Texas police search for information on notorious serial killer's mystery victim

The Grimes County Sheriff's Office shared a Facebook post on Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018, asking people in Durham, North Carolina to help identify a young teen known only as "Cheryl" who was murdered by a notorious Texas serial killer. less The Grimes County Sheriff's Office shared a Facebook post on Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018, asking people in Durham, North Carolina to help identify a young teen known only as "Cheryl" who was murdered by a notorious ... more Photo: Grimes County Police Department Photo: Grimes County Police Department Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Texas police search for information on notorious serial killer's mystery victim 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

Notorious Texas serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas, confessed to killing up to 3,000 people but was only convicted of 11 homicides.

Among the 11 convicted deaths was that of an unidentified girl between the ages of 13 - 17, allegedly from Durham, North Carolina.

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Known only as "Cheryl," police in Grimes County, Texas have spent decades trying to identify the young teen, hoping to someday bring closure to her family.

Officials have yet to give up on her case and shared a post on their Facebook on Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018, asking people in Durham for help identifying the girl.

According to the post, Lucas confessed to Cheryl's murder in 1984. He led investigators to the place where the body was found and was able to give details only the killer would know.

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"Lucas told Investigators that he picked this teenager up near Durham, North Carolina around Spring 1981 and knew her only as 'Cheryl'," said the post. "After a few months of her traveling with him, Lucas stated that he and Ottis Toole allegedly murdered her and afterward placing her body in a trash bag and threw it in a ditch along FM 244."

The teen is believed to have been Caucasian or Hispanic with auburn colored hair (which is under analysis to see if it was dyed or natural) and measured between 5 feet 1 inches and 5 feet 3 inches.

She was also wearing a 1904 gold St. Gauden's coin made into a ring that was sold in teen magazines in the 70s and 80s.

Police are asking that anyone who had a family member who was murdered, went missing, or was never found between 1976 and 1981 to please contact Lt. Daniel Wagnon at the Grimes County Sheriff's Office, phone number (936) 873-2151, or to email him at daniel.wagnon@grimescountyso.org.

Daniela Sternitzky-Di Napoli is a digital producer at Chron.com. You can read more of her stories here and follow her on twitter at @Dani_DiNapoli.