Over the next 2 days a female body would start to form. A torso was discovered on the first day of searching and the remaining pieces of the corpse were found the following day, everything except the woman’s feet. The torso had been placed in the duffel bag and other remains were found nearby in Woodman’s grocery bags. The remains were transported so that an autopsy could be performed as soon as possible. Multiple questions lingered. Who was the victim? How long had the victim sat in the river bank? What was the cause of death? Not much in the way of evidence was left at the dumping site so authorities were going to have their work cut out for them.

An autopsy was performed and a cause of death could not be determined due to the state of the remains. It was also difficult to identify the victim. The reason being the skin had been removed from most of the body. The only conclusions made was that the victim was female and the body had sat in the water for approximately 3 days. The police did not have many options. The first thing they wanted to do was identify the victim. That would at least give them the opportunity to generate a few potential suspects or interview friends of the deceased to figure out the last known moments of the victim.

In an effort to ID this Jane Doe, police allowed a forensic anthropologist to inspect the remains. Based on the dimensions of the skull some assumptions could be made. Facial features, nationality, and gender to be specific. With this information a composite head bust was made of the victim. Different hair styles were applied and multiple pictures were taken of the bust from different angles. Posters were created and the hope was that the victim had been local. Someone would know who this woman was. If the posters were placed in the right window and if the anthropologist was accurate in the assessment of the victim, police might just find out who their victim was. It would take over 6 months before questions finally started to recoeve some answers.

A local woman claimed the posters resembled her ex-husband’s cousin, Mwivano Mwambashi Kupaza, a 25-year-old student from Tanzania. Once they had the name, authorities were able to track down fingerprints from a local abortion clinic belonging to Mwivano and compared them to the body. A match was found and an identity to this Wisconsin Jane Doe was finally made. The ex-wife went on to explain that Peter had raped his cousin and forced her to have the abortion.