The Knoxville Police Department and Knox County Regional Forensic Center are seeking public assistance to help identify a woman whose remains were found in Knoxville in 2022.

On August 16, 2022, the remains of an unidentified woman were discovered in a wooded area around E. Fourth Avenue and Third Avenue in the 4th and Gill community.

As part of the ongoing effort to positively identify her, artists with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) recently completed a facial composite of the victim. That composite is attached. DNA samples have also been submitted for forensic genetic genealogy testing.

It appears that the woman was around 5’1″ in height and between the ages of 35-55 with blonde hair. At the time of her death, she was wearing a black tank top, black leggings and a black hat with a Carhartt logo. KPD detectives and medical examiners with the Regional Forensic Center have ruled out multiple missing persons in the course of their efforts to identify her. 

Anyone with information that could possibly assist in identification is asked to contact the Regional Forensic Center at 865-215-8000 or East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165.