MUS-2026-0355
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MUS-2026-0355
Unidentified victim
- Incident
- 2003
- Indexed
- Oct 19, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Alcoa Police Department
- Location
- Alcoa TN
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.
Skeletal remains of a female estimated age 17 to 25 were found along a creek in Alcoa on March 25, 2003. She remains unidentified despite forensic genealogy work, and a 2025 appeal from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children brought new attention to the case.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2003
On March 25, a surveyor spotted a skull in a drainage creek bed in Alcoa; police recovered scattered bones, braids, a blue fleece jacket, and a tank top.
- 2020
About 2020, genealogists uploaded her DNA to genealogy databases and began building her family tree.
- 2025
NCMEC published a new-clues appeal; she remains unidentified.
Key people
The people in the file.
Unidentified female, estimated age 17 to 25, whose skeletal remains were found along a creek in Alcoa in 2003.
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