Karen Joyce Scott was 38 when her body was recovered from a storm drain in Bessemer, Alabama, and pronounced dead on February 25, 2020. She had been reported missing in 2018, and gunshot wounds were the cause of death.

The body was found deep within the city’s infrastructure, concealed in a storm drain, ending a two-year period in which her whereabouts were unknown.

The case remains an open, unsolved homicide. If anyone knew Karen, saw her in north Alabama around 2018, or has information about the storm drain discovery, please come forward to assist the investigation.