MI DETROIT JANE DOE: F, 15-25, found burned in vacant lot in Detroit, MI - 12 Jan 1988

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Unidentified Unsure Female
Found January 12, 1988 in Wayne County, MI
Body Condition: Not recognizable - Charred/burned
Probable year of death: 1987 to 1988
Estimated postmortem interval: weeks

Vital Statistics
Estimated age: 15-25
Approximate Height: 64 estimate
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Scars and marks: nothing

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: Red and Black sweater, blue jeans, light colored cotton panties
Blue shirt or light weight jacket-all item were found tattered in the area that the skeletal remains were found. All smelled strongly of gasoline
Jewerly: nothing
Footwear: nothing
Accessories: nothing

Case History: Body was found lying face up on the ground in a vacant lot adjacent to the E/B I-94 service drive near 12th Street. The vacant lot was cluttered with junk and adjacent to a fire gutted building. The remains were skeletal when found and appeard to have been doused with gasoline and burned.

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35 years ago: Young woman’s skeletal remains found burned in vacant lot in Detroit

The skeletal remains of a young woman discovered in a vacant lot in Detroit 35 years ago are still unidentified.

www.clickondetroit.com

Kayla Clarke, Senior Web Producer
Published: January 12, 2023 at 7:00 AM

DETROIT – The skeletal remains of a young woman discovered in a vacant lot in Detroit 35 years ago are still unidentified.

The remains were found on Jan. 12, 1988, lying face up on the ground in a vacant lot adjacent to the eastbound I-94 service drive near 12th Street.

Officials said the vacant lot was cluttered with junk and adjacent to a building that had been gutted by fire. The remains were skeletal when found and appeared to have been doused with gasoline and burned.

The woman is estimated to have been between 15 to 25 years old and estimated to be 5′4′' tall. She had been dead for weeks before her body was discovered.

A red and black sweater, blue jeans, light-colored cotton underwear, a blue shirt or light-weight jacket were all found tattered in the area where her remains were found. The clothes smelled strongly of gasoline.

Information regarding an investigating agency was not available.