PHOENIX — Decades after her death, a woman who was found dead in Phoenix has been identified.
On Feb. 4, 1997, a woman’s partially burned body was found in an abandoned car that was engulfed in flames near 24th and Monroe streets. Officials say an empty purse with the name “Monique” was found near the woman’s body.
For years, the unknown woman was only identified as an African American woman between 20 and 50 years old. She was possibly an unhoused woman who had been seen in the area previously…