico Hunt Club of which Taylor is a member.
An investigation was initiated by Garner and three of his deputies - Joseph W. Thompson, Robert J. Mudd, and Francis W. Canter - to determine the woman's identity and how she died.
The sheriff said there have been no reports of missing women in the county matching her description and said police in a 13-state area were asked to check missing- persons lists.
He said the body was so decomposed that it was impossible to take fingerprints and said it appeared there might have been some facial injuries.
The body was removed to the Arehart Funeral Home in LaPlata, but was to be transferred today to the State medical examiner's morgue in Baltimore for an autopsy.
The woman wore no rings or watches and there was no other means of identification on her, the sheriff said. He said she had brown hair and was of small build.
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From Charles County Leaf 4 Feb 1965:
Woman's Body, Found in Woods Still Unidentified
State and federal authorities continued their search t establish the identity and the cause of death of a woman whose body was found last Thursday morning about 200 yards off of Mill Run Road near Mt. Victoria.
A preliminary report after an autopsy performed in Baltimore indicated the woman, apparently between 40 and 50 years old, had died of cirrhosis of the liver. Sheriff Francis C. Garner said he was awaiting the final reports on the autopsy before listing the cause of death.
The woman's body, clad only in underwear and covered by leaves, was found by Harry E. Taylor Jr., a Prince Georges County lawyer, while he was fox hunting on horseback.
From the condition of the body it would appear it had been in the woods for about three weeks, One theory was that the woman had been killed elsewhere and dumped in Charles County, but at the moment there is no evidence to support this.
A thirteen state broadcast has been made to determine her identity. According to Sheriff Garner she does not fit the description of any missing persons reported in Charles County.
Located on 27 January 1965 in Charles County, Maryland
Estimated date of death: Late December 1964 or early January 1965
Vital Statistics
Approximate birthdate: 1915-1925
Estimated age: between 40 and 50 years of age
Approximate Height and Weight:
Distinguishing Characteristics: She had brown hair and was of small build. An autopsy indicated that she had suffered from cirrhosis of the liver.
Dentals: Possibly on file with Maryland State medical examiner, Baltimore.
Clothing: She was wearing only her underclothing when found.
Case History
This woman's body, clad only in underwear and covered by leaves, was found by a foxhunter on 27 January 1965. She was approximately 200 yards from Mill Run Road, near the villages of Mount Victoria and Wayside, in Charles County, Maryland.
It was estimated that her body had been in the woods for about three weeks. One theory was that the woman had been killed elsewhere and dumped in Charles County. The woman wore no rings or watches and there was no other means of identification on her. Her body was so decomposed that it was impossible to take fingerprints. It appeared there might have been some facial injuries.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Charles County Sheriff's Office
Source Information:
The Washington Star Newspaper
The Washington Post Newspaper
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From the Washington Post 27 January 1965:
Fox Hunter Finds Body of Woman
LaPlata, Md, Jan 27.
The mutilated body of a woman clad only in her underwear was found this afternoon in woods near Wayside, Md.
Charles County Sheriff Francis C. Garner and Dr. Edward J. Edelen, County medical examiner, said she had been dead several weeks.
Garner said the woman is believed to have been between 40 and 50 years of age.
The body was partially covered with leaves when it was spotted by Harry E. Taylor Jr., a Prince Georges attorney who was fox hunting about 200 yards deep in woods off Mill Run Road.
Garner, who investigated with deputies Joseph W. Thompson , Robert J. Mudd, and Francis W. Canter, said there have been no reports of missing women in Charles County. A 13-state broadcast was ordered to learn of any missing women elsewhere.
An autopsy will be performed in Baltimore to determine the cause of death.
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From the Washington Star 28 January 1965:
Woman's Body Found In Woods in Maryland
The decomposed and apparently mutilated body of an unidentified white woman was found in woods near Wayside in Charles County, Md, yesterday.
The woman, wearing only underclothing, appeared to have been between 40 and 50 years old and had been dead for several weeks, according to Sheriff Francis C. Garner and Dr. Edward J. Edelen, deputy medical examiner for the county.
Her body, face down and partially covered with leaves, was discovered about 4 p.m. by a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Prince Georges County, the sheriff reported.
Garner said Attorney Harry E. Taylor Jr., who lives in Brandywine, spotted the body while fox hunting on horseback about 200 yards in a woods off Mill Run Road, not far from the Wicomico Hunt Club of which Taylor is a member.
An investigation was initiated by Garner and three of his deputies - Joseph W. Thompson, Robert J. Mudd, and Francis W. Canter - to determine the woman's identity and how she died.
The sheriff said there have been no reports of missing women in the county matching her description and said police in a 13-state area were asked to check missing- persons lists.
He said the body was so decomposed that it was impossible to take fingerprints and said it appeared there might have been some facial injuries.
The body was removed to the Arehart Funeral Home in LaPlata, but was to be transferred today to the State medical examiner's morgue in Baltimore for an autopsy.
The woman wore no rings or watches and there was no other means of identification on her, the sheriff said. He said she had brown hair and was of small build.
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From Charles County Leaf 4 Feb 1965:
Woman's Body, Found in Woods Still Unidentified
State and federal authorities continued their search t establish the identity and the cause of death of a woman whose body was found last Thursday morning about 200 yards off of Mill Run Road near Mt. Victoria.
A preliminary report after an autopsy performed in Baltimore indicated the woman, apparently between 40 and 50 years old, had died of cirrhosis of the liver. Sheriff Francis C. Garner said he was awaiting the final reports on the autopsy before listing the cause of death.
The woman's body, clad only in underwear and covered by leaves, was found by Harry E. Taylor Jr., a Prince Georges County lawyer, while he was fox hunting on horseback.
From the condition of the body it would appear it had been in the woods for about three weeks, One theory was that the woman had been killed elsewhere and dumped in Charles County, but at the moment there is no evidence to support this.
A thirteen state broadcast has been made to determine her identity. According to Sheriff Garner she does not fit the description of any missing persons reported in Charles County.