Crime & Safety

Police Seek Help Identifying Remains

The remains were unearthed by construction equipment on Scufflegrit Road in June of 1993.

hope a forensic facial reconstruction will help identify the remains unearthed by construction workers on Scufflegrit Road in 1993.

A recent DNA test of the remains, conducted by the FBI, revealed that they were not that of a missing Cherokee County woman who disappeared in 1992.

The victim is a white female born between 1957 and 1962. She was around 5’03” to 5’06” tall and 100 to 120 pounds. The victim was discovered wearing a white halter top, a scarf with an orange and pink diamond print design, a sleeveless tan jacket, elastic band slacks, a 24” strand of white beads with imprinted blue flowers separated by gold-color metal beads and multi-colored bead earrings.

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Investigators hope GBI forensic artist Marla Lawson's facial reconstruction of what the victim may have looked like at the time of death will help identify the woman.

Anyone with any information should call the Marietta Police Department Tip Line at 770-794-6990 or Lt. Steve Campisi at 770-794-5367.

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