The chilly midwinter morning of January 11, 1992 in southern Indiana was shaping up to

be ideal for quail hunting. At around 10.45 am on the outskirts of Jefferson Proving

Ground, just outside the town of Madison. Two brothers caught sight of something off

the side of Lemon Road as they drove along. The men jumped out of their pickup and walked

through an isolated open field toward what looked like a department's sormenicant

laying on the ground. It was a strange location to stumble upon something so out of place.

But as the men moved closer, their confusion turned to horror when they realized that they'd

in fact discovered the black and remains of a corpse. The men called 911, when law enforcement

arrived, the remains were confirmed to be the charred body of a woman. She'd been wrapped

in a blanket laid on her back before being set alight. Whatever she was, she'd sustained

severe burns to the upper part of her body, and her facial features had been obliterated.

Her arms were stiffened and bent at the elbows, sticking up into the air, her fists clenched.

The woman's blood stained legs had been bent at the knees and spread apart as if they

were posed. Blood pulled underneath the victims head and limestone residue was detected

on the soles of her feet, from the nearby road. Not far from the body, forensic officers

located a melted empty two-liter soda bottle, which smelled of accelerant. Unfortunately,

no fingerprints could be recovered from the bottle due to the heat damage. So footprints

and tire tracks were the only other available clues. Identifying the vehicle that had left

the tire tracks would be time consuming, but it was the only lead available in attempting

to track down the person responsible, or anyone who had been in the area around the time

of the murder. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office began pouring over the missing person's

reports for young women in the area. A non-match description of the victim, detectives

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