Identified! TN - Knoxville, WhtFem UP15118, 55-65, star patterned scarf, Feb'16 - Brenda Kaye Baker-Germann

[LadyL]

I'm confused. These three pictures posted in this thread are supposed to be the same person?

 

[HmmMysterious]

I'm confused. These three pictures posted in this thread are supposed to be the same person?
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First 2 are those of Brenda, the last one is that of a missing person previously suggested as a match

 

[LadyL]

First 2 are those of Brenda, the last one is that of a missing person previously suggested as a match

oh cause the last one is in the very first post of this thread behind the 'spoiler' tag
and oops I didn't actually read that post but I see now where they explained they thought it might be a match

thanks

 

[Mary-Belle]

In an article posted on this post it said “On February 22, 2016, officers were called to the scene behind the building on Cooper Street near West Fifth Avenue. A spokesperson for the police department said it was apparent that the remains had been there for up to a year or longer based on the amount of decomposition.”

If the body was behind a building (or buildings) how was the decomposition not smelled? Unless nobody ever went back there… but I think somebody would have had to smell something… especially if the body was there for a year and over the summer. Just so sad.

I haven’t seen it confirmed but it was previously speculated… was she homeless?

 

[Blurgle]

In an article posted on this post it said “On February 22, 2016, officers were called to the scene behind the building on Cooper Street near West Fifth Avenue. A spokesperson for the police department said it was apparent that the remains had been there for up to a year or longer based on the amount of decomposition.”

If the body was behind a building (or buildings) how was the decomposition not smelled? Unless nobody ever went back there… but I think somebody would have had to smell something… especially if the body was there for a year and over the summer. Just so sad.

I haven’t seen it confirmed but it was previously speculated… was she homeless?

There's a historic cemetery very close to the intersection of Cooper and West Fifth. If the building she was found behind was Fiber Tech, her body would have been on the boundary of the cemetery. Anyone who smelled anything - and she was wrapped in layers of plastic according to the first news report - might have attributed the smell to the cemetery.

 

[fawna]

This was my aunt. I wish I had more answers

 

[fawna]

There's a historic cemetery very close to the intersection of Cooper and West Fifth. If the building she was found behind was Fiber Tech, her body would have been on the boundary of the cemetery. Anyone who smelled anything - and she was wrapped in layers of plastic according to the first news report - might have attributed the smell to the cemetery.

So from what I believe is she had to have been recently dumped before she was discovered because I’m sure if she was there for longer than a year some animal would have smelled the body way before decomposition and would have tried ripping the plastic off of her. I don’t know for certain but it’s strange that they think she was there the whole time. Let’s be honest she was probably hidden before hand and finally was dumped there. Btw this was my biological aunt.

 

[Bethan]

@fawna So sorry for the loss of your Aunt, particularly in these awful circumstances.

Thank you for joining us here at Websleuths.

 

[Knitty]

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[Blurgle]

So from what I believe is she had to have been recently dumped before she was discovered because I’m sure if she was there for longer than a year some animal would have smelled the body way before decomposition and would have tried ripping the plastic off of her. I don’t know for certain but it’s strange that they think she was there the whole time. Let’s be honest she was probably hidden before hand and finally was dumped there. Btw this was my biological aunt.

I am so very sorry. I think you're right about the recent dumping, although there have been bodies dumped in urban settings that even without having been wrapped have sat undisturbed for months, even decades. Sometimes wildlife will stay clear of industrial areas.