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Case code |
Case name |
Date of discovery |
Country |
Location |
Estimated age |
Progress |
Details |
23 |
FR07 |
"The girl with the 10-pence coin" |
25 November 1982 |
France |
Departmental road D723 in Le Cellier |
16 to 23 |
Unidentified |
The victim's skeletonized remains were found in a wasteland by a hunter. It is believed that she died sometime between June and September 1982, and that she might be from the United Kingdom or at least visited this country due to the presence of a 10-pence coin near her body.[40] |
24 |
DE09 |
"The woman with the paisley jeans" |
8 February 1989 |
Germany |
An abandoned quarry near Lahn-Dill-Kreis |
22 to 32 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body, found covered with rubbish, was approximately there for two weeks to two months, with investigators believing that she died via asphyxiation after becoming intoxicated. She might originate from Thailand, and likely gave birth at least once during her lifetime.[41] |
25 |
FR03 |
"The woman with the special teeth" |
29 January 1994 |
France |
Bois d'Alix, in Lassy, Val-d'Oise |
approx. 25 |
Unidentified |
The woman's skull was found by a hunter, with additional remains buried in the area being located by gendarmeries.[42] |
26 |
DE07 |
"The woman with the “Little Italy” T-shirt" |
20 August 1994 |
Germany |
Military training area near Hanover |
30 to 55 |
Unidentified |
The skeletal remains of the victim were found in a trench near the military training area. It is estimated that she died two to five years prior, but the exact cause of death could not be determined.[43] |
27 |
ES03 |
"The woman who wasn’t alone" |
27 January 1999 |
Spain |
Hotel room in Premià de Mar |
23 to 25 |
Unidentified |
The victim was found with her hands tied and bearing signs of violence. She was last seen in the company of an unidentified young white male who spoke French and English, with the pair possibly coming Geneva, Switzerland or a nearby town with "ville" in its name.[44] |
28 |
IT03 |
"The woman in the cardboard box" |
14 June 2001 |
Italy |
Via de Freigoso, Genoa |
30 to 40 |
Unidentified |
The woman, a possible drug mule from South America, died after a capsule containing crack cocaine ruptured inside her body.[45] |
29 |
FR05 |
"The pregnant woman with the garnet necklaces" |
3 July 2001 |
France |
Mimeure |
approx. 35 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body, wrapped in a bag made out of a pair of curtains with a paisley pattern, was found in a forest by a walker. At the time of her death, she was seven to nine months pregnant.[46] |
30 |
DE08 |
"Girl from the Main"/ "The girl in the River Main" |
31 July 2001 |
Germany |
River Main in Frankfurt |
13 to 16 |
Unidentified |
The girl, possibly originating from an area along the Durand Line, was found wrapped up in a bundle. It is believed that she was severely mistreated and possibly sexually abused in life, leading to her eventual death.[47] |
31 |
ES04 |
"The woman on the road" |
3 November 2003 |
Spain |
Malgrat de Mar |
25 to 30 |
Unidentified |
The woman was found dead on a rural road with multiple stabbing injuries to the face. It was initially believed it might be linked to a similar case in the Netherlands in 2016, but this was ruled out.[48] |
32 |
IT02 |
"The woman with the watch" |
23 January 2004 |
Italy |
Wooded area in Asso |
Unknown |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found in a wooded area.[49] |
33 |
NL10 |
"The woman with the German keys" |
4 July 2004 |
Netherlands |
Meijendel dune near Wassenaar |
30 to 50 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found on a beach at the time of UEFA Euro 2004, with no conclusive explanation to her death. Investigators believe that while she resided in Germany for the latter part of her life, the woman was born somewhere in Eastern Europe.[50] |
34 |
FR02 |
"The woman with the Richmond dental crown" |
7 January 2005 |
France |
Secondary road in the village of Saint-Quirin |
35 to 47 |
Unidentified |
The woman's mutilated body was found in a barrel-shaped rainwater butt wrapped in black rubbish bags, which had been tied up with cords. It is believed that the same rainwater butt was seen floating in the Red Saar River in mid-October 2004.[51] |
35 |
ES06 |
"The woman in pink" |
2 July 2005 |
Spain |
