Human skull found five years ago in Birmingham woods identified as missing woman

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BREAKING NEWS. A HUMAN SKULL FOUND MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO, JUST IDENTIFIED AS A WOMAN REPORTED MISSING 20 YEARS AGO. THE CORONER SAYS THE SKULL WAS FOUND IN A WOODED PART OF THE CRESTWOOD GREEN COMMUNITY IN DECEMBER OF 2020. THEY JUST IDENTIFIED THAT AS JANISHA WESLEY. HER FAMILY NOTED THAT THEY LAST SAW HER IN APR

A skull discovered in a wooded area of Birmingham five years ago has been identified as that of a woman who had been missing since 2005.Juanisha Latonya Wesley, who was 25 at the time, was last seen alive by her family on April 24, 2005, at their home in the Collegeville Community. They filed a missing person report with police on May 15. People later reported seeing her in November of that year at Kelly Ingram Park in the Civil Rights District, and at the Motel 8 at 5009 First Avenue North in the Woodlawn area.Then on Dec. 21, 2020, a person surveying a densely wooded area near the intersection of Seventh Avenue South and Exeter Avenue South called police saying he had found a human skull. On Dec. 22 another search by a recovery team from the Jefferson County Coroner/ME's Office did not find any other remains. It's not known when Wesley died, or the cause and manner of death. Additional anthropology and DNA tests will be conducted.The Birmingham Police Department is investigating this death.>> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for free

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

A skull discovered in a wooded area of Birmingham five years ago has been identified as that of a woman who had been missing since 2005.

Juanisha Latonya Wesley, who was 25 at the time, was last seen alive by her family on April 24, 2005, at their home in the Collegeville Community. They filed a missing person report with police on May 15.

People later reported seeing her in November of that year at Kelly Ingram Park in the Civil Rights District, and at the Motel 8 at 5009 First Avenue North in the Woodlawn area.

Then on Dec. 21, 2020, a person surveying a densely wooded area near the intersection of Seventh Avenue South and Exeter Avenue South called police saying he had found a human skull.

On Dec. 22 another search by a recovery team from the Jefferson County Coroner/ME's Office did not find any other remains.

It's not known when Wesley died, or the cause and manner of death. Additional anthropology and DNA tests will be conducted.

The Birmingham Police Department is investigating this death.

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