ESTIMATED YEAR OF DEATH: 1967

SEX: FEMALE

RACE: WHITE

AGE: 16-25

STATE: DELAWARE

HEIGHT: 5'2", measured

WEIGHT: 110, measured

HAIR: BROWN

EYES: BROWN

Young woman's body discovered in a laundry bag on Saturday March 18, 1967 near Bear/Glasgow, Delaware. Clad in blue bikini style panties, manufacturers label removed.

Hair tied back with a 1/2" X 8" red ribbon. Lobules of both ears pierced. Vaccination scar on front of the left thigh. No birth marks or surgical scars. Natural teeth in good dental repair, probably last seen by a dentist about six months to a year prior to death.

Body was in a 24" X 36" white cloth Laundry bag which bears the following visible markings; Bag O - Storage American Laundry Dry Cleaning EX4 5277

[14 missing person exclusions]

Forensic Art by NCMEC artist and Carl Koppelman

From THE DOE NETWORK:

Cause of death: Septicemia

The decedent's body was located off the shoulder of Porter Road, a rural area in Bear, New Castle County, Delaware. This location is just a few miles away from Interstate 95 and US Highway 40.

Her legs were stuffed inside of a large white cloth commerical laundry bag (24" X 36") which bore the markings "Bag O - Storage. American Laundry. Dry Cleaning. EX4 5277." The laundry bag was found to be from a laundry and dry cleaning company located in Trenton, New Jersey.

The family members of the owner of this company recalled seeing a young woman matching the female's description who was either a customer or a nearby resident.

Initially, it was believed that she had died as a result of a botched abortion. It is now known that she died from not receiving medical care for an infection.

Recent ancestry testing suggests she may be of European, Italian, Greek, or Jewish descent. DNA was compared with genealogy websites and revealed a maternal connection with relatives in Virginia and North Carolina, but no one contacted knows who she was.

She is buried in Potter's Field in Delaware. She is known as "Miss X."

Vaccination scar on front of the left thigh. No birth marks or surgical scars. Both ears pierced, although it didn't appear that she had worn earrings in quite a while. Approximately three months pregnant. Fair complexion. Blood type O. Petite. Estimated bra size 34DD. Hair tied back with a 1/2" X 8" red ribbon.

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