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Composite sketches of an unidentified woman from murdered near Troy, Ohio in 1981. Police say pollen samples from her clothing indicate she spent significant time in the Northeast including Massachusetts and Connecticut.

(Miami, Ohio, Sheriff's Office)

An unidentified woman who was found murdered 35 years ago in western Ohio may have had ties to Massachusetts or Connecticut, according to an announcement made this week by law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The Jane Doe case has been open since the woman's body was found April 24, 1981 in Miami County, Ohio. Her body was found in a ditch along Greenlee Road near Troy, Ohio, and officials at that time estimated she had been dead two days.

In February, the Miami County Sheriff's Office working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided forensic scientists with evidence from the case.

That generated a facial reconstruction of the woman and a detailed testing of the clothing she was found wearing. Clothing was also sent to the U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection Southwest Regional Science Center in Houston to conduct an analysis of pollen found on the clothing.

According to the Miami County Sheriff's Office, results of the testing were delivered this week.

The testing indicates the woman was either from or had spent a significant amount of time in the Northeast near a dry-oak forest region. That would include areas in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The clothing also had a high level of soot from vehicle traffic or industrial activity. This would indicate she may have been a large amount of time in a Northeast urban area, or had extensively hitchhiked.

Other pollen traces found in the outer layers of her clothing suggest she had also spent time in the western United States or Northern Mexico shortly before she was killed.

The victim is described as white, about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and roughly 125 pounds. She had long reddish hair that was fashioned into two braids. She also had what was described as a ruddy complexion and freckles. She also had several scars, including one beneath her chin, and on her left arm and wrist, and on her right hand, ankle and foot.

She had also been treated by a dentist previously and had a porcelain-metal crown on her top right central incisor.

When found she was wearing bell bottom blue jeans, a brown turtleneck sweater with an orange crisscross design on the front, and a handmade tan buckskin pull-over jacket with leather fringe around the seams with a deep purple lining.

The Sheriff's Office said additional testing is ongoing.

If anyone recognizes or has any information in regards to Jane Doe's identity, please contact Detective Steve Hickey with the Miami County Sheriff's Office, 937-440-3965 ext. 6629 or the Miami County Communication Center at 937-440-9911.