Woman’s dismembered body found in Atlanta

[Coyote]

A woman’s dismembered body was found Monday afternoon in a vacant lot in northwest Atlanta.

The body of the young African-American woman was found at about 2:45 p.m. on Elm Street near Joseph E. Boone Street. Investigators said it appeared the woman was killed somewhere else and dumped at the site. The body was found by a passerby who called 911, officers said.

A police detective said the woman's head and both hands were cut off.

“At this point, we called in cadaver dogs. We haven’t located any of the dismembered body parts. We will be searching the area to try to locate them,” said Atlanta Police Maj. Keith Meadows.

Jamilah Garth said she would often cut through the vacant lot as a short cut.

She said Monday afternoon, her friend was doing the same thing when she stumbled upon a woman’s naked and mutilated body.

Garth said, "This is a very dangerous neighborhood. Everybody needs to be careful. That’s why I keep some mace on me."

Garth said her friend called police immediately after she found the body.

Garth said, "She went up to it and kicked it. She just started screaming."

Meadows said they don't know yet who the woman is or how she was killed.

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[tmdgirl]

Garth said, "She went up to it and kicked it. She just started screaming."

Ummm, was she checking to make sure it was dead??

[Coyote]

Ummm, was she checking to make sure it was dead??

Yea, I know I’m sick but I laughed when I read that. I’m figuring she wasn’t sure what it was until she kicked it; you know how a mind can take a bit to comprehend something like that.

[Whisper]

I had to make it a bit bigger to see anything

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/video/22919765/index.html Video: Womans Body Found

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/video/22916982/index.html Video:Woman Finds Dismembered Body

[tmdgirl]

Yea, I know I’m sick but I laughed when I read that. I’m figuring she wasn’t sure what it was until she kicked it; you know how a mind can take a bit to comprehend something like that.

I couldn't help myself with that one. I'm sorry the poor woman is dead, and I hope they find the rest of her quickly and get her identified so they can give some family some peace.

But it just struck me as creepy/funny that the lady kicked the body. I mean, I wouldn't care if it was real or not, I would run like hell to get as far away from it as possible, then call 911. There is no way I would be touching it to check.

[TwiztidAngel]

ummm...if she was in 'pieces' why was there a need to kick her...thats...just...i dunno...macabre

[Abroad]

She clearly didn't realise that it had once been a human being, until she had been over and kicked it *shudders*

[MadeaBecBec]

A female passer-by happened upon the corpse, wrapped in a comforter, at around 2:25 p.m.

Interview with the investigators and the friend here: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news...nta-lot-032210

Investigators said it was dumped overnight, the body was NOT in a state of decomp!

[MadeaBecBec]

Atlanta Police have identified the headless, handless body found Monday afternoon as Lynda Symantha Myrick. More details to come.

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/poli...dy-397908.html


Now, to find her murderer!!

[Coyote]

Lynda Symantha Myrick

A few more details were released

Atlanta Police Maj. Keith Meadows said investigators with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office were able to identify Myrick from medical records.

The medical examiner's Web site described the body as weighing about 110 pounds with surgical scarring on her left ankle and evidence on her left leg of "surgical placement of plates and screws."

Myrick, whom police said lived in DeKalb County, wasn't listed in Atlanta police missing person's database.

Investigators aren't sure what happened in the moments leading up to her death, but Meadows said detectives are placing her final hours sometime between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

"We have not been able to retrace her steps," he said.

Police said there were no other initial signs of injury or sexual assault, but the full autopsy report from the medical examiner's office is still pending.

Meadows said Myrick is believed to be a mother of three adult-aged children, and was known to frequent a notorious section of Moreland Avenue and Memorial Drive in DeKalb County. Police are canvassing the area and talking with Myrick's family.

"We are seeking to question some of Ms. Myrick's known associates," Meadows said. "At this point we have not developed or eliminated one particular person as a suspect."

Authorities said Myrick has had some minor criminal activity in her past, including a Fulton County probation violation arrest in February 2009 for a previous criminal trespassing charge.

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