[8] The badly decomposed remains were found by a stonemason alongside a river, near a highway in Perry County, Pennsylvania, near Watts Township.

[3][7] She had received dental care during her life, as a back tooth had been removed four or five years prior to her death.

[9] Recent analysis of the decedent's bones indicated that she had spent a long time living in the Midwest or in Southern Canada, near the Great Lakes, when she was an adolescent.

She was wearing two sterling silver rings with turquoise stones, one of which also contained onyx pieces that are believed to have originated in the Southwest, possibly having been made by Navajo or Zuni Indians inhabiting that area.

[2][6] The jewelry led authorities to believe the victim had ties to Arizona, New Mexico or a similar region.

A sketch by Barbara Martin-Bailey was drawn in 2009, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created a three-dimensional rendering by digitally adding layers of muscles and skin to a CT scan of her skull, which was released in 2013.

[6] On September 27, 2023, Othram announced its intention to perform genetic genealogy on the decedent's remains in order to uncover her identity.