Jane Doe's face reconstructed

DETROIT - Forensics experts in Detroit have reconstructed the face of a woman whose body was exhumed in early March in La Salle Township, Mich.

On March 31, 1982, some 27 years ago, a female body washed up on the Lake Erie shoreline of Monroe County, Mich. An autopsy was performed and the death was ruled a homicide because the body had strangulation marks around its neck. A news release also mentioned that the female was never positively identified and has since been known as Jane Doe.

The female body was only wearing a flannel shirt tied around her waist. She buried in Roselawn Cemetery in La Salle Township near Dixie Highway. On March 3 of this year, Monroe County Sheriff detectives exhumed the body in hopes new technology will positively identify Jane Doe.

The murder case went cold for years until the summer of 2008. Monroe County detectives were contacted by another Michigan police agency looking into the disappearance of a woman back in 1981.

The remains were sent to the Michigan State Police Post in Detroit. Bones exhumed with the body were used to reconstruct the murder victim's face. A clay sculpture of her face was unveiled Monday.

DNA testing is still being preformed and the results will not be known for some time.

The unidentified female was estimated to be between 20 and 28 years of age, about 5-foot-4 in height, weighed about 110 pounds, and had brown hair at the time of her death. She went missing between 1981 through March of 1982.

If you have information regarding this white female victim you are asked to contact the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at (734) 240-7745.

(FOX Toledo's Michelle Zepeda and Heather Miller contributed to this report)