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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
Bengal tiger tattoo
DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:09 pm
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Who is the Tiger Lady?
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The Tiger Lady...
is the name given to a dead, unidentified
young woman that was discovered in the
woods in Knowlton Township, New Jersey
in October of 1991.
To this day, nobody has come forward to
identify the body. The victim was
discovered by hunters near the
intersections of state route 94, interstate
route 80 and US route 46.
One identifying mark and major clue in the
case is a tattoo found on the victim's
lower, left calf. The tattoo depicts a
bengal tiger that is ready to leap. The
detail is quite intricate and the color as
well.
Information
Found on: October 26, 1991
Location: Knowlton Township, NJ USA - Warren County
Height: 4'10" - 5'2"
Weight: 95 - 110 lbs
Age: 17-19 Years Old
Hair: Light brown or dirty blond
Dental X-Rays are available
DNA is available for comparison
NCIC Case Number: U-525171945
Doe Network Case ID: 47UFNJ
Contact
If you have any information or tips regarding this case
please contact Lt. Detective Stephen Speirs of the
Warren County Prosecutors Office at 908-475-6275
To e-mail tips about the case:
tips@whoistigerlady.com
All communications can be handled anonymously.
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
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DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:11 pm
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Tattoo and Sketch Only Clues to an Identity
By IVER PETERSON,
Published: April 19, 1993
WARRINGTON, N.J., April 14— She gazes out of the picture, her
eyes a little bored, maybe a little hostile, waiting.
She seems to be real, and yet is not. The face of the woman on
homicide police bulletins being posted in truck stops and
highway police barracks across the country is in fact a
computer's best guess about the appearance of a young woman who
was murdered, and her body dumped in a truck parking area off
Interstate 80 here, 18 months ago.
When she was found by hunters, her face had so badly
deteriorated that no reliable picture of her face could be
drawn. The police know her today only by the striking animal
tattoo on her left calf: Tiger Lady.
Hers is the first picture created for New Jersey detectives by
the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department's Computer Assisted
Recovery Enhancement System, a program that begins by scanning a
victim's skull and then reconstructs the muscle and flesh of a
human face. Corridor for Killers
The need to resort to the expensive process points up what is
emerging as a particularly grim and troubling problem for state
law-enforcement agencies across the country, the use of major
highways as a dumping ground for murder victims. It is a
criminal practice that greatly increases the difficulty of
identifying anonymous victims and so of taking the first big
step toward identifying the killer.
"We're getting so much more dumping on the interstates because
the interstates system is a continuous, highly anonymous
corridor that gives a killer a convenient avenue to get a body
out of the area where he killed it," said Lieut. Robert Scott,
supervisor of the Major Crimes Unit for the New Jersey State
Police, in explaining why the big roads have become today's
equivalent of the back alley of a half-century ago.
"A killer can drive for four or five hours and go through
several states, and because of the lack of communication between
state police agencies, if a New Jersey person is murdered and
dumped in a pull-off in Pennsylvania, it could be days before we
realize that that's our body they've got there," he said. "By
then the killer could be anywhere in the country."
Witnesses are also quickly scattered on the interstates,
Lieutenant Scott added, and besides, he asked, who pays
attention to other people on an interstate?
"It's not like you're on your own street or even in your own
town," he said. "When people get on an interstate, they just
want to get to where they're going, and nobody gives a damn
about what's going on around them."
Tiger Lady is the third body to be found along Interstate 80 in
the last six years, according to state police and county
prosecutors. The bodies of at least five women, presumed to have
been prostitutes, have been left along the New Jersey Turnpike
in recent years, Lieutenant Scott said. Last summer, the
dismembered body of a Massachusetts businessman, Thomas Mulcahy,
was dumped along the Garden State Parkway after he was murdered
in New York City. Tattoo Leads Nowhere
The police say that when a body like Tiger Lady's is found, it
is either identified fairly quickly, principally by matching it
with a missing-persons report, or else the victim remains
unknown to the police for years as is the case with "Baby Hope,"
a girl whose body was found in 1991 in a picnic cooler along the
Henry Hudson Parkway in northern Manhattan.
At first, investigators for the Warren County prosecutor, John
J. O'Reilly, assumed that Tiger Lady, who is about 20 years old,
would be quickly identified because of the distinctive,
seven-inch long tattoo that would be in plain view if she wore a
skirt or shorts.
But detectives went through 400 missing-persons' reports to no
avail. A police composite sketch was drawn up, based on the
remains of the woman's face, but it too produced no leads.
Finally, in early March, Mr. O'Reilly turned to the Toronto
Police, who using the woman's known weight, about 100 pounds,
the tint of her skin and hair, drew a new skin over the skull,
with its high cheekbones, strong jaw and narrow-set eyes. The
results were strikingly different from the police artist's
sketch. New Poster and Number
The state police made a second version of the Toronto picture,
showing the woman with longer, darker hair, with eyes looking
ahead and with thinner lips, because lips, along with eye color,
are the most uncertain elements in reconstructing a face from a
skull, said the Toronto Police Constable, David Sills, who
created the original. Mr. Sills said experience with the
computer-generated photographs has shown them to be 80 percent
accurate.
The final cost of the Canadian police service is not yet known,
Mr. O'Reilly said. "It's expensive, but worth it," he said.
