MUS-2026-0356
Archive card
MUS-2026-0356
Unidentified victim
- Incident
- 2002
- Indexed
- Oct 19, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Tempe Police Department
- Location
- Tempe AZ
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.
An unidentified female estimated age 15 to 19 was found on East University Drive in Tempe on April 27, 2002, after dying of a drug overdose. Her death was ruled neither an accident nor a homicide, no charges were filed, and she remains unidentified.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2002
On April 26, she was believed picked up hitchhiking near 32nd Street and Greenway Road in Phoenix.
- 2002
On April 27, her body was found on East University Drive in Tempe; she had been deceased only a few hours.
- 2022
The Maricopa County Medical Examiner brought the case to the DNA Doe Project for new identification techniques.
- 2026
On March 23, the DNA Doe Project page was last updated, still listing the case as active and unidentified.
Key people
The people in the file.
Unidentified female, estimated age 15 to 19, found on East University Drive in Tempe in 2002.
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