Marcia Lenore Sossoman (King)
( – ) was a 21-year-old
Arkansas
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woman who was murdered in April 1981 and whose body was discovered in
Troy, Ohio
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approximately 48 hours after her murder. Her body remained unidentified for 36 years before being identified via
DNA analysis
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and
genetic genealogy
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in April 2018.
King was one of the first
unidentified decedent
Unidentified decedent or unidentified person (also abbreviated as UID or UP) is a term in American English used to describe a corpse of a person whose identity cannot be established by police and medical examiners. In many cases, it is several ...
s to be identified via this method of
forensic investigation
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.
Prior to her 2018 identification, King was informally known as "Buckskin Girl" and "Miami County
Jane Doe
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". The first of these two names is in reference to the distinctive tasseled
buckskin poncho she was wearing at the time of her discovery.
Following the identification of her body, Marcia King's family erected a new headstone at her grave in Riverside Cemetery, inscribed with her actual name. The investigation into her murder is ongoing.
Discovery
On April 24, 1981, three young men discovered the body of a young
Caucasian
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woman in a ditch alongside Greenlee Road in
Newton Township,
Troy
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, Ohio.
One of the three men, Greg Bridenbaugh, initially noticed the decedent's distinctive buckskin poncho. Informing one of his companions, Neal Hoffman, to take a look at the coat, Hoffman walked closer to the article of clothing before turning toward Bridenbaugh, stating: "Oh my God, there's a woman in that coat!" The young woman was lying in a
fetal position
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, on her right side, and without shoes or socks.
The men immediately reported their discovery to the police.
Autopsy
The decedent's body was autopsied on the afternoon of her discovery. The medical examination revealed she had suffered extensive
blunt force trauma
Blunt trauma, also known as blunt force trauma or non-penetrating trauma, is physical traumas, and particularly in the elderly who fall. It is contrasted with penetrating trauma which occurs when an object pierces the skin and enters a tissue ...
to the head and neck, before she had been strangled to death approximately 48 hours before her body was discovered.
Additionally, her liver was found to have been lacerated.
She had not been subjected to any form of
sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which ...
.
The woman had been between and in height, aged between eighteen and twenty-six, and weighed .
She had naturally reddish-brown hair, which was parted in the middle and braided into pigtails on both sides of her head.
Her eyes were light brown in color, and she had freckles across her face.
In addition, her nose was described as being "very pointed".
The victim also had a ruddy complexion, indicating she had spent a lot of time outdoors in the final weeks or months of her life.
The young woman had maintained a high level of personal hygiene. All her teeth, including her
wisdom teeth
A third molar, commonly called wisdom tooth, is one of the three molars per quadrant of the human dentition. It is the most posterior of the three. The age at which wisdom teeth come through ( erupt) is variable, but this generally occurs betwe ...
, were in good condition and had no evidence of
fillings or other dental work, except for one porcelain
crown
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upon her upper-right
incisor
Incisors (from Latin ''incidere'', "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, whe ...
.
The coroner also noted several scars upon her body, including a vertical scar beneath her chin, with other scars also visible upon one wrist, both arms, and one ankle.
Clothing
The young woman was dressed in blue bell-bottom
Wrangler jeans, a brown turtleneck pullover sweater with an orange crisscross design on the front, a white brassiere
and a hoodless deerskin poncho with purple lining, which appeared to be handmade.
She wore no shoes or socks.
No form of identification was located upon her body or at the crime scene.
Initial investigation
Because the decedent's body was found approximately 48 hours after her death,
police were able to obtain her
fingerprints
A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. The recovery of partial fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science. Moisture and grease on a finger result in fingerprints on surf ...
and dental information. The
dental charts and fingerprints of this decedent yielded no results matching her to any known missing person, and her fingerprints matched no police records, indicating she had no criminal record. Early police efforts to identify this decedent also involved the creation of a
composite drawing of her face which was published in local newspapers and broadcast on television networks on April 28, 1981.
