A body recovered in a wooded area near Corliss Road in DeSoto, Kansas, on March 14, 2000, was identified as 41-year-old African-American woman Penny Tyler. Her remains were found in a location that suggests a deliberate attempt to conceal the crime. An autopsy determined her death was a homicide, though investigators have not publicly disclosed the specific cause of death.

The last confirmed sighting of Tyler was in mid-February 2000 when a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer reported seeing her at a bus stop on Independence Avenue. That nearly month-long gap between the sighting and the discovery of her body is a central mystery in the case and has complicated efforts to reconstruct her final movements.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has appealed to the public for information, but no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. If anyone knew Penny, saw her in February 2000, or has information about her activities between mid-February and March 14, please share what you know with investigators.