Description
In the evening of August 23, 1992, a passerby noticed what appeared to be a body wrapped in a black plastic bag 15 feet off the side of a rural road near Red Arrow Highway in New Buffalo, Michigan. The nude, decomposing remains of a White-Caucasian elderly woman were found wrapped in a sheet and inside two garbage bags, with her feet wrapped in an institutional-type white towel. Both her hands and her dentures were missing. Forensic scientists determined the body had been dumped about 24 hours prior, and that the woman had been deceased from four to seven days. Investigators speculate she may have come from a care facility in either northern Illinois or Indiana.
NamUs ID: UP8224
Date Body Found: August 23, 1992
Race: White / Caucasian
Gender: Female
Estimated Age: 65-70
Estimated PMI: 4 Days
Location: New Buffalo, MI
Agency of Jurisdiction
Michigan State Police, Intelligence Operations Division
Hanna Friedlander, Human Remains Analyst
517-242-5731
friedlanderh@michigan.gov
Links to More Information
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8224/
https://crimewatchers.net/forum/index.php?threads/berrien-county-jane-doe-wf-65-75-found-along-krueger-road-in-garbage-bags-23-august-1992.6522/
Status: This case is no longer being worked on by the DNA Doe Project and is now with another provider of investigative genetic genealogy, but it remains an open case.
Image Credit: Amy Michaud, MSP
Last Updated: January 14, 2025
