Associated Press - November 29, 2009 1:45 PM ET

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Investigators in eastern Tennessee are still puzzling over the death of a woman found shot to death in a home in Knoxville 22 years ago.

Knox County Sheriff's Sgt. Perry Moyers says the remains had no identification and no clues about who the woman who was killed June 1, 1987.

The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that the woman is 1 of 7,212 unidentiifed bodies around the country, including 62 from Tennessee.

The database includes reports submitted only by law enforcement, not medical examiners, coroners and other sources.

Advocates for identifying unknown remains say the actual number of unidentified remains is probably higher, but uncounted in the current system.

Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com

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