Identified! AZ - Apache Junction, HispFem UP6349, 16-18, desert near Hwy60, Phnx Trnsit Sys token, ring, Aug'92 - Melody Harrison

[LizzieParker]

Harrison’s body was found in the desert of Apache Junction on August 6, 1992. She was reported missing two months before she was found dead. Her remains weren’t identified until October 2023through DNA profiling and familial DNA—three decades after her death

New cold case homicide unit to focus on 5 unsolved Arizona cases

Arizona’s attorney general has announced a new unit who will work to crack unsolved cold case homicides across the Valley.

www.azfamily.com

Thanks for sharing this, so glad to see that Melody will be one of the main focuses there. I mentioned this in a previous comment, but I really hope they're able to find at least some of the friends who claimed to have seen her out and about when she wasn't even alive and speak with them.

 

[LizzieParker]

If anyone hasn't watched the episode of Naming the Dead covering Melody's case, I would absolutely recommend it. It's honestly one of the most devastating but also beautiful episodes of any true crime television series I've ever seen.

 

[noseynancy]

If anyone hasn't watched the episode of Naming the Dead covering Melody's case, I would absolutely recommend it. It's honestly one of the most devastating but also beautiful episodes of any true crime television series I've ever seen.

I just watched it yesterday, I cried. Wow props up to all who solved this mystery and gave the doe her name back and found a long lost relative in the process. Season 1 episode 3 The Body in the Sand