In late summer 1987, the burned remains of a woman were discovered beside a garbage dumpster along Highway 58 in Kingston, Tennessee. Found August 29, the condition of the body prevented immediate identification; forensic work at the time estimated a Caucasian female about 35 to 50 years old. The way the body was discarded pointed to foul play, and the case went cold for decades.

A DNA sample was submitted to CODIS in 2009 with no matches. Renewed forensic efforts in 2023, including work by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Othram Inc. using forensic genetic genealogy, identified the victim as Betty Lou Wisley, age 51, originally from Clinton, Missouri, who had been living in or near Knox County, Tennessee, at the time of her death. Identification was a major breakthrough, but the circumstances of her murder remain unclear, and investigators have made no arrests or named suspects.

Did anyone know Betty Lou Wisley or have information about people she was in contact with before August 29, 1987?