The image of a hat released by authorities from crime scene (Photo: TBI)

A driver pulls over with car trouble and finds a body in 1985, remains just identified

According to a published article from Law&Crime, in March 1985, a car stopped along a Tennessee highway due to mechanical issues. It was this driver’s horrible discovery that led to an almost four-decade quest for the killer’s identity of the woman murdered in Tennessee.

State authorities have identified the bones of a woman murdered in Tennessee, found between mileposts 29 and 30 of Interstate 24 West in Cheatham County after nearly 40 years. Michelle Lavone Inman was only 23 years old.

In collaboration with forensic anthropologists from the University of Tennessee, agents for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were able to identify the woman murdered in Tennessee as a white woman at the time her remains were found.

These specialists calculated that woman murdered in Tennessee, Michelle, had passed away two to five months prior to the finding.

However, the time’s investigators ran out of leads.

They had to use the fictitious name Jane Doe because they were unable to identify the woman murdered in Tennessee.

Time went by. Genetic genealogy, a novel law enforcement tool that frequently uses family DNA to identify victims and locate criminals, was created as a result of technological advancements.

The brother of the woman murdered in Tennessee gave authorities an advantage

According to a published article from The Sacramento to Bee, detectives located the brother of the woman murdered in Tennessee, he was in Virginia.

The image of a shirt released by authorities from the crime scene (Photo: TBI)

After comparing his DNA to those found in the remains of the woman murdered in Tennessee, forensic experts were able to positively identify the deceased as Michelle Lavone Inman.

The next step for the authorities is to find her killer. The TBI hopes that information from the general public will help investigators find out who killed Inman.

From Authorities:

Please call 1-800-TBI-FIND if you have any information about this homicide, particularly any knowledge of people Michelle Inman may have been with before her death or if you identify any of the clothing found there. Alternatively, you can email [email protected].

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