Two weeks ago, a new poster with a special toll-free number,
(800) 822-LADY, was released, and about 25 calls a day come in.
The pictures are being shown on a cable program that is played
at truck stops, along with the description of a tractor-trailer
truck, with a white cab and a green-and-white trailer that was
spotted near the place where the body was later found.
Meanwhile, Tiger Lady gazes impatiently from behind her
computer-drawn eyes. Detective August Wistner of the state
police was asked if the new picture made Tiger Lady more real to
him, and the wish to find her real name more urgent. But
Detective Wistner made it clear that the tangible evidence of
Tiger Lady's murdered body was a stronger incentive to him than
anything a computer can draw.
"She's been a real person to us since the minute she was found,"
he said. "So we'd really like to find out who she is."
Photos: Two computer-generated images of a woman whose body was
found 18 months ago in a parking area off Interstate 80 in
Warrington, N.J. (New Jersey State Police); A tattoo on the
woman's left calf has given her the name by which the police
know her: Tiger Lady.
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
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Date: May 19, 2020, 2:22 pm
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
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Date: May 19, 2020, 2:24 pm
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
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DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:25 pm
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
Bengal tiger tattoo
DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:31 pm
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Warren New Jersey Jane Doe October 1991
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Doe Alias :
Tiger Lady
Date Found :
Saturday, October 26, 1991
Location Found:
In a truck parking area off Interstate 80 and Route 46 at
intersection of Route 94 – in the woods in Knowlton Township,
new Jersey.
County Found:
Warren
State Found:
New Jersey
Est Date of Death:
Days prior to discovery.
Sex:
Female
Race:
Caucasian
Age Minimum :
17
Age Maximum:
19
Height Minimum:
4'10"
Height Maximum:
5'2"
Weight Approximation:
95 to 110 lbs
Eye Color:
Brown
Hair Color:
Brown
Hair Style:
Possibly dyed light brown or ash blond
Piercings:
Pierced ears. Left ear pierced four times.
Tattoos:
Very intricate Bengal Tiger on left calf. 2015 Update:
Investigators are looking for a link between this tattoo and an
emblem on a Grateful Dead guitar. See image two.
DNA Available:
Yes
Fingerprints Available:
N/A
Contact Information:
New Jersey State Police Department (609) 882-2000/ Warren County
Medical Examiners office 908-213-2800/ NCIC # U-525171915/ Case
# 21910208
Narrative :
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
Bengal tiger tattoo
DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:38 pm
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`Tiger Lady' Murder Facts Expected
March 31, 1993|The Morning Call
The Warren County prosecutor and New Jersey state police
officials have scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m today to
release additional information on the unsolved "Tiger Lady"
slaying of October 1991.
According to a statement from Prosecutor John J. O'Reilly,
officials have succeeded in producing a computer-enhanced
likeness of the young woman who was found dead off Route 94 in
Knowlton Township on Oct. 26, 1991.
Other "significant" information is also set to be released,
according to the statement. O'Reilly was unavailable yesterday
for additional comment.
The victim's partly decomposed nude body was found by two
hunters. The body was not concealed, and officials theorized the
woman was carried a short distance from Route 94 to the spot
where she was discovered.
Officials strongly suspect the woman was killed elsewhere and
dumped in the area where she was found.
The "Tiger Lady" moniker comes from a tattoo of a crouching
Bengal Tiger found on the slain woman's left calf.
Investigators thought the location of the tattoo in a very
visible location meant the woman might have been a dancer, but
that theory was unfounded. The tattoo is apparently very common.
At a press briefing in early November 1991, former Prosecutor
Richard C. Hare said the woman was a white female, 17 to 19
years old, about 4 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 1 inch tall, 95 to
110 pounds with light brown to dirty blonde hair that may have
been bleached or dyed.
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
Bengal tiger tattoo
DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:39 pm
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Missing Persons Unit
UNIDENTIFIED BODY
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Unidentified Caucasian Female Located on October 26, 1991 in
Warren City, New Jersey Approximately 17 - 19 years old by
coroner's estimation Cause of death is unknown. The victim may
have been deceased since early October 1991. Her nickname is
Tiger Lady, inspired by her tiger tattoo.
Vital Statistics
The victim was approximately 4'10 - 5'2 and weighed 95 - 110
pounds. Her hair may have been dyed light brown or ash blonde.
X-rays and dental charts are available.
The victim had a tattoo of a Bengal tiger on her left calf,
inspiring the nickname Tiger Lady. Both of her ears were
pierced; her left ear was pierced four times. No clothing was
found with the victim.
Her partially decomposed body was discovered in a wooded area
off of Route 94 in Knowlton Township, Warren City, New Jersey.
This area is also the exit off of Interstate 80 near the
Delaware Water Gap.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this woman's identity or
the circumstances surrounding her death, please contact:
New Jersey State Police Department
609-882-2000
You may remain anonymous when submitting information to any
agency.
NCIC Number:
U-525171945
Please refer to this number when contacting any organization
with information related to this case.
Source Information:
The Missing Children...HELP Center
APB On-Line
The Doe Network
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
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DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:46 pm
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Re: TIGER LADY: WF, 17-21, found in Knowlton, NJ - 26 Oct 1991 -
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DIR By: Akoya
Date: May 19, 2020, 2:46 pm
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