Police in East Point are still trying to identify a teenage girl who was found beaten to death and discarded behind a house earlier this month.
Someone spotted the partially nude body of the girl along the side of a vacant house. She is believed to be between the ages of 14 and 17.
Police say an autopsy confirmed that she died from blunt force trauma.
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After her body was found, police released a sketch created by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in the hopes someone would recognize her.
Now, police are releasing an updated sketch, created on a computer, as they continue trying to figure out who she is.
They are also releasing images of the gold “2005″ necklace and green anklet with beads spelling “Wixked” that she was wearing.
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East Police Chief Shawn Buchanan told Channel 2′s Tom Jones that his department has spent the first 72 hours searching for clues all the way to Newnan to figure out who the girl is and who killed her.
Anyone with information on her identity or could possibly help investigators is asked to contact police at 404-761-2177.
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