Ieasha Abrams was 34 when she was last seen on September 25, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama. Those close to her said she had recently leased an apartment on Beacon Parkway East, had secured steady restaurant work, and was reconnecting with her three children, who were being cared for by relatives.

After a tip to Crime Stoppers, police searched woods behind her apartment on October 4, 2017. An initial search found nothing, but property managers later reported a foul odor; a K-9 unit then located a decomposing body behind a dumpster that was identified as Abrams. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office initially could not determine a cause of death; after more than a month the death was classified as a homicide, the coroner saying she had been assaulted in a way that would not have resulted in a natural death, though the specific cause has not been released.

Reports in February 2018 said detectives were close to solving the case, but no arrest has been reported and the murder remains unsolved. If anyone has information about Ieasha Abrams or the events leading to her death, please contact the Birmingham Police Department.