A year later, woman found dead in vacant Syracuse home remains unidentified. She’s case No. 136033

Syracuse, N.Y. — A woman was found dead one year ago this week inside a vacant home on Syracuse’s South Side.

City police haven’t been able to figure out who she is, according to Kieran Coffey, a police department spokesperson.

Officers were called to the vacant home in the 200 block of Furman Street at about 8:40 a.m. on Nov. 20, 2024. It appears there weren’t many clues inside.

The woman, who is Black, was found wearing only socks. Several other items of clothing were found near her, including a white short-sleeved shirt, black hooded sweatshirt, yellow underwear, white sports bra, navy blue sweatpants and a pair of blue Skechers size 8 sneakers.

The Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office is assisting with the investigation.

Melanie Drotar, a spokesperson for the office, said she could not answer questions about the case due to privacy restrictions.

Information about the woman has been entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, a federal database of missing people and unidentified people’s remains cases.

She was assigned Case No. 136033.

The database contains little information about the woman.

It says she was between 4 feet 10 inches and 5 feet 8 inches and estimates her weight simply as between 115 and 350 pounds. Her age is listed as 25 to 65 years old.

The woman had brown hair. Her eye color is listed as unknown.

Under distinctive features, the database says “no information added.”

Coffey said investigators have been “exhausting all methods available to us.” He declined to describe those methods.

Police ask anyone with information about the woman to call them at 315-442-5222.