Police issue major update after woman found dead in bin bag with no teeth
The woman was said to have been aged between 60 and 80 and suffered from osteoporosis, arthritis and COPD.
Police have issued major update in their investigation into a woman whose body was found dead in a bin bag in a UK park. Authorities in Liverpool launched a murder probe after the remains were found in Stanley Park in the UK city on August 28.
Police believe the woman's body may have been in the park since the first week of July. Detective Superintendent Rachel Wilson previously said the woman, aged between 60 and 80, was malnourished and had osteoporosis, arthritis and COPD.
She was also found with no teeth, meaning Merseyside Police couldn't use dental records to confirm her identity. The force has now created a computer-generated image of her reconstructed face in the hopes that it will lead to her identification.
Det Supt Wilson said: "I am grateful for the expert work that the team have done at Face Lab to develop this image. This work takes some time to complete but we believe that we have a representative image of the woman. Now we need to know who she is."
She added: "Do you recognise her or think you have seen her prior to July 13? Do you have any information which could assist our enquiries? Please come forward and speak to us or if you don't want to speak to the police then contact Crimestoppers anonymously. It is vital that we identify this woman and get the answers as to who was responsible for her murder."
The woman's face was reconstructed by a team based at Liverpool John Moores University, who were also responsible for creating the facial depiction of Richard III, whose remains were found in a Leicester car park in 2012.
Officers have eliminated 126 women who people called to raise concerns about since the discovery and watched hundreds of hours of CCTV, alongside working with partner agencies and the National Crime Agency to try to trace her.
Det Supt Wilson said: "This woman, we have no name for her. I would love, and I know the investigation team would love, to give her a name and to identify who she is.
“She’s been found in a bin bag in a park. It’s an appeal from me, please, if you’ve got any information about what’s happened to this woman, please come forward."
