Pennsylvania State Police have identified a woman whose body was found in a wooded area along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County in 1986.
Investigators identified the woman as Gladys T. Johnson, also known as “Tinker,” 18-year-old from Washington, D.C. State Police announced the identification on October 9, 2026, after the case remained unsolved for four decades.
Johnson’s body was discovered April 8, 1986, near the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at mile marker 137.2 in Kline Township, about two miles south of McAdoo Borough. A person riding a bicycle along nearby railroad tracks found her body…