This is from a SC newspaper
http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/164642#ixzz1Qms3RFJC
"In 2004, nine years after her body was discovered in Yemassee, the Sheriff's Office released the first computer-generated picture of her. The woman -- thought to be Hispanic and in her early 30s -- probably died from asphyxiation in an undetermined location, Bromage said.
The team's job is identify her -- her exact age, next of kin, even her country of origin.
Since joining the cold case team in January, Cecilia Woods, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, has spent hours picking apart the little evidence found on the woman's body.
"Ever since I got involved, it's been my baby," said Woods, who worked in the international relations section at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., for eight years until retiring in 2005.
The body was discovered by a groundskeeper in a remote stretch of the county that Woods described as "a fork in the road" in the middle of a swamp.
"It's such a remote area, somebody may have known about that location," she said. "But without a positive ID, we can only speculate."
The victim was wearing only underwear, and no identifying documents were found on or near her.
She was discovered days after her death. Although her body was badly decomposed, investigators were able to pull a full set of fingerprints. Her teeth were intact, allowing for a search of dental records.
Other physical characteristics -- including double-pierced ears and two scars, one from a hysterectomy and another from a thyroid surgery -- could have helped identify her, too.
None did.
The closest investigators have come to an identification is a DNA analysis suggesting she was from Latin America, likely the Caribbean, Woods said.
"It's so odd to me. Nobody has ever filed a missing person's report," Woods said. "We have DNA, we have everything. If we could find a family member, we could open up a whole new set of leads and find out what she did in her last months."
At the time of her death, many Hispanics in the county were migrant workers, but there is little evidence to suggest the victim worked outside, Woods said.
Her hands and feet were "immaculate," she said.
"We can't disregard that it may have been someone who knew her well," said Woods, adding that evidence at the scene suggests the crime was personal in nature. Woods declined to elaborate."
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