Investigators are hoping new technology and a piece of jewelry will help them solve a cold case involving a female whose body was found in the Sandusky, Ohio area more than forty years ago.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released a photo composite that has been reconstructed using advanced technology based on the remains. 

On October 22, 1975, two hunters found the nude body of the female floating in a tributary of Mud Creek in Ottawa County, Ohio. 

The coroner’s office ruled her death as “questioned death.” It is believed that she had been deceased for 48 to 72 hours at the time of discovery. 

An investigation by Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office detectives ensued, all leads were exhausted, and, almost 41 years later, her identity remains a mystery.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has never closed this case.

She is believed to have been approximately 5’4” tall, between 20 and 30 years of age in 1975, and between 140 to 150 pounds, with medium-length brown/reddish hair, brown or hazel eyes, and pierced ears but was not wearing earrings at the time, and widely spaced teeth with very poor dental health. She was a smoker and had given birth to at least one child, possibly within the year. She did not have any scars, birthmarks, or tattoos.

Also, a photo of a unique ring that the unidentified female was wearing is being released. It is described as a wire love knot-type ring.
Investigators hope that someone will recognize the composite photo or ring. 

Anyone with any information regarding this individual or the ring is asked to contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office at (419) 734-4404 or the FBI, Toledo Resident Agency at (419) 243-6122.