#sarah-belle-sharkey-1971Tier-2 extracted
Sarah Belle Sharkey
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jul 1, 1971(extracted from narrative)
Recovery location
Howard County, MD
Coordinates
39.3147, -76.8802
Days open
20,065
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedUPDATE 9/4/2025: Howard County police have identified the Jane Doe victim from the department’s oldest cold case homicide and reunited two of her surviving adult children who were previously unaware of what had happened to their mother. Now, thanks to advances in DNA profiling and the HCPD cold case unit’s exhaustive research, police have identified her as Sadie Belle Murray, born Sept. 7, 1924, in Pennsylvania, who at the time of her death went by Sarah Belle Sharkey. In July 1971, an unconscious woman was found in a field off of Rt. 99 east of Woodstock Road. She was hospitalized and treated for her injuries, which stemmed from an apparent assault. The woman died two months later without ever regaining consciousness. Efforts at the time to identify her were unsuccessful. She was described as 5’ 1” and about 100 lbs. She had light brown hair that was beginning to gray and a hump in the midsection of her nose.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weapon not mentioned in case file
Locationpublic_outdoor
Date1971-07-01
AddressRt. 99 east of Woodstock Road
Ageuncertain
GenderF
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 5/27/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 39.3147
- Longitude
- -76.8802
- Precision
- Landmark
- Address
- Rt. 99 east of Woodstock Road(extracted)
Possibly related cases (0)
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- Phone
- 410-313-2200
- Address
- Howard County Police Department, 3410 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043