, ▁Greg ▁Br iden b augh , ▁initially ▁noticed ▁the ▁de ced ent ' s ▁distinct ive ▁bu ck sk in ▁pon cho . ▁Inform ing ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁compan ions , ▁Ne al ▁Hoff man , ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁coat , ▁Hoff man ▁walked ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁article ▁of ▁cl othing ▁before ▁turning ▁toward ▁Br iden b augh , ▁stating : ▁" Oh ▁my ▁God , ▁there ' s ▁a ▁woman ▁in ▁that ▁coat !" ▁The ▁young ▁woman ▁was ▁lying ▁in ▁a ▁f etal ▁position , ▁on ▁her ▁right ▁side , ▁and ▁without ▁sho es ▁or ▁so cks . ▁These ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁called ▁police ▁to ▁report ▁their ▁discovery . ▁ ▁Aut ops y ▁The ▁de ced ent ' s ▁body ▁was ▁aut ops ied ▁on ▁the ▁afternoon ▁of ▁her ▁discovery . ▁The ▁medical ▁exam ination ▁revealed ▁she ▁had ▁suffered ▁extensive ▁bl unt ▁force ▁tra uma ▁to ▁the ▁head ▁and ▁neck , ▁before ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁str ang led ▁to ▁death ▁approximately ▁forty - e ight ▁hours ▁before ▁her ▁body ▁was ▁discovered . ▁In ▁addition , ▁her ▁li ver ▁had ▁also ▁been ▁la cer ated . ▁She ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁subject ed ▁to ▁any ▁form ▁of ▁sexual ▁assault . ▁ ▁The ▁woman ▁had ▁been ▁between ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁in ▁height , ▁aged ▁between ▁eigh teen ▁and ▁twenty - six , ▁and ▁we ighed ▁. ▁She ▁had ▁naturally ▁re dd ish - b rown ▁hair , ▁which ▁was ▁part ed ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁and ▁bra ided ▁into ▁p igt