Murder of Marcia King, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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formerly unidentified murder victim
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About Murder of Marcia King
- Marcia Lenore Sossoman (King) ((1959-06-09)June 9, 1959 – (1981-04-22)April 22, 1981) was killed and her body discovered in April 1981 in Miami County, Ohio, near the city of Troy.
- She is known for being formally identified by county police 37 years after her death, in April 2018, by techniques including DNA analysis and genetic genealogy. During the decades when her identity was unknown, Sossoman was referred to as "Buckskin Girl," after the distinctive buckskin jacket that she was wearing when her body was found.
- Among various theories, police speculated that she may have been the first victim of a serial killer who killed many sex workers or dancers in the area in the 1980s and 1990s, but her body showed no evidence of sexual activity.
- At one time, police thought she might have been among victims in the group known as the Redhead Murders, but that was also disproven. In April 2018 the Miami County Sheriff's Department, with the assistance of the DNA Doe Project, formally identified "Buckskin Girl" as Marcia Lenore Sossoman (King) of Arkansas.
- She was 21 at the time of her death.
- Her family installed a new headstone at her grave at Riverside Cemetery, inscribed with that version of her name.
- With new information gained in July 2018 about her whereabouts shortly before her death, the police have continued their investigation.
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