On Dec. 23, 1975, the Davie Police Department discovered the body of an unidentified white female floating in a canal in the area of 2600 SW 154th Avenue. After carefully assessing the case and meeting with investigators from the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, the Davie Police Department determined the circumstances of this case suggested homicide.
On Nov. 15, 2019, Davie Police Cold Case Unit learned the unidentified female was buried at Wake Forest Lawn in Davie, FL. A month later, the Davie Police Department made history by exhuming the remains of the unidentified female.
Once DNA was extracted and sent to Parabon, CeCe Moore, chief genetic genealogist, began the process of creating a family tree. Moore traced the family back to the early 1800s and started working her way from the past to the present.'
Davie cold case investigators worked with Moore, and were able to narrow down family members that matched the DNA from the unidentified woman. The detectives were then introduced to Edna Moudy, one of the two daughters, who supplied her DNA to our detectives. After testing, results confirmed that Carolyn Dunn Moudy is Edna Moudy’s mother and the missing unidentified victim from the 1975 cold case.
This investigation is still open and is now classified as a homicide investigation.
Republished courtesy of Davie Police Department. Photo credit: DPD.