Sculpture Might Help ID Napa's Jane Doe

NAPA, Calif. -- Napa County sheriff's investigators are hoping a bust created from the remains of an unidentified woman will prompt someone who knew her to come forward.

All Napa authorities know about their Jane Doe is that she was black, between 35 and 50 years old, and had a black hair weave, acrylic fingernails and a nose stud.

She was partially clothed in an olive green polo shirt when her body was discovered on Mother's Day by a K-9 officer in a wooded area near Lake Berryessa.

Deputy Mike Bartlett found the woman's leg bone when he pulled over last month to check on a broken-down car.

Authorities think she had been dead at least a year and was the victim of foul play. Investigators said her body had signs of trauma but wouldn't elaborate.

Bay Area facial reconstruction artist Gloria Nusse created the 3-D sculpture of the woman from the shoulders up.

"It's very recognizable to anyone who knew her," Detective Todd Hancock said.

The woman has not been matched to any missing persons cases in the western United States, Hancock said.

Detectives said although there was nothing on the body to indicate where she was from, it's likely that she was from the Sacramento area, instead of the Bay Area, and that her killers were headed west on Highway 128.