This initial media publicity surrounding the murder generated approximately two hundred leads. Although all were investigated, all failed to bear fruit.
The victim gradually became known as "Buckskin Girl" in reference to the distinctive tasseled buckskin jacket she was wearing when found.
The failure to establish her identity hindered investigators' efforts to solve her murder. As her identity remained undiscovered, investigating authorities came to increasingly believe the reason Buckskin Girl remained unidentified had been due to the fact that she had been murdered far from her hometown.
A retired investigator is also known to have opined his belief the decedent was highly unlikely to have originated from the area where she was discovered.
Authorities strongly believed Buckskin Girl had been murdered elsewhere and her body discarded beside the road shortly after her death.
This conclusion was supported by the fact her bare feet were clean, showing no indication of her having walked upon a dirty surface, and because
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is just from where her body was recovered, making the site a convenient and discreet location to discard a body. Police and the media later speculated that she may have been a teenage runaway or a possible victim of a serial killer known to have murdered several prostitutes in the region during the 1980s and 1990s.
However, her body had not been subjected to any form of sexual assault, indicating she was unlikely to have been a sex worker.
The investigation into Buckskin Girl's murder gradually became a
cold case
A cold case is a crime, or a suspected crime, that has not yet been fully resolved and is not the subject of a current criminal investigation, but for which new information could emerge from new witness testimony, re-examined archives, new or re ...
, although police and other officials continued to investigate her murder. Her clothing and other
physical evidence
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recovered at the crime scene was retained, and a sample of her blood preserved.
Theories
Lifestyle
Investigators theorized that Buckskin Girl had been a runaway teenager, a foster child, or a transient wanderer unlikely to have spent a significant period of time in Ohio prior to her death, although her high quality of personal hygiene strongly indicated that she had not lived as a vagrant.
As her body was located close to a town road instead of a highway, the probability of her being a wanderer for a significant amount of time was considered to be negligible.
The absence of her footwear at the crime scene led some investigators to believe she may have been murdered by an abusive partner.
A 2016
isotope analysis
Isotope analysis is the identification of isotopic signature, abundance of certain stable isotopes of chemical elements within organic and inorganic compounds. Isotopic analysis can be used to understand the flow of energy through a food web ...
of the decedent's hair and fingernails revealed Buckskin Girl had spent approximately four months in areas within the
Southwestern
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and/or
Southeastern
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United States, as opposed to Ohio, prior to her murder,
although
forensic palynology
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had revealed she had most likely originated from either the Northeastern United States or
Canada
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, or had spent a significant amount of time in these regions in the year prior to her murder.
Link to other murders
Initially, investigators speculated regarding a potential connection between this decedent and the murder of a 27-year-old woman two months earlier, in February 1981, although police never officially linked these two murders.
In 1985, investigators tentatively linked the murder of Buckskin Girl to a nationwide series of murders of caucasian women—several of whom were sex workers or
erotic dance
An erotic dance is a dance that provides erotic entertainment and whose objective is the stimulation of erotic or sexual thoughts or actions in viewers. Erotic dance is one of several major dance categories based on purpose, such as ceremoni ...
rs—known as the
Redhead Murders. However, this theory was eventually disproven.
Some investigators also speculated that Buckskin Girl may have been the first of numerous young women murdered by a suspected unidentified serial killer who perpetrated his known murders between 1985 and 2004—many of which were of known or suspected sex workers. This serial killer was suspected to have murdered between seven and ten other young women.
All the victims of this suspected serial killer had been murdered via bludgeoning or strangulation, and items of clothing or jewelry were missing from each crime scene.
Jewelry and footwear was also missing from the crime scene of Buckskin Girl, and she had been murdered in a similar manner to these victims.
However, several elements of evidence were found to contradict this theory. There was no indication Buckskin Girl had engaged in any form of sexual activity immediately prior to her death.
In addition, unlike many of the victims of this serial killer, she was markedly well-groomed, with a history of dental care.
