RRPD looking for info on woman found dead

Detectives are asking the public’s help identifying a woman found dead last year in the mesas outside Rio Rancho.

Rio Rancho Police spokesman Lt. Richard Koschade said the woman’s remains were already three to six months old when they were found in June 2020. He said the woman, who appears to have been killed, probably went missing between January and March 2020.

Koschade said the woman appears to be white, Hispanic or Native American and possibly had long, dark hair. She is over 5 feet 6 inches tall with a medium build.

The woman has a small tattoo on her outer right ankle, one on the back of her neck and a small, circular one on the center of her lower back. The woman was wearing Levi’s brand shoes, size 8, that were possibly black or gray.

Anyone with information that could help with the case should call Detective S. Dyer at 505-891-5907.