[2] The area is known as Angel Meadow and was the location of a notorious Victorian slum which Friedrich Engels notably referred to as "hell upon earth".
[1][4] One of the carpet pieces which covered the body was thought by police to have been removed from a Ford Cortina and featured a hole cut for a gear stick.
[5] DNA analysis done in 2011 to try to establish whether the woman was a victim of either Peter Tobin or Ronald Castree, who were killers known to be active at the time, showed that there was no connection.
[8] The police stated that the strongest candidate for the potential identity of the victim was an individual from Tanzania who had been brought to their attention after a Tanzanian family had made contact.
[10] In March 2015, the remains of the victim were buried in an unmarked grave in Southern Cemetery, Manchester, in a ceremony attended only by the two police detectives who were working on the case.
[10] In 2018, investigative journalists Chris Clark and Tim Hicks suggested that the Angel of the Meadow case could be connected to convicted killer Christopher Halliwell.