Left: Sketch of Victim; Right: Reconstruction of Victim

Unidentified White Female

• Located on November 16, 1993 on Interstate 80 in Elko County, Nevada.
• The victim had been shot twice in the chest.
• Estimated to have been dead for about six days.

Vital Statistics

• Estimated age: 20 - 35 years old
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5'8"; 144 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Blonde hair; brown eyes.
• Marks, Scars: She had a scar on her right calf area. She may have previously gone through childbirth. A single pierce mark in each earlobe (no earrings present). A nodular 0.3 to 0.5 cm. nevus-like lesion on the preauricular scalp, above the tragus of the right ear - a depressed plaque-like mottled brown-gray ovoid 3 x 4 cm. scar on the back of the distal right lower leg - a similar colored 3 x 1 cm oval horizontal scar below this and also on the back of the right lower leg.
• Clothing: She was wearing pink nail polish. No clothing was found at the scene.
• Dentals: Her teeth were in excellent condition but was in the process of having a root canal done on the lower right molar (tooth 31). Has all 32 teeth, impacted wisdom teeth.
• DNA: Available in FBI NMPDD

Case History
The victim was found off the northbound side of Interstate 80, near the Utah border. The site where the body was found lies on the edge of a vast and desolate desert bisected by one of the nation's busiest highways.
An autopsy found evidence of alcohol and marijuana in the woman's system.

The victim was found completely nude, lying on her back, her arms spread out to her side in the shape of a cross, legs slightly parted. Investigators believe her killer may have purposefully posed the body. Detectives found drag marks on the ground from the victim's heels. She had been shot twice in the chest with a small-caliber weapon. One of the bullets pierced her heart. She had also been beaten.

Police believe the victim was killed at another location and later dumped at the I-80 turnoff. Tire tracks found at the site point to a mid-size to large vehicle, possibly a pickup or van.

Hair samples sent to a Salt Lake City laboratory matched isotope sequences with drinking water that pinpointed where the woman had lived. The victim spent the last seven months of her life near the town of Afton, Wyoming.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Elko County Sheriff Department
702-738-3421
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Washoe County Medical Examiner/Coroner
Ellen Clark
775-785-6114
Email

Coroner Case Number:
1235-93

Source Information:
Washoe County Coroner's Office
Missing Children...HELP Center
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