Jackson County Doe
Age 20-4529 Aug 1978
Waterloo Township, Michigan (USA)
Not reported
The body of Jackson County Doe was found in a garbage bag alongside a road in a recreation area.
WATERLOO TWP., MI — It's been more than 35 years since a body was found in a garbage bag in Waterloo Township — and the identity of the female victim still remains a mystery.
Officers from the Michigan State Police Jackson post are asking the public for help identifying the woman. Her body was found Aug. 29, 1978 in a garbage bag on the side of Clear Lake Road, just north of Interstate 94, according to a release from the state police.
Police believe her body was dumped there about 9:20 a.m. that morning.
The unidentified victim is believed to be a black woman, who was between 28- and 40- years-old at her death. She was approximately 5-foot, 3-inches to 5-foot, 7-inches tall, weighed 130 pounds and wore an auburn wig that was wavy and collar length.
Detectives believe the woman may have been from the metro Detroit area.
Another female victim was found that morning and was identified as being from the Detroit area.
In January 2021 the case was referred by the Trans Doe Task Force to the DNA Doe Project for DNA testing.
https://dnadoeproject.org/case/jackson-co-mi-doe/
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Jackson_County_Doe_(1978)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8182
https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2014/02/after_35_years_body_found_in_j.html
https://twitter.com/transdoeforce/status/1354518612200091651
https://twitter.com/DnaDoeProject/status/1354416302862065664
