Skeletal remains recovered in a Saginaw field in the spring of 2014 were later identified as Yvonne Maxine Howard, a 48-year-old Saginaw resident who had been reported missing. The medical examiner determined she died of a gunshot wound to the head, and the death was ruled a homicide.

Howard was a mother whose family endured a year of uncertainty before the remains were identified. The circumstances that led to her being found in the field remain unclear.

If anyone has information about Yvonne Howard’s movements or contacts in the months before she was found, please share what is known with the Saginaw Police Department.