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MOF040628; Wright City June 28 2004
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Unidentified



If you believe you have any information regarding this case that will be helpful in this investigation please contact:
Greater St. Louis Case Squad at 314-831-7000

Name: MO - Jane Doe 1810

Classification: Unidentified
Investigative Case #: 04-0375
Dental Charts Available: N
DNA Available: Y
Skeletal Remains (y/n): N
Located Date: 2004-06-28
Date of Death From: 2004-06-27
Area Found: Wright City, MO
Approximate Age: 20-45
Gender: Female
Height: 60 to 66 inches
Weight: 115 to 145 pounds
Race: White
Race (Other): Possibly light skinned Hispanic
Complexion: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Identifying Characteristics: Victim has an approximate 4 - 1/2 inch surgical scar on abdomen at bikini line determined to be from a Ceasarean section. Appendix has been removed and vertical stretch marks from pregnancy are visible on torso. At time of autopsy it was determined the victim was suffering from a kidney infection. Scarring on the ovaries was also evident.
Clothing: Black "LEI" brand bra (size 36B) was found on torso. No other clothing located.
Circumstances: A female torso was located on 06/27/04 by a work crew that were assigned to the location to trim bushes. The remains had been placed in the bushes a short distance from a circular drive located at the I-70 rest area near the 199 mile marker in Wright City, about 50 miles from St. Louis, MO.
Primary Investigating Agency

Investigative Agency: Greater St. Louis Case Squad
Phone: 314-831-7000
Website: www.majorcasesquad.org
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General Case Information
Reporting Agency: Warren County Coroner's Office Contact: Mauzy, Roger Phone: 636-456-8506
Case Number: 2004-4004 NCIC Number: Date Found: 06/28/2004
State Found: MO County Found: Warren
Estimated Age: Adult - Pre 30 Minimum Age: 0 Maximum Age: 0
Race: White Sex: Female
Height: 0 inches Weight: 0 pounds

Case Details
Body Condition: Partial Remains Probable year of death: 2004 Post-Mortem Interval: 1-2 days
Address Found: I-70 W/B rest area Warren County Missouri

Amputations: Arms, legs and head were missing
Scars: Decedent had a appendectomy scar and a Cesarian Section scar



Prior Surgery: Appendectomy and C-Section with time unknown
Clothing On Body: Black bra (size 34C)


Body Hair: Brown (pubic hair)


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Date Located
June 28, 2004
Location Found
Wright City, Missouri
Date of Death
within 12 hours of discovery
Cause of Death
Homicide
Description (Estimates)
Race/Gender Age Height
White Female 20-50
(closer to 50, possibly older) 5'0" - 5'6"
Weight Eye Color Hair Color
115 - 145 lbs. unknown unknown
Fingerprints Dental DNA
Not Available. Not Available. Available.
Clothing Scars/Tattoos
Black in color, "LEI" brand bra, size 36B. It should be noted that the victim was nearly flat-chested, and the 36B bra was too large for her. No other clothing was found. The victim has a faint 4 1/2" to 5" surgical scar on her abdomen at the bikini line, possibly from a prior Caesarean section and her appendix have been removed (although no additional scar for the appendectomy). This scar was likely old. Vertical stretch marks from a probably prior pregnancy were visible. At the time of the autopsy the victim had a kidney infection and scarring of the ovaries.
Case Details:
A female torso was located on June 27, 2004 by a work crew trimming bushes at the I-70 (westbound) rest area near the 199 mile marker in Wright City, about 50 miles from St. Louis, MO. The rest area is the first Missouri rest area on the west bound side from Illinois. There is a back entrance to the rest area that is secured by a gate, which is often left open, and was probably left open on the night of this occurrence. The back gate is accessible from the north service road. The area in which the victim was found is a remote area of the rest stop, along a circle drive which is primarily used as a picnic area and is accessible to cars, vans and smaller trucks. It is unlikely that an over-the-road type vehicle would use this area due to limited access, although it is remotely possible. The victims body was found approximately 10' from the edge of the pavement, down a slight hill. It appears as though the suspect(s) drove to the area, removed the victim from a vehicle and simply discarded her remains by throwing her down this hillside. The victim was definitely not murdered at this location.
It is estimated that her remains were discovered within 12 hours from the time she was discarded, probably sometime after 9p.m. on Sunday, 06-27-04. There is very little evidence of decomposition, therefore we estimate that she was killed no more than just hours before being dumped at this location. We feel it is probable that she was killed at a location not far from the scene of recovery - maybe no more than 50 to 100 miles.
Her head, arms and legs were removed and have not been recovered.

