Human Head Found Near Location of Dismembered Woman in North Fairmount

Federal investigators have found a human head that could be linked to the dismembered woman found two months ago in North Fairmount, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office.

On Jan. 3, Cincinnati’s FBI Evidence Response Team performed a sweep around the 1600 block of Baltimore Avenue where the torso of a Black woman was found in November.

The head was reportedly found about a block away from where the torso was found, but Justin Webber of the coroner’s office said they are performing a DNA test to confirm the match.

“We are doing some additional testing to determine if the two, the head and the torso, are parts of the same individual,” he told CityBeat.

As of press time, investigators still don’t know the identity of the dismembered woman, who was discovered in the woods off Baltimore Avenue by a passerby early in the morning on Nov. 5.

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The Hamilton County coroner said they cannot identify the victim off her remains alone.

During a Nov. 7 press conference, Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco said there were no teeth, fingerprints, scars or tattoos to help link the body to a name, calling on the public to check in on their loved ones who fit what little description they had.

“We’ve had some dismembered bodies, but we usually had a clue about who that person was,” she said in November. “We’ve not had a case quite like this where there’s so little information on the remains that we don’t even know which direction to go.”

Sammarco estimated the victim’s time of death to be sometime during the evening on Nov. 3 or the following morning. She described the victim as a Black woman, likely in her late 20s to early 30s, about 5 feet tall and weighing around 120 pounds. She said the woman likely sustained at least one pregnancy in her lifetime.

Cincinnati Police said anyone can make an anonymous tip on the case by calling CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040.

This is a developing story.

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This article appears in Dec 27, 2023 – Jan 9, 2024.