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Clay County officials are trying to identify a 1985 homicide victim

Officials are circulating an updated composite image of an unidentified woman who was discovered in a field in Clay County in 1985.

By: Melissa Greenstein

Posted at 4:36 AM, Oct 04, 2016

and last updated 2016-10-04 06:21:38-04

Officials are circulating an updated composite image of an unidentified woman who was discovered in a field in Clay County in 1985.

Investigators initially believed she was Caucasian but now think she was an African American woman between the ages of 17 and 23.

She was discovered in a field near Missouri 210 Highway and Boyer Road in southwest Clay County.

Anyone with any information in the case can call the Clay County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit at (816) 407-3716.

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