By The Examiner staff
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office and Independence Police say they have received a positive identification for a woman found dead in January in Independence.
The Medical Examiner’s Office has not released a cause of death, but police say the woman’s death does not appear suspicious at this time. She was found outside Jan. 9 in a residential area near 23rd Street and Crysler Avenue in Independence. Investigators earlier this week had released a picture of some identifiable tattoos on the woman and soon received a positive ID.
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After 43 years, DNA test provides new information in 1978 Jackson County cold case homicide
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
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JACKSON, MI After 43 years, researchers now have new information about a person found dead inside a garbage bag in the Waterloo State Recreation Area in 1978.
Through further investigation, the victim, originally identified as female, was discovered to have been born male, according to Carolyn Isaac, assistant professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Anthropology.
A team from MSU’s Forensic Anthropology Lab, the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office and Michigan State Police recently completed a reanalysis of the person revealed the skeletal morphologies for estimating biological sex were indeterminate, with some appearing more masculine and others more feminine, Isaac said in an email.
Jackson County Medical Examinerâs Office seeks help identifying deceased woman found on Jan. 9 Share Updated: 1:03 PM CST Feb 9, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff Share Updated: 1:03 PM CST Feb 9, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff The Jackson County Medical Examinerâs Office said Tuesday it is seeking the publicâs help identifying a woman who was found dead on Jan. 9 in the 1100 block of S. Park Ave. in Independence.The examinerâs office said she is a white female believed to be in her late 30s or early 40s, with short brown hair and brown eyes. The examiner said she is 5 foot 2 and weighs approximately 143 pounds. The examiner said she also has two tattoos â a unicorn on her left upper back and the name âHannahâ with butterflies on her right wrist. Pictures of each are above.If anyone has information about the possible identification of this woman, please contact the Jackson County Medical Examinerâs Office at