OPP create 3-D bust in 1975 cold case
The Ontario Provincial Police hope to drum up new leads in a 42-year-old cold case involving the discovery of a body in the Nation River just outside of Casselman.
The body, still unidentified, was pulled from the river by a farmer on May 3, 1975.
Police believe the woman’s body was thrown from the westbound lane of the highway bridge into the river below sometime in the fall of 1974. OPP described the murder as “brutal.”
An autopsy revealed she was strangled with a piece of rare cable television wire. Her hands and feet were tied with men’s neckties, one of which police are referring to as The Canadian Tie, which has three Canadian emblems on a navy background. A tea towel and other clothes were wrapped around her head.
The post-mortem examination revealed that at some point during her life, her appendix was removed.
She would have been 25-50 years old, white, five-foot-three, and weighed about 100 pounds.
She had extensive dental work and partial dentures, although police were never able to identify the origin of the work.
Her hair would have been dark brown and shoulder length, dyed a reddish-blond. She had manicured, painted finger nails.
Police are looking for any information that might help to identify her. They last put out a call for help in 2010, when an artist’s sketch of the woman was released. Thanks to new 3-D modelling technologies and investigative techniques, police have been able to reproduce a 3-D clay bust of the woman.
Anyone who has any information about the case is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or 613-5912296.