NEW INFO: Examination Completed on Murder Victim From 30 Years Ago
UPDATE 6/22/11 @ 10:30 a.m.
WSAZ-TV from Huntington, West Virginia is reporting that the Lawrence County, Ohio Sheriff's Office recently reopened a 1981 cold case.
The body was recently exhumed and sent to the Boyd County, Kentucky Coroner's Office. The coroner took DNA samples from the body and also took a full body x-ray.
The Boyd County Coroner's Office concurred with the original autopsy that the unid
victim was between 30 to 60 years old.
The coroner also found that the victim had a
very pronounced overbite, a condition commonly known as "buck teeth".
UPDATE 6/15/11 @ 6 p.m.
In April 1981, two girls playing near their home on Wright Ridge found a woman's body placed down a cistern. The cause of death at the time -- strangulation.
Investigators say the victim was tied around the neck and weighted down to keep her down the well.
The coroners report from 1981 says the strangled body was in that well for six months to a year.
The body was
so badly decomposed that there were no fingerprints, no identifying features at all.
The sheriff believes the murder victim,
found with rubber bands on her wrists and weighing about 140 pounds, was likely not from the area.
ORIGINAL STORY 6/15/11 @ 11 a.m.
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- The investigation into the identity of a woman who was murdered 30 yeas ago has been reopened.
In April 1981, the unknown womans body was found in a cistern in the Dobbstown area of the county. Investigators at the time ruled the death a homicide.
The woman was wearing a
red sweater and blue jeans with her hands covered by a pair of socks.
Source:
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Invesigation_into_Womans_Death_Reopened_123919809.html
