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Cops hope model helps crack case
Remains found near Walsenburg
Marilyn Robinson, Special to the Rocky
Saturday, November 10, 2007

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Email this Print this Comments Change text size Subscribe to print edition iPod friendly Share this site "Ms. Winston" is what Della Duran, the Huerfano County coroner, has dubbed the unidentified woman whose body was found stuffed in an abandoned refrigerator in a makeshift dump.

That's because the woman was wearing red men's long underwear with a Winston cigarette logo, and no one has come up with her real name in the eight years since her remains were discovered.

Now Duran is hoping that a facial reconstruction, recently completed by forensic artist Daniel Marion, will help solve the mystery.

Duran had been coroner for less than eight months when the skeletal remains were found Aug. 10, 1999, in the dump area five miles north of Walsenburg and about 500 yards off a county road called Red Rocks Road that links Interstate 25 to Colorado 69.

A letter to the Huerfano County sheriff's office led authorities to the site.

"There was a gentleman en route from Denver to New Mexico who decided to pull off Interstate 25 onto Red Rocks Road. He followed a rocky trail to the dump site," Duran said.

"He walked down there and saw a refrigerator on its side. The door was slightly open. He poked the opening with a stick. His stick pulled out a human jaw," Duran said.

The man returned to his car and continued his trip. Three weeks later, he sent the letter about his find.

Authorities said the woman had died of blunt force trauma to her head and estimated she had been dead six months to a year.

They described her as 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 130 to 145 pounds and being 30 to 45 years old. She was white, but could possibly be part American Indian and Hispanic. She had what appeared to be shoulder-length, curly dark brown to black hair. She had been pregnant at least once.

Along with the long johns, she was wearing a red crop-top T-shirt, blue jeans, what appeared to be red crew socks and dark brown leather strap sandals. She had no identification or jewelry.

Duran is hopeful someone will recognize her from the facial reconstruction.

Anyone with information is asked to call Duran at 719- 738-2725 or the sheriff's office at 719-738-1600.

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Walsenburg officials seek help to ID body
PAM PEMBERTON
The Pueblo Chieftain
WALSENBURG -- Walsenburg authorities have released information about a woman's body found Aug. 10 near here in hopes that someone can help identify her.

The partially decomposed body was found just north of Red Rock Road, which intersects Interstate 25 about 5 miles north of Walsenburg.

The death is being investigated as a possible homicide.

Huerfano County Coroner Della Duran said Monday that an autopsy revealed the woman to be between 35-45 years of age. She had shoulder length dark brown hair, was about 5-foot, 10-inches tall and weighed between 130 and 160 pounds.

Anthropological studies on the body indicated she may be white with partial Hispanic, American Indian or mixed ancestry.

Duran said, the death likely occurred between five weeks and 10 months prior to the body being found.

At the time of her death, the woman was wearing ``Wranglers" blue jeans, size 34x34, a light colored sleeveless crop top, a red or maroon sports bra, and a pair of men's red long underwear with a ``Winston" logo. She was wearing socks and black leather strap sandals with a double buckle at the ankle. The shoe size is approximately size 9.

Further forensic investigation showed the woman had extensive dental work and had previously sustained a fracture to the left fifth or sixth rib, which was well healed.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office have been reviewing reports of missing persons, but have not been able to identify the woman. The death continues to be investigated by the CBI, District Attorney's Office, Coroner's Office and the Huerfano County Sheriff's Office.

Anyone with possible information about the woman's identity or other information about the case are asked to call one of the investigating agencies.