Investigating Agency Information
Case #: NCIC#: Agency : Phone :
04-0375 U-280005096 Warren County Sheriff's Department
Lt. Doug Stonebarger
636-456-4332, ext 303

If you have any information regarding this unidentified person
Please contact the Agency listed with any information.
Source Information:
St. Louis Major Crimes Unit
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http://www.showmenews.com/2004/Jun/20040629News016.asp

I-70 rest area crew finds woman's torso

Published Tuesday, June 29, 2004
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Local authorities aided by the FBI today pored over
missing-persons reports, trying to identify a woman's torso found the
previous day near an Interstate 70 rest area west of St. Louis.

An investigator said the body part appeared unrelated to a man's torso
and leg found in the Missouri River in separate counties in late May,
though authorities in both cases planned to compare notes.

"Right now, nothing at all indicates that those cases are linked,"
said Maj. Robert Lowery, head of the Greater St. Louis Major Case
Squad handling the case.

The woman's armless torso was found about 9:30 a.m. yesterday by state
workers trimming trees near Warren County's Wright City. The victim
appeared to be in her 20s. The torso, clad only in a black bra, had
separate surgical scars from an appendectomy and a possible Caesarean
section, investigators said.

Authorities believe she was killed elsewhere before being dismembered,
her torso dumped in a wooded area at the rest area along westbound
I-70 since last weekend.

"We don't think she'd been there very long," Lowery said.

Lowery declined to discuss findings of an autopsy conducted yesterday,
saying only that it yielded unspecified forensic evidence.

"We're staying hopeful that we can expand that," Lowery said.

Discovery of the woman's torso came roughly a month after another
person's leg was found in the Missouri River in Callaway County, just
a day before two fishermen discovered that man's beheaded torso 60
miles upriver in Moniteau County. The other body parts remain missing.

That victim, who remains unidentified, was thought to be a white man
between the ages of 20 and 30 and of average height. Callaway County's
sheriff said the body, which had four tattoos, could have entered the
water as far upstream as Kansas City.

"As far as his true identity, we just don't know yet," said Sgt. Sid
Conklin, a spokesman for the patrol. "We can't understand why someone
is not coming forward to report someone missing."

Investigators of that matter plan to contact Missouri prisons, hoping
inmates can identify any of the victim's tattoos as being those of a
former prisoner.

Since shortly after discovery of the woman's torso, authorities have
been combing through reports of missing, focusing on St. Louis-area
disappearances with plans to expand the effort statewide and across
the country, if necessary.

"We've actually located several people who'd been reported missing,
actually closed a lot of cases," Lowery said. "There is a possibility
that this person may not be missed by family yet, so we ask that the
public be vigilant."

Anyone with information about that case may call the Major Case Squad
at (636) 456-3238.
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Wright City (AP) -- Local authorities aided by the FBI on Tuesday searched missing-persons reports, trying to identify a woman's torso found the previous day near an Interstate 70 rest area west of St. Louis.


An investigator said the body part appeared unrelated to a man's torso and leg found in the Missouri River in separate counties in late May, though authorities in both cases planned to compare notes.




KMOV
A description of the woman's body found in a wooded area at a Wright City rest stop.

"Right now, nothing at all indicates that those cases are linked," said Maj. Robert Lowery, head of the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad handling the case.


The woman's armless torso found about 9:30 a.m. Monday by state workers trimming trees near Warren County's Wright City, about 50 miles west of St. Louis, appeared to be in her 20s.


The torso, clad only in a black bra, had separate surgical scars from an appendectomy and possible Caesarean section, investigators said.


Authorities believe she was killed elsewhere before being dismembered, her torso dumped in a wooded area at the rest area along westbound I-70 since last weekend.


"We don't think she'd been there very long," Lowery said.


