These renderings were created of the victim found strangled and left in a wooded area of Deptford Township in 1990
A clay model of how the woman may have looked was created in the 1990s
and digital versions were produced a few years ago by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Experts with the center reached out to local investigators in 2020 to ask if they could review the case.
“Part of that was some evidence collection and testing that they thought they could do to extract additional DNA to possibly identify suspects and the victim,” Lick said.
Genealogy research is part of this renewed probe to see if family members can be found.
Jewelry recovered near the body included a 16-inch faux pearl bead necklace, a gold earring described as horseshoe or wreath-shaped with a spiral design, and a gold-colored ball-stud earring. More details
can be found here and on the prosecutor’s
website.
Based on efforts to identify the victim locally, investigators think she could be from elsewhere. Given her estimated age, they also think she may have been a runaway.
“She would be identified by now if she were from the area,” Lick said. “I would say she’s a runaway that’s not from this area.”
An aerial view of the wooded area where the remains of a young woman were found in Deptford Township in February 1990.
It was February 1990 when the body of a young woman was found dumped in South Jersey.
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