On March 1, 1992, it was at 4:35 p.m. On the Interstate 80 turnoff at the Bitter Creek rest area in Wyoming's southern state, a female truck driver stopped over to check her gasoline tanks.
She could see what she believed was a pile of rubbish at the bottom of a ridge from where she was standing by the truck. The driver made the decision to descend the embankment and examine the situation more closely. She was taken aback when she saw a young woman's lifeless, naked body laying face down in the snow. The body looked to have been tossed down the slope from a vehicle, according to the trucker.
The trucker, terrified, used her CB to call for assistance. Another trucker chimed in. The other trucker phoned the cops when she related the circumstances of her gruesome finding. Located in Sweetwater County, Bitter Creek is called after an 80-mile long stream in Wyoming that flows through town of Green about 3 hours east of Laramie on I-80. Interstate 80 is an east-west transcontinental freeway that runs from downtown port of entry to Teaneck, New Jersey in metropolitan the big apple City, and regarded one in every of the busiest freeways within the country.
Authorities believe the woman’s body was left alongside the freeway between mid-October 1991 and therefore the end of February 1992. The woman's reason behind death had similarities to many other unsolved murders in Utah and attracted the eye of investigations in surrounding states.
Due to the cold temperatures and heavy snow cover, the woman’s body had been well preserved and her face still recognizable. Several composite images and photographs were released by police, but years went by with no leads. The terrible death of the young woman was quickly confirmed to be a homicide. Bitter Creek Betty's face was swollen and bruised, indicating a violent assault. She had been sexually raped and strangled, but it was an ice pick (or similar device) inserted through her nostril and into her brain that killed her.
Police suspect she was attacked someplace other than where her corpse had been placed. The FBI investigated the case and determined that the perpetrator was a serial offender. Despite the fact that the murder was deemed sophisticated, the perpetrator left Type O blood at the scene.