Viladecans |
20 to 25 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found on along a road, with her estimated time of death being a day prior. Investigators consider her death to be suspicious.[52] |
36 |
ES02 |
"The woman with the owl ring" |
26 March 2007 |
Spain |
M-127 road in El Berrueco |
25 to 40 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found covered with a sheet, but with no apparent signs of violence. Due to the presence of multiple latex capsules inside her body, it is believe that she might have been a drug mule.[53] |
37 |
IT04 |
"The globetrotter" |
13 November 2007 |
Italy |
Via di Cavigliano, Prato |
50 to 60 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found hanging from a tree in a park. A search of her bag led to the discovery of numerous items and souvenirs taken from across Europe and North America, suggesting that she travelled frequently.[54] |
38 |
FR04 |
"The woman with the “Jean & Nelly” ring" |
5 March 2008 |
France |
Villefranche-sur-Mer |
60 to 75 |
Unidentified |
The woman was found below a difficult to access coastal road, and she had died from some sort of trauma, possibly homicidal in nature. Due to a hip replacement, it is believed that she was a foreign visitor.[55] |
39 |
IT01 |
"The woman with the panther and scorpion tattoos" |
25 May 2008 |
Italy |
Po River near Carbonara di Po |
20 to 30 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found wrapped up in three black nylon bags inside the river.[56] |
40 |
ES01 |
"The woman of Mount Artxanda" |
6 February 2009 |
Spain |
Mount Artxanda, near Bilbao |
30 to 40 |
Unidentified |
The body was found near a forest trail with estimations that she died 24 to 72 hours prior. Her death is believed to be the result of intoxication.[57] |
41 |
BE09 |
"The woman with the cane" |
28 July 2010 |
Belgium |
River Meuse, near Liège |
60 to 80 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was discovered floating in the river, with her most notable possession being a brown wooden cane with a rubber tip. Isotopic analysis suggests that she lived somewhere outside of the Benelux region in her early years.[58] |
42 |
NL11 |
"The woman with the Belgian connection" |
6 January 2013 |
Netherlands |
Banks of the Pietersplas Lake, on the Dutch-Belgian border |
20 to 65 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found washed up on an overgrown bank, with a high possibility that she originated from Belgium due to a blood sample resulting in a DNA match but not an identification. She was found completely nude, rendering her death suspicious.[59] |
43 |
FR06 |
"The woman with the butterfly tattoos" |
17 April 2016 |
France |
Seine River, near Athis-Mons |
approx. 30 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found floating in the river by a family going out on a walk, with the suspected cause of death being drowning. Due to the presence of 100 Venezuelan bolívars in her pocket, it is believed that she might be from Venezuela or possibly visited that country.[60] |
44 |
ES05 |
"The woman in the shed" |
4 August 2018 |
Spain |
Girona |
33 |
Identified |
The woman's body was found hanging in a poultry shed attached to a farmhouse. Despite three other people living there, none knew who she was, as she had no identity papers on her.[61] In March 2025, she was identified as 33-year-old Ainoha Izaga Ibieta Lima, a Paraguayan national who moved to Spain in 2013.[62] |
45 |
ES07 |
"The introvert" |
9 July 2019 |
Spain |
Santa Eulària des Riu |
25 to 30 |
Unidentified |
The woman, clad only in a two-piece swimsuit, was found drowned by the occupants of a boat anchored off the coast of Santa Eulària des Riu. It is believed that she was a sex worker, possibly Romanian of Hungarian ethnicity, and was known to rarely interact with others.[63] |
46 |
FR01 |
"The young woman found in Saint-Denis" |
23 June 2021 |
France |
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis |
17 to 25 |
Unidentified |
A skull and bones from a left leg were found inside a rubbish bag left in a wasteland. She is suspected to be African descent[64] |
47 |
BE08 |
"The woman in Ostend harbour" |
6 August 2022 |
Belgium |
Ostend Harbour |
60 to 70 |
Unidentified |
The woman's body was found floating in the harbour, having drowned up to a day prior. It is currently unclear how she ended up in the water.[65] |