Lowery declined to discuss findings of an autopsy conducted Monday, saying only that it yielded unspecified forensic evidence.


"We're staying hopeful that we can expand that," Lowery said.


The woman's torso came roughly a month after another person's leg was found in the Missouri River in Callaway County, just a day before two fisherman discovered that man's beheaded torso 60 miles upriver in Moniteau County. The remainder of that body remains missing.


That victim, who remains unidentified, was thought to be a white man between the ages of 20 and 30 and of average height.


Callaway County's sheriff said the body, which had four tattoos, could have entered the water as far upstream as Kansas City.


Since shortly after discovery of the woman's torso, authorities have been combing through reports of missing, focusing on disappearances in the St. Louis area with plans to expand the effort statewide and across the country, if necessary.


"We've actually located several people who'd been reported missing, actually closed a lot of cases," Lowery said. "There is a possibility that this person may not be missed by family yet, so we ask that the public be vigilant."


Lowery said the FBI was called in to assist in the Wright City case, given that large amount of traffic at the rest area and the adjacent freeway.


If you have any information please contact the Major Case Squad at (636) 456-3238.

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Female torso found in Warrenton County prompts search in Callaway
By KIMBERLY LONG
The Fulton Sun







Callaway County Sheriff's Department officials have been asked to assist in the investigation of a female torso found Monday at an Interstate 70 rest area in Wright City.

Discovery of the torso comes roughly a month after a male leg and torso were found floating in the Missouri River in Callaway and Moniteau counties in late May.

Authorities do not believe the two violent cases are related. However, investigators in both cases are working together on the new case, along with assistance from the FBI.

"Though dismemberment cases are very unusual, right now, we don't find any definitive connections between the two," said Maj. Robert Lowery, commander of the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad, which was initiated Monday at the Warren County Emergency Communication Center in Warrenton.

According to Lowery, the woman's armless torso was discovered at about 9:30 a.m. Monday in a wooded area by state workers with the Missouri Department of Transportation, who were trimming trees in Warren County's Wright City, just west of St. Louis.

The torso is that of a white female, believed to be in her 20s, or maybe much older.

Dressed only in a black bra — size 36 B cup — the torso also shows scars from an appendectomy and a possible Caesarian section, investigators said.



Officials believe the woman was killed elsewhere before being dismembered and dumped in a wooded area near the rest stop, located along westbound I-70.

It's estimated the body had been dumped over the past weekend.

"We believe the body dump site is not where she was killed," Lowery said. "We believe it's fresh, maybe less than 24 hours, based on the evidence found at the scene."

Lowery declined discussing the results of an autopsy that was performed Monday, saying only that the forensic exams on evidence found were being done at the Missouri State Highway Patrol Lab in Jefferson City.

On Tuesday, Callaway County's sheriff's department was among other departments along I-70 asked to search their areas for any evidence that could be connected with the case. According to Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane, "nothing specific" was being searched for.

"We're looking for the primary site of the homicide, which we haven't found yet," Lowery said.

Case squad officials also were still checking missing-persons reports throughout Missouri and nationwide in hopes of identifying the woman's torso.

"We're interested in talking with anyone who has any idea of who this lady might be," Lowery said, noting how challenging the case has been. "We're keeping open the possibility that person hasn't been reported missing yet."

Lowery further stressed that "when dealing with adult missing persons," people don't automatically become concerned until the person has been gone a long period of time.

In those instances, Lowery added, "we are making an appeal to the public that if you are missing a loved one, a friend or an acquaintance, let us know."

The case of the male torso still is being investigated by MSHP investigators and Moniteau County officials.

That victim's identity still has yet to be determined. However, he is thought to be Caucasian, between the ages of 20 and 30, and of average height.

Investigators in that case still are working with Missouri prison inmates, hoping to identify the victim's tattoos as being those of a former prisoner.

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Police seek truckers' help in murder case

Police in the St. Louis area are seeking help from truckers in solving
a horrific murder in their area.

Groundskeeping workers found the torso of a woman about 9:22 a.m.
Monday, June 28, at the westbound I-70 rest area near Wright City, MO,
Mike Yarbrough, of the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad, told Land
Line. The workers, who were there to trim trees and cut grass, found
the body in the weeds near a picnic turnaround toward the back of the
rest area.

