caption death_date death_place birth_place body_discovered name birth_date image article_title birth_name
image a facial reconstruction created in effort to identify her of erica green -lrb- left -rrb- compared to april 28 , 2001 -lrb- aged 3 -rrb- kansas city , missouri , u.s. mcloud , oklahoma , usa on april 28 , 2001 -lrb- body -rrb- erica green 15 may 1997 file : precious doe.jpg murder of erica green
 erica michelle marie green
murder of erica green

erica michelle marie green -lrb- may 15 , 1997 - april 28 , 2001 -rrb- was a three-year-old murder victim discovered on april 28 , 2001 , in kansas city , missouri and remained unidentified -lrb- and known as precious doe -rrb- until may 5 , 2005 .
the girl had been murdered and decapitated -lrb- between 12 and 48 hours prior to discovery -rrb- .
the body was naked and the head was wrapped in a trash bag and dumped nearby .
the brutality of the crime , and the fact that the child went unidentified for a long period , sparked national interest .
in an effort to identify the girl , police released sketches , computerized likenesses , and at least two busts depicting the victim .
