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United Press International - Wednesday, April 5, 1989
The results of a second toxicological test received Monday confirmed an earlier finding that the dead woman had contracted the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, Mercer County prosecutor Paul Koenig said. There were AIDS antibodies in the woman's blood, he said.
The discovery gives a new focus to the investigation, which has not been able to determine the dead woman's identity or that of her killer, Koenig said.
"It will focus us on the communities of prostitutes and intravenous drug users," groups that are known to be at risk for contracting AIDS, Koenig said.
The woman's head was found March 5 by a golfer searching for a lost ball along a brook near the seventh fairway of the Hopewell Valley Golf club in Hopewell Township.
No other remains have been found, despite an intensive search of the area. Detectives have ruled out hundreds of leads as to the woman's identity.
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