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Unidentified Black / African American Female
Age 50-90
from Avalon, Pennsylvania

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The decedent was lying on the hillside 22 feet south of the guard rail on the parking lot of the Ponderosa Resturaunt on Ohio River Blvd in Avalon, PA. The decedent was in a blue sleeping bag with two black garbage bags, one tied over her head, and one tied over her feet. After opening the sleeping bag, investigators found that the decdent was wrapped in a plastic matress ocver and her head was laying on a pillow with a towel covering her face and a green blanket covering her body.
Date Found: 1997-06-19

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP8691

Victim Details

Created

Apr 23, 2011

Case Added

Aug 28, 2024

Case ID

14720

Case Number

97-2017

Estimated Age Range

Adult - Pre 90

Age From

Age To

Pid

23553

Height

60 inches

Weight

100 lbs

Ethnicity

Black / African American

Primary Ethnicity

Black / African American

Gender

Female

EstimatedPostmortemInterval

Post Mortem Interval

Weeks

Estimated Birth From

1907

Estimated Birth To

1947

Estimated Death Year From

1997

Date Found

1997-06-19

City

Avalon

State

Pennsylvania

County

Allegheny County

Zip Code

15202

Tribal Land

AllPartsRecovered

Agency ID

10744

Agency Name

Pittsburgh Police Department

Agency City

Pittsburgh

Agency State

Pennsylvania

Agency County

Allegheny County

Agency Contact

Agency Address

1203 Western Avenue, , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Agency Phone

4123237800

Agency Jurisdiction

Local

Agency Type

Law Enforcement

Agency Website

http://pittsburghpa.gov/publicsafety/publicsafety.html

Hair Color

Gray or Partially Gray

Head/Hair

Short, curly gray and white

Left Eye Color

Unknown

Right Eye Color

Unknown

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Unidentified Black / African American Female
Age 50-90
from Avalon, Pennsylvania

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Unidentified Black / African American Female
Age 50-90
from Avalon, Pennsylvania