Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee
SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. - A young woman killed more than 50 years ago and left in a lake beneath an overpass – known as "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee" – has been identified, officials with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said.
Officials also released the name of a person of interest in her death.
"Today, Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee has a name."
Who was "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee?"
On Feb. 19, 1971, a young woman was found dead under the Lake Panasoffkee Bridge near Interstate 75 in Sumter County. Up until today, she had never been identified.
She was found on the east side near mile marker 322, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said at the time. Authorities estimated she was in her 20s. She reportedly had a belt wrapped around her neck. She was wearing a thin yellow necklace, had a yellow metal ring on her right hand, and a 17 jewel Baylor watch on her left wrist.
On Wednesday, Sumter County officials said "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee" had been identified as 21-year-old Maureen L. Minor Rowan, known as "Cookie to her friends and family.
She was never reported as a missing person at time of her disappearance or death, officials said.
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