In 1991, a newly established
task force convened in
London, Ohio
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. This task force was dedicated to the investigation of these unsolved homicides, which had occurred in Ohio,
New York
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,
Pennsylvania
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and
Illinois
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and composed of investigators from more than a dozen law enforcement agencies.
Further forensic analysis
With advances in technology and the increasing use of
DNA analysis
Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure. Genetic testing can also include measuring the results of genetic changes, such as RNA analysis as an output of gene expression, or ...
in criminal investigations, investigators were able to extract the decedent's DNA from the blood sample preserved in 1981.
This
DNA sample
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was added to the growing number of law enforcement databases.
In 2001, the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory generated a
DNA profile
DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting) is the process of determining an individual's DNA characteristics. DNA analysis intended to identify a species, rather than an individual, is called DNA barcoding.
DNA profiling is a Forensic DNA ...
of Buckskin Girl,
this data was entered into the newly established
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a national clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases throughout the United States.
NamUs is funded and administered by the National Inst ...
(NamUs) database in 2008, through which her fingerprints, dental and DNA information were made nationally accessible to law enforcement.
This data was able to conclusively rule out any possibility of 226 missing teenage girls and young women as Buckskin Girl.
In 2009, a
mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Mitochondrial D ...
sample was submitted to the
FBI
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for inclusion within the
Combined DNA Index System
The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is the United States national DNA database created and maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. CODIS consists of three levels of information; Local DNA Index Systems (LDIS) where DNA profiles orig ...
(CODIS).
The following year, the NamUs case management of Buckskin Girl was assigned to Dr. Elizabeth Murray, a
Cincinnati
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based
forensic anthropologist
Forensic anthropology is the application of the anatomical science of anthropology and its various subfields, including forensic archaeology and forensic taphonomy, in a legal setting. A forensic anthropologist can assist in the identification o ...
and professor of biology, who remained active in her pursuit of the decedent's identity.
Facial reconstruction
In April 2016, the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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released two versions of an updated
forensic facial reconstruction
Forensic facial reconstruction (or forensic facial approximation) is the process of recreating the face of an individual (whose identity is often not known) from their skeletal remains through an amalgamation of artistry, anthropology, osteol ...
of the victim and added her case to their website, depicting her with and without her braided pigtails.
These images were extensively distributed via online media, although initially, no significant leads developed.
Pollen analysis
In 2016, the Miami County Sheriff's Office approved
forensic palynology
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testing upon the victim's clothing in their efforts to identify her and her murderer(s). This testing was conducted by the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency.
The results of this testing suggested Buckskin Girl had either originated within the
Northeastern
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United States, or had spent a significant amount of time in this region in the year prior to her murder. Her clothing also contained high levels of soot from exposure to vehicular traffic and/or industrial activity, supporting investigators' initial suspicions she may have been a habitual hitchhiker.
In addition, the pollen recovered from her external clothing suggested that, shortly before her murder, she had been in an
arid
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climate such as the
Western
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United States, or northern
Mexico
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.
Identification
On April 9, 2018, the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory announced they had identified the decedent as 21-year-old Marcia Lenore King of
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Arkansas
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.
Her identification had been achieved via DNA analysis conducted by the
DNA Doe Project
DNA Doe Project (also DNA Doe Project, Inc. or DDP) is an American nonprofit volunteer organization formed to identify unidentified deceased persons (commonly known as John Doe or Jane Doe) using forensic genealogy. Volunteers identify victims ...
, with assistance from the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory and Full Genomes Corporation. This organization had been contacted by Dr Murray in 2017, and was able to successfully match a sample of King's DNA to a sample submitted for comparison by a first cousin. Her family declined to release a press statement, requesting that their confidentiality be respected.
King had last been seen by her family in 1980. She had
never officially been reported as a
missing person
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A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, de ...
, although her family had continued to search for her.
It is believed King had frequently hitchhiked as a means of transportation, as investigators had long theorized prior to her identification. She is also known to have had ties with both
Pittsburgh
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and
Louisville, Kentucky
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.
