Crime & Safety
New Details Emerge About Skeletal Remains Found in Lawrenceville
Officials have narrowed the age of the woman whose remains were recently found in a Lawrenceville neighborhood.
Officials are releasing additional information in the search for the name of young woman, whose skeletal remains were found in a Lawrenceville neighborhood earlier this week.
Based on a medical examination, the remains are now believed to be that of a black woman between the ages of 19 and 22. In addition, investigators place her height at 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall, police said in a press release.
Police also are disclosing that the young woman was wearing a red jacket with the brand name "Smoke Rise." The jackets are considered urban wear, and can be worn in the winter. (See attached photo of a similar jacket.)
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Police are treating the case as a "suspicious death."
On Aug. 5, residents near the 1400 block of Azalea Drive located the human remains. The remnants of a T-shirt, which appeared to be from a memorial event for Martin Luther King Jr. in 2008. (See attached photo of the back of the shirt.)
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The shirt read:
"BELOVED COMMUNITY MARCH, MEMPHIS, TN
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
40
In rememberance there is life
A night of storytelling
1968 – 2008
THE MAN
THE MISSION
THE MOVEMENT
“I Have A Dream”
National Civil Rights Museum"
Anyone with information is asked to contact Gwinnett County detectives at 770-513-5300.
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