Wright City sits at the 200 mile marker on I-70, just west of the St.
Louis metro area.

Law-enforcement officials think the body was dumped between 11 p.m.
Sunday, June 27, and dawn Monday.

Police are not sure what the cause of death was ? the torso shows no
signs of blunt trauma, and without the rest of the body, officials
cannot make a determination.

Based on the condition of the body, police think the woman's remains
were dumped at the rest area after she was killed elsewhere, Yarbrough
said. They also think she was killed just before she was dumped ?
"probably in about a 10 or 12 hour period," Yarbrough said.

Meanwhile, officials are searching any area accessible to the public,
such as conservation areas, in a 10-mile radius of the rest area,
using officers on horseback and cadaver dogs.

"If it's a big open area that's open to the public, we're checking
it," he said.

Police have sent DNA samples from the body to a state lab to see
whether scientists can identify the victim. A DNA profile has already
been completed.

As of July 1, police could only say that the victim was a woman
between 20 and 40 years of age. She was white, and had two scars from
surgery, one from an appendectomy and another that may have been from
a Caesarean section. The only clothing on the body was a black size
36B l.e.i. brand bra.

Police did not have any suspects as of Thursday afternoon.

Yarbrough said truckers who may have been at the rest area should call
the Major Case Squad Command Post as soon as possible. The area has
streetlights that are typical for rest areas, Yarbrough said, and
truckers may be able to identify a truck or car they saw there.

"If they saw any vehicle or anybody suspicious lurking in the back
lower portion of the rest stop, the parking area west and to the back
of the parking lot area," they should call, Yarbrough said.
"Everything occurred during the nighttime hours. We're hoping one of
the truckers was out stretching his legs, walking his dog, walked down
the hill a little bit. ? Or if he was in the bathroom and they saw a
guy and thought he had something on him. Anything and everything."

The Major Case Squad can be reached at (636) 456-3238.

-‑by Mark H. Reddig, associate editor

Mark Reddig can be reached at mark_reddig@landlinemag.com.

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Headless torso appears to have no friends, family


ST. LOUIS (AP) - The case of a headless torso found along a Missouri
Interstate is taking on the aura of an epic mystery.

It's been a month since a state crew found a woman's headless,
limbless torso near an Interstate 70 rest area west of St. Louis.

Investigators are surprised that no family members or friends have
inquired into the possibility that the woman might be a loved one who
had gone missing.

Warren County Sheriff Mike Baker says investigators have spent
hundreds of hours on the case, poring over hundreds of missing-person
cases from across the country.

That hasn't worked, and no one has come forward to report a missing
mother, daughter, sister or wife.

Baker thinks that if authorities can identify the victim, that might
lead to the killer.

Yesterday officials reported that DNA belonging to someone other than
the victim was found on the body.

The torso was found June 28 near Wright City wearing only a black bra.
Authorities have said the torso belonged to a white woman about 20
years old, and the only identifying marks are surgical scars from an
appendectomy and possible Caesarean section.

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Missouri sheriff talks of vexing case of mystery torso

JIM SUHR
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ST. LOUIS - Warren County Sheriff Mike Baker considers the mystery
repulsive, yet anguishing: A young woman's torso discarded like
rubbish in brush near a freeway rest area west of here.

A month after that grisly find by a state crew trimming trees, her
identity remains just as elusive as the culprit who killed her.

Some days, Baker can't help but get frustrated that no one has stepped
forward. Matching a name with the torso found June 28, the sheriff
submits, could crack the case.

"Whoever did this - by removing the head, arms and legs - did it for
the obvious reason of concealing her identity," Baker said Thursday.
"Most homicides don't go to these extremes."

His theory: Find the victim's identity, and you'll find the suspect.

If only it was that easy.

"People normally don't just fall off the face of the earth and not be
missed," Baker said. "This young lady is possibly someone's daughter,
possibly someone's wife or daughter. Someone's got to be wondering
where she is."

Investigators - including the St. Louis area's multi-agency major case
sqaud - have logged hundreds, perhaps more than 1,000 hours of dogged
investigation, much of it poring over missing-persons reports.

Nothing.

