Who Is Tempe Girl?
On April 27, 2002, an employee of a shopping center on East University Drive in Tempe, Arizona, was having a fairly ordinary morning. At 5:40 a.m., the employee was coming in to work when they stumbled upon the body of a young woman.
The victim, likely of Hispanic or Native American descent, was a teenager who had died within 24 hours. She was fully-clothed and had no obvious wounds or injuries. With little to work from, authorities began an investigation into the identity of Tempe Girl.
The Autopsy
An autopsy found that Tempe Girl died of cocaine intoxication. She had a large amount of cocaine, but the medical examiner claimed it was not an extreme amount. The autopsy determined Tempe Girl was likely not the victim of a homicide. But who was she?
Tempe Girl was between the ages of 15 and 19, and she was about 5'1" and 120 pounds. She had a scar shaped like the letter ‘L’ on the back of her left hand. But authorities had no other information to work from.
While Tempe Girl’s physical appearance did not catch any leads, the items surrounding her would help investigators paint a picture of Tempe Girl’s final night alive.
The Story
While investigating the scene on East University Drive, authorities found a CD not far from Tempe Girl’s body. The CD…
