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NamUs UP7277 / Doe Network 1673UFOH
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Black/African American
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 23 - 35 (newspaper reports say 35 - 40)
Estimated Year of Death: 1985
Estimated PMI: 6 Days
Height: 5'7" (67 inches), Measured
Weight: 180 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: July 23, 1985
NamUs Case Created: June 10, 2010
ME/C QA Reviewed: June 17, 2010
Location Found: Cleveland, Ohio
County: Cuyahoga County
Circumstances of Recovery: On July 29, 1985, a building custodian found the body of a woman behind a vacant building at 2134 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, OH. The body was covered by a 46" x 52" piece of red carpeting and a yellow quilted bedspread was wrapped and tied around the body. The bedspread was secured with pieces of hemp, with one piece wrapped four times around the victim's ankles and one piece wrapped around the victim's waist.
A piece of rope, a white surgical stocking, and a red nylon scarf were tied around the woman's neck, and a towel with a Miller beer cap stuck to it was wrapped around the woman's mouth. The woman was nude aside from the upper half of an athletic sock on her left forearm, used as a makeshift bandage. A woman's gold and blue belt was also found inside the wrapping.
It was determined that the woman's throat had been cut and she had also been shot. She had a 2 1/4-inch long incised wound on her left forearm which she sustained before she was killed, as it was wrapped in a makeshift bandage. Her toenails were painted pink and her fingernails were manicured but unpolished. She had a 4-inch appendectomy scar and had no upper teeth and caps on her lower teeth.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black and curly and of "modest length"
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: Toenails painted pink; fingernails manicured, but unpolished; 4-inch appendectomy scar; no upper teeth and caps on lower teeth
Clothing and Accessories
- 1 red piece of carpeting, 46" x 52" which was covering body.
- 1 yellow quilted bed spread which was wrapped and tied around the body.
- 1 piece loose 1/4" hemp wrapped four times and tied around the victim's ankles, on the outside of the spread.
- 1 piece rope as above, wrapped once around the victim's waist on the outside of the spread.
- 1 piece rope as above, tied once around the neck and knotted.
- 1 piece rope as above, removed from the victim's knees.
- 1 gold and blue belt (female's), laying loose inside of the wrappings.
- 1 red nylon scarf tied around the victims neck.
- 1 white surgical stocking also wrapped around the neck.
- 1 Cannon towel, blue, white and brown in color, wrapped around the victims mouth. Also stuck to this wrapping was a Millers beer bottle cap.
- 1 white knit wrapping found around the left wrist of the victim. Beneath this was a beige cloth also wrapped around the wrist, both of which covered some type of wound on the left wrist/forearm.
- On the left hand was the upper half of a white athletic sock with blue and red trim.
News Coverage
"Police seek help identifying body," Plain Dealer [Cleveland, OH], 7 August 1985, 5-A.
Cleveland homicide detectives are seeking help in identifying a woman whose body was found July 29 behind a delicatessen at E. 21st St. and Prospect Ave.
The woman's throat had been cut and she had been shot. She was tied with rope and wrapped in a yellow blanket.
Police described the woman as black, 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds. She was 35 to 40, had no upper teeth and had caps on her lower teeth. She had an apendectomy [sic]. Her toes had pink polish; her fingernails were manicured but unpolished.
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Black/African American
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40
Estimated Age Range (Years): 23 - 35 (newspaper reports say 35 - 40)
Estimated Year of Death: 1985
Estimated PMI: 6 Days
Height: 5'7" (67 inches), Measured
Weight: 180 lbs, Measured
Cause of Death: Homicide
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: July 23, 1985
NamUs Case Created: June 10, 2010
ME/C QA Reviewed: June 17, 2010
Location Found: Cleveland, Ohio
County: Cuyahoga County
Circumstances of Recovery: On July 29, 1985, a building custodian found the body of a woman behind a vacant building at 2134 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, OH. The body was covered by a 46" x 52" piece of red carpeting and a yellow quilted bedspread was wrapped and tied around the body. The bedspread was secured with pieces of hemp, with one piece wrapped four times around the victim's ankles and one piece wrapped around the victim's waist.
A piece of rope, a white surgical stocking, and a red nylon scarf were tied around the woman's neck, and a towel with a Miller beer cap stuck to it was wrapped around the woman's mouth. The woman was nude aside from the upper half of an athletic sock on her left forearm, used as a makeshift bandage. A woman's gold and blue belt was also found inside the wrapping.
It was determined that the woman's throat had been cut and she had also been shot. She had a 2 1/4-inch long incised wound on her left forearm which she sustained before she was killed, as it was wrapped in a makeshift bandage. Her toenails were painted pink and her fingernails were manicured but unpolished. She had a 4-inch appendectomy scar and had no upper teeth and caps on her lower teeth.
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black and curly and of "modest length"
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: Toenails painted pink; fingernails manicured, but unpolished; 4-inch appendectomy scar; no upper teeth and caps on lower teeth
Clothing and Accessories
- 1 red piece of carpeting, 46" x 52" which was covering body.
- 1 yellow quilted bed spread which was wrapped and tied around the body.
- 1 piece loose 1/4" hemp wrapped four times and tied around the victim's ankles, on the outside of the spread.
- 1 piece rope as above, wrapped once around the victim's waist on the outside of the spread.
- 1 piece rope as above, tied once around the neck and knotted.
- 1 piece rope as above, removed from the victim's knees.
- 1 gold and blue belt (female's), laying loose inside of the wrappings.
- 1 red nylon scarf tied around the victims neck.
- 1 white surgical stocking also wrapped around the neck.
- 1 Cannon towel, blue, white and brown in color, wrapped around the victims mouth. Also stuck to this wrapping was a Millers beer bottle cap.
- 1 white knit wrapping found around the left wrist of the victim. Beneath this was a beige cloth also wrapped around the wrist, both of which covered some type of wound on the left wrist/forearm.
- On the left hand was the upper half of a white athletic sock with blue and red trim.
News Coverage
"Police seek help identifying body," Plain Dealer [Cleveland, OH], 7 August 1985, 5-A.
Cleveland homicide detectives are seeking help in identifying a woman whose body was found July 29 behind a delicatessen at E. 21st St. and Prospect Ave.
The woman's throat had been cut and she had been shot. She was tied with rope and wrapped in a yellow blanket.
Police described the woman as black, 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds. She was 35 to 40, had no upper teeth and had caps on her lower teeth. She had an apendectomy [sic]. Her toes had pink polish; her fingernails were manicured but unpolished.
