Remains found in Montgomery in 2023 have been identified as a missing teenager from Tuskegee, prosecutors say.
The body of 15-year-old Jordan Lashelle Fitzpatrick, who was last seen in Macon County around March 22, 2023, was positively identified by the Alabama Department of Forensics Sciences in September 2025, Montgomery District Attorney Azzie Oliver’s office said in a release. Jordan was reported missing from Tuskegee, said Macon County District Attorney Mike Segrest. The case is being worked as a homicide, Oliver’s office said.
Montgomery police found her remains in the back of a building in the 2300 block of Poplar Street in Montgomery on Aug. 18, 2023, but were unable to identify her as her body was badly burned, the release states. Based on the findings of the autopsy, police ruled the then unidentified victim’s cause of death as a homicide.
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Through a genetic genealogy report shared with the Montgomery County DA’s office in 2025, investigators were able to locate a DNA profile belonging to Jordan. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences was then able to positively identify Jordan after analyzing and comparing that DNA profile with one that was taken at the time of her autopsy.
The Montgomery DA’s office cold case unit is seeking information in the case. Anyone with information in the case is urged to call 334-832-2550.
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