Identified! FL- St. Lucie Co, female remains, Sneed Rd, Nov'20 - Maryann Zoon

[imstilla.grandma]

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s officials are asking for help in identifying the body of a woman found in November along Sneed Road, the agency stated Monday.

Investigators were called Nov. 17 to the 4800 block of Sneed Road where the remains, described as being in a severe state of decomposition, were found.

The location is west of the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds just off Okeechobee Road, a largely rural area.

The discovery was not publicly disclosed at the time.

Detectives have tried to identify the woman, who is white and 40 to 60 years old, to notify her family members. She is about 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 7 inches and of thin build. She weighted 80 to 100 pounds, and had grey and brown hair.

She had a small flower tattoo on her right forearm, a flower tattoo on top of her right shoulder and a Chinese symbol on her left upper arm, according to the sheriff’s office.

She had surgical implants, including hip and shoulder implants, which were found during an autopsy.

Our detectives used this information to try and trace back any identifiable and useable serial numbers or lot numbers to determine the woman’s identity,” Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brian Hester stated in a release. “Unfortunately, all attempts to do so proved unsuccessful.”

Those with information are asked to call 772-462-3230 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-800-273-TIPS (8477).

Information also can be submitted via www.StLucieSheriff.com/Tips

Decomposed body found off Sneed Road in western St. Lucie County

 

[Feme98]

I think the date of discovery should be changed to 2020

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I think the date of discovery should be changed to 2020

And I think you are correct.thank you so much. Habits are hard to break. I’ll report my post.

Landscaping crew find human remains at Memphis tourist attraction - WBBJ TV

 

[Feme98]

It’s okay, hopefully this UID will be identified soon!

And I think you are correct.thank you so much. Habits are hard to break. I’ll report my post.


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Landscaping crew find human remains at Memphis tourist attraction - WBBJ TV

 

[PayrollNerd]

That’s beyond thin. That’s skeletal and probably malnutrition. Did her caretaker dump her?

She is about 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 7 inches and of thin build. She weighted 80 to 100 pounds

 

[PayrollNerd]

Maybe they’ll publish a sketch soon. Chinese symbols have meaning and a sketch of that would be helpful.

 

[Feme98]

If the Chinese symbol is a tattoo, there’s a chance that it can be recognized.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Just saw this. I don’t scroll down far enough initially. That’s definitely rural. Lots of agriculture out there.

Decomposed body found off Sneed Road considered a 'suspicious death'

He said the cause of death couldn’t be determined and toxicology results showed no signs of an overdose or that it was alcohol-related.

Detective Paul Taylor said the Chinese symbol was for a panda. He said the tattoos did not look professional.

“They looked almost like somebody’s house tattoo, or a garage tattoo, somebody that does it on the side with not professional equipment,” Taylor said.

 

[lisaNYC]

Just saw this. I don’t scroll down far enough initially. That’s definitely rural. Lots of agriculture out there.

Decomposed body found off Sneed Road considered a 'suspicious death'

He said the cause of death couldn’t be determined and toxicology results showed no signs of an overdose or that it was alcohol-related.

Detective Paul Taylor said the Chinese symbol was for a panda. He said the tattoos did not look professional.

“They looked almost like somebody’s house tattoo, or a garage tattoo, somebody that does it on the side with not professional equipment,” Taylor said.

Maybe a prison tattoo.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Two months after the barefoot body of a Palisades Park native was found in a rural area of Florida, authorities have finally identified her – but they still don’t know how she died.

Relatives from North Jersey who's seen social media posts helped identify Maryann Zoon, 65, who’d apparently lived alone in Fort Pierce near a stretch of road with no surrounding houses where a work crew found her decomposing remains in November.

She hadn't been reported missing, authorities said.

Although they don’t suspect any wrongdoing, detectives with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office were trying to piece together Zoon’s final days and hours.

“That’s where our investigation turns now,” Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brian Hester told reporters this week. “We still don’t believe that this was a homicide. There’s nothing leading us to believe that.

“But we do need to try to figure out why she was out there and how her final days and hours happened. Why was she there? Why was she…and how did she actually die?"

Zoon’s body was found in more than ankle-high grass 15 feet or so feet from a road where people rarely walked, authorities said, calling it “in the middle of nowhere."

A coroner determined that it had been there three to five days. Toxicology tests showed no signs of drugs or alcohol, authorities said.

A 1973 Palisades Park High School graduate, Zoon had lived near the Fort Lee border and, later, in Hackensack before moving to Florida.

She’d never been in any recorded trouble, unless you count a February 2019 traffic ticket in St. Lucie County for failing to maintain a lane.

Childless, with no family in Florida, Zoon lived just off Route 1 in Fort Pierce. Neighbors said she kept to herself.

She bore distinguishing marks – a few apparently homemade tattoos, along with scars from surgical implants -- that authorities used to help describe her.

Two of the “house or garage” tattoos are flowers – one on a forearm, the other on her shoulder – while a third is apparently a Chinese symbol, they said.

Now that they’ve identified her, authorities in Florida turned to the public once more.

“We are again asking the public to help us with these details,” Hester said. “No detail is too small.

“I want to assure those watching who might know what happened to Maryann that if she died in your presence, we need to know that,” he added.
Authorities ID Woman Found Dead In Florida As Palisades Park Native, 65, Still Don't Know Cause

 

[Feme98]

Glad that she was ID!

 

[PayrollNerd]

A few things come to mind. Did she usually go for long walks in that area? Who owns the land? Did they grow anything there that maybe she chose to pick?

It used to be that people along the road would wander into the edge of a field or grove. They’ve put a stop to it for the most part but it still happens.

 

[30Anne]

It is odd -but she also kept to herself and lived a reclusive life in a quiet spot - maybe she felt the beginnings of a heart attack and wanted lie down, but still had enough presence of mind not to try to lie on the road. When Maryann headed for the field, maybe she was trying to walk off her medical event when she died?

 

[Blurgle]

Might even be the onset of dementia which, living alone, she might have developed without anyone knowing.