Officials: Missing New Jersey teen identified after decades-old cold case

Sixteen-year-old Wendy Louise Baker went missing back from Coatesville in 1991.
Saturday, November 20, 2021
WARREN COUNTY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Police in North Jersey have cracked a decades-old cold case, finally identifying a teenage murder victim from Chester County, Pennsylvania.

On Friday, officials in Warren County identified the girl as Wendy Louise Baker.
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Baker, 16, went missing back from Coatesville in 1991.

She was later found dead in Knowlton Township.

At the time, the teen was nicknamed "The Tiger Lady" because of a large tiger tattoo on her calf.
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But after using DNA and genealogical databases, authorities were able to confirm her identity.

A cause of death has still not been determined.

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