MUS-2026-0425
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MUS-2026-0425
Unidentified victim
- Incident
- 2010
- Indexed
- Oct 23, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department - Coroner Division
- Location
- Barstow CA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
On February 10, 2010, a man collecting cans along Lenwood Road in Barstow, California, found a black backpack containing the severed head of a biracial female, estimated 14 to 19 years old, wrapped in plastic bags. The rest of her body has never been recovered. Her death is investigated as a homicide, and the coroner is working with a genetic genealogist. The case is documented in cold-case write-ups and missing-persons archives. She remains unidentified.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2010
A man collecting cans along Lenwood Road in Barstow finds a backpack containing the remains of a young woman on February 10.
- 2010
Investigators estimate she was 14 to 19 and biracial; the rest of her body is never recovered. The death is ruled a homicide.
- 2026
The coroner is working with a genetic genealogist. She remains unidentified.
Key people
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An unidentified biracial female, estimated 14 to 19 years old, found February 10, 2010, in Barstow. Her death is investigated as a homicide; her body was never fully recovered.
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