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

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
50

Age To
90

Pid
23553

Height
60 inches

Weight
100 lbs

Ethnicity
Black / African American

Primary Ethnicity
Black / African American

Gender
Female

EstimatedPostmortemInterval
6

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
No

AllPartsRecovered
1

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

Clothing & Accessories
Accessories: matrress bags and pillow
Clothing: A yellow-orange shirt with the following lettering : "USA for Africa, United Support for artist for Africa", one white-yellowish discolored bra, beige pants, two pair of socks (one white, one pink) and a diaper.
Jewelry: None present

Area Recovered: allowfullscreen>

Case Description

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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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