I was thinking about this photo last night, for a few reasons.
1. If it were a man, the abdomen would not have been cropped like it was. Yes, the possibility that some rope was around the belly, or that, if a man, his "member" might've been out. But still, the chest would've been shown. Because of that, I'm thinking this is a woman, and the shot was cropped that way to remove breasts, which would've made it difficult to publish. KWIM? And as one poster put it, the upper chest is "fleshy", which could be explained if it were a small breasted lady. Lastly, I think that the musculature is far more feminine than masculine, espcially in the pectoral/bicep area.
2. The foliage is really dense. Because of that, I tend to think NW area - like Oregon, Washington states. In searching a bit for missing/murdered women in those states, the names Pat Weider and Beverly Mae Johnson came up. They were murdered in east WA state, a place called Chelan. The timeline fits, I think (if I have it right), and Pat was a brunette and was wearing jeans and hiking boots.
Jeans and hiking boots are in the photo, and the person in the photo is also a brunette (although rather reddish brunette).
I have been unsuccessful in finding a photo of Pat Weider (or Beverly Johnson) for comparison, but...well...it's worth a thought, especially if you consider the photo may have been cropped was to prevent naked breasts being published (which they would do).
Just a thought here for a Saturday morning...
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