"They are every bit as determined to clear this case as I am," Baker said.

It's been that way since the torso, clad only in a black bra, surfaced
near the Interstate 70 rest area near Wright City, about 50 miles west
of St. Louis.

Authorities have said the torso - that of a white woman about 20, with
surgical scars from an appendectomy and possibly a Caesarean section -
hadn't been there long, perhaps a day or two. The killing,
investigators suspect, probably took place elsewhere.

Investigators have declined to discuss the autopsy's findings, though
Baker acknowledged this week that DNA, perhaps belonging to the
killer, had been found in the victim's vaginal area.

"At this point, we can't positively say it's the suspect's," the
sheriff said while awaiting other possible clues, including results of
toxicology tests made tricky because of the lack of blood to test from
the torso.

Baker has likened the case to a rollercoaster, with euphoric highs
often plunging into discouraging lows.

Discovery of the torso came roughly a month after another person's
dismembered body was found in the Missouri River - the leg in Callaway
County and the torso in Moniteau County. The other body parts remain
missing. The victim remains unidentified.

But the FBI and other investigators have deemed the two cases
unrelated, Baker said without elaborating.

Then on July 19, Baker thought investigators caught a huge break when
a trash hauler called, saying he was compacting a bag of garbage when
what appeared to be a decomposed human hand popped through the
plastic.

Inside the sack - found just 10 miles from the rest area - searchers
retrieved what seemed to be another hand and two feet.

It wasn't long before that lead sank when authorities learned the
remains were from an animal, castoffs from a taxidermist's shop near
the trash bin.

"That was an extreme letdown," Baker said. "I was extremely excited
because I thought this could be the evidence we need, not only to
determine the victim's identity but also to arrest a suspect.

"But it wasn't to be."

Still, Baker and the other investigators press on.

They've compiled a list of about 900 of the nation's missing women who
match the general description of the Missouri victim in age, race, and
body type, though even that's imprecise. Beyond the torso's scars,
authorities here only have estimates of the victim's size based on the
torso's measurements.

Still, investigators have managed to winnow the list to about 100.

And Maj. Robert Lowery, head of the Major Case Squad of Greater St.
Louis in the case, will attend the six-day International Homicide
Investigators Association Symposium that starts Sunday in Clearwater,
Fla.

There, Lowery hopes to swap notes with colleagues and take part in a
roundtable talk with colleagues "about what we're dealing with in
hopes other investigators can come up with something we haven't."

Baker doesn't care to leave any stone unturned.

"Part of me would be saddened to tell someone, `This is your wife,
mother or daughter," he said. "I'm a father and grandfather, and the
thought of something happening to one of my kids or grandkids would
devastate me.

"But I would also want to give them a Christian burial. I'd certainly
want closure."
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Officials bury torso, focus on man jailed in Alabama

Published Monday, October 25, 2004
WRIGHT CITY (AP) - Authorities who buried a mystery woman’s torso found near a freeway rest stop hope a man being investigated in the killings of at least 10 women in other states can help identify the victim.

Jeremy Bryan Jones - jailed in Alabama on charges of murdering a 45-year-old woman there - has not made any admissions in the case of the headless, limbless torso found June 28 at the Interstate 70 rest area west of St. Louis, Warren County Sheriff Michael Baker said.

"We’ve got a man we’re very interested in," Baker said after authorities held a service yesterday for the unknown woman, who was at least 20 years old when she was killed.

Jones, arrested last month, has become the focus of a task force investigating the slayings and disappearances of at least 10 women in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Georgia, Indiana and Arkansas.

Investigators from Warren County and the St. Louis Major Case Squad have interviewed Jones, and "we understand he’s been somewhat cooperative in some other investigations," Baker said. "But he made no confession to us," the sheriff said.

Baker called Jones, 31, a promising suspect because he has St. Louis-area friends and because he owned a white van similar to one witnesses described seeing at the rest stop where the torso was found.

Jones has been charged with capital murder, rape, kidnapping and burglary in the death of Lisa Nichols, 44, on Sept. 18.

He was arrested three days after Nichols’ badly burned body was found in her Turnerville, Ala., mobile home.

Police have described Jones as rootless, a former delivery driver for a meat company. Other investigators have said he was a construction worker.

