Portia Mitchell was a 30-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, whose remains were found on December 3, 1990, in a field southwest of 3737 E. Main St. in Columbus. The cause of death has not been conclusively determined, and the case remains unsolved.

Investigators have noted Mitchell’s death as one of several unexplained deaths of women in the Columbus area in the early 1990s that share certain similarities, including bodies recovered in remote locations and a lack of clear leads tying to perpetrators. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Columbus Police Department have highlighted her case among other unsolved homicides to raise visibility and seek public tips that might link these deaths or provide new information.

Anyone with memories of that area or who knew Portia Mitchell and her movements around late 1990 is asked to come forward with information, however small.