Miami Valley woman identified in 40-year-old Illinois cold case

Investigators in Will County, Illinois, are trying into her demise. Anybody with info that would assist in the investigation into Brenda Black’s demise ought to name Chief Deputy Steve Lord at 937-440-3980.

In 2015, Black’s brother, Allie Black, contacted the Miami County Sheriff’s Workplace after watching a newscast on the thirty fourth anniversary of the Buckskin Lady, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace.

The unidentified feminine murder sufferer was discovered on Greenlee Highway carrying a buckskin jacket in April 1981.

Allie Black reportedly believed the sufferer may have been his sister, who had not had contact with the household for the reason that early Nineteen Eighties. Her final identified residence was in Vandalia, however as a result of Brenda Black had moved round, her household by no means reported her as lacking, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace.

Allie Black supplied a pattern of his DNA to be in contrast in opposition to the sufferer. The profile was then entered in NamUs and CODIS, which led to his sister’s identification roughly 5 years later.

In 2017, the Buckskin Lady, was recognized as Marcia King of Little Rock, Arkansas.