On April 18, 1980, the mummified corpse of a woman was discovered on the banks of the North Canadian River close to Jones in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The presence of three gunshot wounds upon her body clearly indicated her death was a homicide. One of these wounds contained clothing fibers and a dime that had been driven into the body by a .45 caliber bullet. Due to the fact quicklime that had been poured onto her remains in a likely attempt to accelerate decomposition, the woman became known as "Lime Lady". (The quicklime had actually helped preserve her remains.)
She was between the ages of 18 and 25, five feet six inches tall and weighed approximately 115 to 120 pounds. She had a heart tattoo on her chest as well as an appendectomy scar. It is believed that she may have been murdered by a biker gang earlier in the year or in 1979, although some contemporary reports indicate she may have been deceased for as little as ten days. Multiple facial reconstructions of the decedent have been created, and her DNA has extracted for profiling in 2014.
Tamara Lee Tigard was found deceased April 18, 1980. Her true date of death is unknown. She was born on April 18, 1959 and was followed unto death by her parents, Patsy Joan Tigard (née Young) and James "Jimmy" Lee Tigard, and her sister, Cynthia "Cindy" Rae Butts (née Tigard).
She was interred in Oklahoma temporarily. On April 18, 2022, she was interred at her final resting place in Valley View Cemetery next to her parents.
You can find a slideshow of her reinternment here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQANUvQ2uPY
and more of her story here:
https://ourwarheroes.org/theyalsoserved/tigard.htm
On April 18, 1980, the mummified corpse of a woman was discovered on the banks of the North Canadian River close to Jones in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The presence of three gunshot wounds upon her body clearly indicated her death was a homicide. One of these wounds contained clothing fibers and a dime that had been driven into the body by a .45 caliber bullet. Due to the fact quicklime that had been poured onto her remains in a likely attempt to accelerate decomposition, the woman became known as "Lime Lady". (The quicklime had actually helped preserve her remains.)
She was between the ages of 18 and 25, five feet six inches tall and weighed approximately 115 to 120 pounds. She had a heart tattoo on her chest as well as an appendectomy scar. It is believed that she may have been murdered by a biker gang earlier in the year or in 1979, although some contemporary reports indicate she may have been deceased for as little as ten days. Multiple facial reconstructions of the decedent have been created, and her DNA has extracted for profiling in 2014.
Tamara Lee Tigard was found deceased April 18, 1980. Her true date of death is unknown. She was born on April 18, 1959 and was followed unto death by her parents, Patsy Joan Tigard (née Young) and James "Jimmy" Lee Tigard, and her sister, Cynthia "Cindy" Rae Butts (née Tigard).
She was interred in Oklahoma temporarily. On April 18, 2022, she was interred at her final resting place in Valley View Cemetery next to her parents.
You can find a slideshow of her reinternment here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQANUvQ2uPY
and more of her story here:
https://ourwarheroes.org/theyalsoserved/tigard.htm
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