local police transported the drum to the nassau county morgue, where all of its contents were carefully removed for forensic examination. inside were the mummified remains of a young woman. there were also some plastic pellets, a green plastic flower stem with leaves, and a woman's pocketbook, which was submerged in a mysterious brownish-green liquid at the bottom of the drum. the liquid had virtually destroyed the contents of the pocketbook which might have identified the victim. the cause of death appeared to be blunt force trauma to the head. >> what was most noteworthy to the body in the cause of death was there were ten different injuries called lacerations to the back and upper part of the head. there were multiple fractures to the skull. the skull was broken into small pieces. there also was bloodstaining to these areas of injuries, indicating they had occurred while she was alive. >> but who was this murdered woman? the medical examiner determined that the woman was either white or hispanic, between 20 and 30 years of age. she stood approximately five feet tall. she also had som