On March 11, 2002, at roughly 1:57 p.m., the Illinois State Police responded to a criticism in regards to the discovery of human skeletal stays close to mile submit 23 on Interstate 70 (eastbound) close to Collinsville, Illinois. The criticism originated from staff of the Illinois Division of Transportation who had been working within the neighborhood and found the stays.
The stays had been faraway from the scene and transported to the Madison County Morgue in Edwardsville, Illinois, the place an post-mortem was carried out on March 12, 2002. The post-mortem didn’t decide a reason for demise, nonetheless additional examination by forensic anthropologists revealed the next info: The skeletal stays are of a black feminine, roughly 5’1″ to five’6″ in peak (5’3″ believed to essentially the most correct).
There is no such thing as a estimate of weight, and the approximate age is between 24-30 years outdated. It’s believed the stays have been at this location for roughly 4-6 months. The skeletal stays had been nearly fully intact and clad in a pair of grey coloured Second Skins model shorts (dimension: medium) with rhinestones and a crimson and white coloured verify flannel model Tommy Hilfiger button down man’s model shirt (dimension: XL). As well as, a person’s model “gold” nugget model ring with two glass stones was discovered with the stays. The ring initially held 4 stones within the setting. The ring was decided to be costume jewellery and is a dimension 7 1/4. Additionally discovered had been two bracelets. The one bracelet is a metallic hoop, roughly 3 inches in diameter, clean on one aspect with a channel on the opposite aspect. A hoop of black onyx beads on elastic string matches into the channel bracelet. The second bracelet is a mixture of three separate bracelets. The second bracelet has quite a few plastic beads (yellow, inexperienced, black, mauve, and brown) strung with skinny elastic string that may very well be stretched. The three separate bracelets had been gathered by a single, oval formed metallic ring with a small gap at one finish that gave the impression to be for the aim of hanging a allure.
On June 18, 2002, the Illinois State Police launched laptop recreation photographs of a black feminine sufferer that was initially found on March 11, 2002. The pictures replicate how the sufferer might have regarded previous to her demise.
Anybody with info in regards to the id of the sufferer or the circumstances surrounding her demise are urged to contact Illinois State Police, Zone 6 Investigations at 618/346-3782, or Crimestoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS(8477).