Addressing the media to announce the formal identification of Buckskin Girl, a spokesman for the Miami County Sheriff's Office informed all present: "Law enforcement never forgets. We've had a long journey to
ewhere we are today." This spokesman also emphasized the investigation into King's homicide is ongoing,
with the primary focus being upon King's movements in the last month of her life, when she was known to have been in both Pittsburgh and Louisville.
Ongoing investigation
In July 2018, the Miami County Sheriff's Office announced they had received further information regarding King's actual whereabouts shortly prior to her death. This information included eyewitness accounts placing her in Louisville, Kentucky, approximately 14 days before her death.
Six eyewitnesses have also
corroborated
Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in law.
Types and uses
Corroborating evidence tends to support a proposition that is already supported by some initial evidence, therefore confirming the propositio ...
accounts of King also being in Arkansas shortly before her murder. It is believed the reason she had traveled to Ohio may have been due to her suspected involvement with the religious organization
The Way.
In February 2020, the Miami County Sheriff's Office announced they had been able to further reconstruct King's whereabouts, and relationships, in the two weeks prior to her murder, adding that as advances in technology now mean
nuclear DNA
Nuclear DNA (nDNA), or nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid, is the DNA contained within each cell nucleus of a eukaryotic organism. It encodes for the majority of the genome in eukaryotes, with mitochondrial DNA and plastid DNA coding for the rest. It ...
samples can be retrieved from hair samples missing the actual
root
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, they remained confident hair samples discovered at the crime scene and submitted to a renowned Californian
paleogeneticist could yield a nuclear DNA profile of either her murderer, or an individual she had been in the company of very shortly before her death.
Addressing these latest developments, Miami County Sheriff Dave Duchalk stated: "We always have hopes to bring justice for homicide victims and their families. We never have, nor will we ever forget, and will continually work the case and, as new technologies are developed, will review our evidence to learn if it is worth re-submitting."
Funeral
King had been buried as a Jane Doe at Riverside Cemetery in Miami County, Ohio weeks after her death, with several officers assigned to investigate her murder serving as
pallbearer
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Some traditions distinguish between the roles of ...
s at her funeral.
Following the identification of her body, King's family chose for her to remain buried within this cemetery, with her stepmother, Cindy Sossoman, explaining her family's belief that it had been "God's plan" that their daughter was to be murdered and to remain unidentified for so long, they believed King was
blessed
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to have died within a community which had shown such consideration and dignity to her while she had remained unidentified.
Her parents had long since divorced, and her father, John Wesley Sossoman, had remarried, having several children with his second wife, all of whom had long wondered as to King's whereabouts and welfare.
On July 20, 2018, a memorial service for King was held at a chapel in Troy, Ohio. This service was officiated by the Reverend Gregory Simmons. Her new headstone was unveiled at this service.
Marcia's father, John, had died on January 5, 2018. Her brother, Daniel King, and half-brother, Jonathan Sossoman, had also died by the time King's identity was discovered.
Marcia's stepmother and eight other surviving family members replaced the headstone simply reading "Jane Doe" with a headstone bearing her actual name at this service, which was attended by over fifty local residents. Describing King's personality, her stepmother described her as a "very trusting" young woman, before informing all present: "Words don't describe the feelings we have for all of you, how you have loved her and taken her in your arms."
See also
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Cold case
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Crime in Ohio
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Crimes reported
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List of formerly unidentified decedents
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The Doe Network
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*
Unidentified decedent
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*
List of solved missing person cases
Lists of solved missing person cases include:
* List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000
* List of solved missing person cases: post-2000
See also
* List of kidnappings
* List of murder convictions without a body
* List of people who dis ...
*
List of unsolved murders
These lists of unsolved murders include notable cases where victims were murdered in unknown circumstances.
* List of unsolved murders (before 1900)
* List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)
* List of unsolved murders (1980–1999)
* List of unsol ...
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