Deon Yancy was 30 when her body was found in a vacant field east of 1850 East 25th Street in Columbus, Ohio, on February 11, 1980. The death was officially classified as a homicide, but the initial investigation did not determine a specific cause of death.

The Columbus Police Department leads the investigation and the case is listed in the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved homicide database to keep attention on the file and seek new leads. No resolution has been reported in that entry.

Anyone with information about what happened to Deon Yancy is asked to contact the Columbus Police Department or the Ohio Attorney General’s Office with tips.