Homicide investigators need help ID'ing woman found dead in Port Costa in 1993

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The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office is asking for the public help in identifying a women whose body was found in Port Costa in 1993. Investigators just released sketch of the victim in the unsolved case. (Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office)

PORT COSTA -- The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office wants the public's help identifying a woman whose decomposed body was found in Port Costa nearly a decade ago.

The woman died of blunt force head trauma up to a year before a dog walker spotted her body under a pile of debris near Reservoir Street on June 2, 1993, a Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

Investigators have never determined who the woman was or who killed her. The victim's DNA profile was recently uploaded to a missing persons database and returned with negative results.

The Sheriff's Office is now circulating a composite sketch of the woman that was created based on the shape of the skull. The hairstyle was chosen by the sketch artist at random; the victim's hairstyle isn't known.

The woman was white, from 20 to 35 years old, between 5 feet and 5 feet 4, and likely weighed 90 to 120 pounds. Her hair was a reddish brown, and she had a complete hysterectomy.

The Sheriff's Office asks that anyone with information related to the woman's identity or the circumstances surrounding her death to call its investigations division at 925-313-2651.

Anonymous callers can call the agency's tip line at 866-846-3592.

Contact Malaika Fraley at 925-234-1684. Follow her at Twitter.com/malaikafraley.


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