Jones’ court-appointed lawyer has said his client is mentally incompetent.

Authorities have said the unidentified Missouri body is of a white woman at least 20 years old with surgical scars from a Caesarean section and possible appendectomy. Her remains were laid to rest yesterday by Baker, Warren County Coroner Roger Mauzy and some of their staff.

Bothered by the thought of an unidentified body in a freezer indefinitely and because investigators no longer needed the remains, Mauzy sought bids for a casket, grave and burial, then paid for the funeral with an unspecified amount from his department’s budget.

He has given the woman a name and plans to buy a headstone, though he wants to keep her pseudonym and grave site secret to prevent vandalism.

"She deserves better than what she’s gotten," he said.


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just want to send her home' -- Warren County coroner seeks to
identify woman's body




By Joe Scott
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:17 PM CDT


For Warren County Coroner Roger Mauzy, there's one case that won't go
away, one case he can't divorce himself from. He wonders what this
woman looked like; he wonders what her name is.

He wants to see a picture of her.

"This is one I've lost sleep over," Mauzy acknowledged.
Normally, he separates himself from the harsh reality of his work in
dealing with suicides, murders and fatal accidents. As with any
paramedic or policeman, he often has to shut off his feelings and
emotions in order to do his job.

But the case involving this woman is different.

It will be three years ago Thursday that Missouri Department of
Transportation workers discovered a woman's torso at the westbound
rest stop on Interstate 70 in Wright City.

"He took away every identifying mark on her body - fingerprints,"
Mauzy said. "The man who did this is lower than any animal species.
Even animals don't do this."

He speculates the woman may have had tattoos that could have
identified her.

Despite a Major Case Squad investigation, the woman's identity is
still unknown. The squad checked out more than 900 missing person
reports, and police still investigate any new tips.

They know a few things about the woman. She was either Caucasian or a
Hispanic woman with a light complexion. She had dark hair. She
probably was in her early 20s and was fairly fit with little body
fat. She had given birth because she had a Caesarian scar along with
an appendix scar.

"By virtue of my office, I'm listed as her next of kin," Mauzy
said. "That's sad."

Maybe that technical family designation partly explains why he's
driven to keep this case alive until it's solved.

The case will remain open until it's solved. Every lead that comes in
is diligently followed up on, Mauzy said.

"Tips keep coming in, but they're coming in slower now that it's
three years later," Mauzy said.

Recently, someone called regarding a report on the television
show, "America's Most Wanted," which examined five cases in which
only the victim's torso had been found. Police are following up on
that, too, he said.

There's always the possibility that identifying the woman also will
turn up new leads in the investigation surrounding her death, Mauzy
said. But even that has taken a back seat in his mind.

The woman is buried under an assumed name in an undisclosed location.
When her body was no longer needed for the investigation, they held a
funeral for her. Mauzy said that 30 to 40 people attended, despite
the fact that no one knew her name.

"That speaks volumes about this community," he said.

Even so, she's not where she belongs.

She's not Jane Doe. She's someone. She deserves to have her own
family be able to mourn for her, especially after such a horrible,
dehumanizing death. Her family deserves to know the truth.

That's why Mauzy is searching. He vows to bring the case to the
public every year on the anniversary of the body's discovery until he
is able to identify her and locate family members.

"This is somebody's daughter, somebody's mother," Mauzy
said. "Somewhere out there, there's a distant cousin or an aunt or
someone who cares about this girl.

"I just want to send her home."

Can you help?

Anyone with information or tips regarding the woman can call the
Warren County Sheriff's Department at (636) 456-4332.

Joe Scott can be contacted at jscott@yourjournal.com
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Name: Roger Mauzy
Agency: Warren County Coroner's Office
Phone Number: 636-456-8506
E-mail Address: n2trubl@centurytel.net

Case Information
Status: Unidentified
Case Number: 2004-4004
NCIC Number: N/A
Date Found: 2004-06-28 00:00:00
Date Entered: 2007-06-30 00:00:00
Date Modified: 2007-10-25 13:29:00
GPS Found: N/A
Address Found: I-70 W/B Rest Area
Warren County Missouri, MO
Warren County

Demographics and Circumstances
Estimated Age: Adult - Pre 30
Minimum Age: 0 years
Maximum Age: 30 years
Race: White
Ethnicity: N/A
Sex: Female
Weight (lbs.): 0, Estimated
Height (inch): 0, Estimated
Condition: Partial Remains
Probable Year of Death: 2004
Est. Postmortem Interval: 1-2 Days
DNA Profile Status: Complete - DNA Profile available in FBI NMPDD
Circumstances of Death: Decedent was found by highway workers trimming trees in a rest area. There was no attempt to conceal the torso. A 12" Ginzu knife was found in a sewer drain located in close proximity to the torso.

