Unidentified woman found dead in Hudsonville, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 1967. (NAMUS)
On Oct. 20, 1967, a young woman was found murdered in Blendon Township, Michigan. She had died from blunt-force trauma and strangulation.
She is described as a Black woman, around 5′8′' tall, and weighed around 100 pounds. She is believed to have been between the ages of 16 and 22. She had been dead for around 30 days before her body was discovered by hunters in a field near 48th Avenue and Fillmore Street.
Between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 1967, a white Rambler car was seen in the woods on a trail where her body was “dumped.” That was three days before her body was found. It is unknown if the car was involved.
She was found wearing yellow/gold slacks, pink Bermuda shorts, and men’s light-blue socks with dark-blue and red diamond patterns on the side. She had an extra tooth behind the right upper incisor.
She had numerous healed scars, including scars along the upper right chest, the mid-sternal area (mid chest), lower right chest, at the right hip, right outer thigh, and her left thigh.
Other notable scars included a hyper-pigmented scar along the right side of her face at the jawline; three scars (all about 2cm long) on the right side of her neck; and a long (10cm) scar along her left chest, below the clavicle and extending toward the arm.
The Cold Case Team with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is working with the DNA Doe Project to try and identify her. In May of 2022, the team announced that forensic genealogists provided them with several relatives to contact.
Anyone with information should contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office at 616-738-4680. The agency case number is 67-10200001/67-9403
There are still at least 10 people who were found dead in Michigan in 1967 that haven’t been identified.
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