Can jewelry help identify woman found set on fire on California trail? Police hope so
_fitted.png "The ring in this picture was found on a woman’s body in Antioch, California, on Oct. 17, 2022, after she was found set on fire.")
UPDATE: The woman was identified as 25-year-old Mykaella Sharlman on Oct. 24, according to the Antioch Police Department. Two men were arrested and face charges of arson and mutilation in Sharlman’s death.
The original story is below.
Police are using a woman’s jewelry to help identify her after she was found set on fire on a California trail.
The woman was found dead on the Mokelumne Trail at 5:36 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, in Antioch, the city police department said.
But because her burns were so severe, police said they need help identifying her body.
Authorities released photos of a ring that was found on her right ring finger. She was also wearing a metal necklace with a “K” pendant. Other letters may have been attached to the necklace, police said.
She also is predicted to be of African American descent, under 30 and about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, police said.
The woman is also missing three left lower molars and has a gap in the middle of her front teeth, police said. It appears she had gotten “extensive dental work done in the past.”
Anyone with information can call the Antioch Police Department at 925-778-2441 or Detective Bill Whitaker at 925-779-6890 or by email at wwhitaker@antiochca.gov.
A tip can be texted to 274637 using the word Antioch.
Antioch is about 45 miles northeast of San Francisco.
This story was originally published October 19, 2022 at 3:55 PM with the headline "Can jewelry help identify woman found set on fire on California trail? Police hope so."
