On December 29, 2008 a worker for the Holt Drilling Company was preparing to drill a well on private property in a secluded area off of Leisure Run Road in North Mahoning township when he stumbled upon a human skull about 10 feet from the drill site.
Investigators recovered the skull, jaw bone, several long bones, and some vertebrae along with a partial upper denture in December 2008. In April 2009, most of the rest of the skeleton was found 20 yards away from the initial discovery. The torso was in a black plastic bag just under the surface of the ground, but it did not appear that she had been buried.
The remains were determined to be a female adult, probably black. A single bullet wound was found in the back of the woman's skull. There is evidence of post-mortem saw marks on the long bones. She may have been dumped at the site between three and 10 years ago.
