Case Details:

Unidentified Caucasian Female: The victim was discovered in a Caledonia, New York cornfield on November 9th, 1979 by a passing motorist. She was found in a field 20 ft. off the south side of Route 20, about 1/2 mile from the Route 5 intersection. She died of two gunshot wounds; one to the back and one to the right temple. The coroner estimated that she was killed the previous night (November 8) and that the gunshot wound to her back was inflicted prior to the head wound. Some theorize that the victim was attempting to flee from her attacker(s)as she was shot from behind. The murder weapon was proven to be a .38 caliber revolver; it was never found.

Crime Site Details:

Caledonia, NY is located in the Finger Lakes region of the state and is close in proximity to the Canadian border. Some theories about the victim's identity include the possibility that she was not American, but Canadian. Searches of the Canadian missing persons' databases have not provided any information on a possible ID match for this victim. It is worth noting that the Canadian missing persons' divisions are more centralized and organized than their US counterparts.

Clues to Identity:

She had curly brown, shoulder length hair which had been frosted about four months before her death. The frosted hair was in the process of growing out. She had brown eyes. She was tanned and had visible bikini lines.

She has some serious decay and tooth #14 was decayed to the extent that only three roots of the tooth were left. She did have some dental work to suggest that at least the dentist was not trained in the US.

She was wearing a multi plaid shirt, tan corduroy pants, blue knee socks, light blue panties; white exquisite bra; brown laceup, ripple-sole shoes and a red nylon-lined man's windbreaker with black stripes down the arms, marked with the inside label Auto Sports Products, Inc. Auto Sports Products, the manufacturer of the victim's windbreaker, apparently did not exist in the US or Canada in 1979.

The victim was wearing a necklace, made with silver beads and three small turquoise stones, one resembling a bird: The victim was also wearing the locket with the inscription on the heart-shaped portion reads: He who holds the Key can open my heart.

There were few tanning salons available in either the US or Canada in 1979; therefore, it is believed that this victim had recently vacationed somewhere tropical or was from a region more conducive to tanning in November.

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If you have any information, please contact:

Livingston County Sheriff's Office 585-243-7100