Body Details
Amputations: Arms, legs and head were missing Scars And Marks: Decedent had a appendectomy scar and a Cesarian Section scar
Prior Surgery: Appendectomy and C-Section with time unknown
Body Parts Inventory: Head Not Recovered, Limbs Not Recovered, Hands Not Recovered

Fingerprint Classification
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LT N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Fingerprint Comments
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Clothing, Hair, Eyes
Clothing On Body: Black bra (size 34C) Body Hair: Brown (pubic hair)

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Coroner continues quest to identify woman's body
Torso was found five years ago at rest area


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By Joe Scott
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 3:14 AM CDT



Warren County Coroner Roger Mauzy is a campaigner.

Several years ago, Mauzy started a campaign to install cable barriers to prevent crossover accidents on Interstate 70. He pestered the Missouri Department of Transportation. He contacted media outlets and showed grisly photos of fatal crossover accidents he believed could have been prevented by cable barriers in the median.

"I can't take all the credit for the cable barriers," Mauzy said. "I had lots of help from (former U.S. Rep.) Kenny Hulshof, (former state Sen. and now St. Charles County Circuit Judge) Ted House, the media. Of course, I could be considered the thorn in MoDOT's side."

Not only does Missouri now have cable barriers throughout the state, but so does Oklahoma, and Illinois is planning to use them.

"Every time I see the cable barrier down, I think, 'There's another family that gets to spend Christmas together and not in a graveyard,'" Mauzy said.




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Now, he's five years into another campaign. This campaign isn't to save a life, but Mauzy is trying to make things right. He's trying to help police identify a woman's body.

"It's frustrating; very, very frustrating," he said.

The woman's torso was found June 28, 2004, in the rest area along eastbound I-70 in Wright City. Her head, legs beneath her knees and arms had been severed. They have not been found.

Each year, on the anniversary date of the body's discovery, Mauzy once again brings the event to the media's attention. He doesn't want people to forget her.

The only identifying characteristics are that the woman was younger 30, probably in her early to mid-20s. She has two scars, one from a Cesarean section and the other from an appendectomy. She was wearing a black bra.

No drugs or alcohol were found in her system at the time of her death.

"There was not an ounce of body fat on her. She was like a runner," Mauzy said.

He thinks one reason the killer disfigured the woman's body was to remove any way to identify her, including fingerprints, dental records and tattoos.

"I would like to see the person responsible for this man up and take responsibility for what he's done," Mauzy said. "People who do things like this are nothing but low-life cowards."

Mauzy, however, said getting her back to her family is more important to him than finding the killer.

"She doesn't belong here in Warren County," he said. "This young lady has a child. Whether that child is alive or not, that child needs to be with his mother."

She is listed in the Combined DNA Index System, but no matches have been found. A family member looking for a lost relative would have to contribute their DNA to find a match.

The Warren County Sheriff's Department lists it as a cold case. After five years, Mauzy said he understands that. He also credits the department with re-opening the case last year and having the St. Louis Metro Area Major Case Squad review leads on two occasions. They ran down leads on as many as 90 missing persons, he said.

"I've had that thought that I might die without knowing who this person is," Mauzy said. "I'm afraid if I sit idle, no one else will do this.

"If it was my wife, my daughter, I'd want someone to do what I'm doing," he said.

He said it may be irrational, but he doesn't care. He's been irrational before. Mauzy just keeps campaigning.

"I'm hoping this sparks someone to come forward, someone who remembers something. Maybe they thought it was nothing at the time. I just need to keep that spark of hope alive.

"If I can identify her by being irrational, then I'll keep being irrational," he said.
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