Post by hi224 on Mar 20, 2019 20:28:32 GMT
What happened to Morehead Kentucky’s “Bridge Lady”?
A lady affectionately known in the small, college town of Morehead Kentucky as “Bridge Lady” passed away December 15, 2018 with her true identity remaining unknown. This “Jane Doe” gave various names when people asked who she was including “Zamika”, “Siselia”, “Grace”, “Aisha”, and “Denise”. She was found dead underneath the Triplett Creek bridge on Christy Creek Road with the cause of death being listed as COPD. Once, when taken into custody due to dangerous weather conditions for her own protection, she gave law enforcement the last name of “Nomore”. She was iconic in the Morehead community.
Zamika, the most common name that seemed to identify her, arrived in the area between 2009-2010. What her life was prior to arrival in the Morehead community is a complete mystery. Zamika seemed to choose a life of simplicity, rejecting offers of tents and indoor accommodations. She did seek services often at the Christian Social Services organization and food bank, however was also known as being charitable to the organization. One time she is reported to have donated a winning lottery ticket (the amount not listed) along with five dollars from her purse to the organization.
Zamika was known for wearing all black. She was found with a black back pack, black jeans, black turtle neck, black Champion’s small pullover, black fleece Old navy small jacket, black fleece Ocean Pacific 3xl mens pull over, two green dress socks, two black footie ankle socks, 2 pairs of women’s size 8 brand new Sketchers, a Nike knit cap, headband, head wrap, personal items, journals, and crossword puzzles. She was described as an African American woman, brown hair and brown eyes, five foot tall, 114 pounds, with her hair in six inch braids with some greying.
She was known for being an intelligent and polite woman that enjoyed reading books and doing crossword puzzles. She reported she did not like word searches because they were “too easy”. She appeared to embrace a life of simplicity with her tendency to decline much more than needed for mere survival when offered charity. She would not divulge any personal information about herself, including her name.
Two pages of her journal were included on one of the missing posters about her that I found. With neat handwriting, she chronicled what she had eaten and found, seemingly from the trash. There are journal entries that appear to have some sort of numeric code shared as well as a page where she seems to get into some sort of argument with herself. She would often find cigarette butts to smoke but was also known to buy sweet cigars.
When she died, the community rallied to provide her with a proper burial. Over 300 people contributed to a Gofundme to that effect. There was some backlash to the community for rallying at this time when some members of the public were critical of no one helping her when she was alive, however this does not seem to be accurate. It seems as though instead she refused most help from the community, living life the way she wanted to.
She was estimated to be around sixty, although it is arguably true that a true age would be hard to determine with her having been known to have been homeless for nearly a decade which naturally would cause aging to happen more quickly. Whatever her life was before she found herself in the Morehead community is entirely unknown. From what I can gather, there were very few leads on missing persons at the time of her death which have all proven to be fruitless. Although she seemed to seek anonymity in life, the mystery of who she is has created some infamy in death.
A lady affectionately known in the small, college town of Morehead Kentucky as “Bridge Lady” passed away December 15, 2018 with her true identity remaining unknown. This “Jane Doe” gave various names when people asked who she was including “Zamika”, “Siselia”, “Grace”, “Aisha”, and “Denise”. She was found dead underneath the Triplett Creek bridge on Christy Creek Road with the cause of death being listed as COPD. Once, when taken into custody due to dangerous weather conditions for her own protection, she gave law enforcement the last name of “Nomore”. She was iconic in the Morehead community.
Zamika, the most common name that seemed to identify her, arrived in the area between 2009-2010. What her life was prior to arrival in the Morehead community is a complete mystery. Zamika seemed to choose a life of simplicity, rejecting offers of tents and indoor accommodations. She did seek services often at the Christian Social Services organization and food bank, however was also known as being charitable to the organization. One time she is reported to have donated a winning lottery ticket (the amount not listed) along with five dollars from her purse to the organization.
Zamika was known for wearing all black. She was found with a black back pack, black jeans, black turtle neck, black Champion’s small pullover, black fleece Old navy small jacket, black fleece Ocean Pacific 3xl mens pull over, two green dress socks, two black footie ankle socks, 2 pairs of women’s size 8 brand new Sketchers, a Nike knit cap, headband, head wrap, personal items, journals, and crossword puzzles. She was described as an African American woman, brown hair and brown eyes, five foot tall, 114 pounds, with her hair in six inch braids with some greying.
She was known for being an intelligent and polite woman that enjoyed reading books and doing crossword puzzles. She reported she did not like word searches because they were “too easy”. She appeared to embrace a life of simplicity with her tendency to decline much more than needed for mere survival when offered charity. She would not divulge any personal information about herself, including her name.
Two pages of her journal were included on one of the missing posters about her that I found. With neat handwriting, she chronicled what she had eaten and found, seemingly from the trash. There are journal entries that appear to have some sort of numeric code shared as well as a page where she seems to get into some sort of argument with herself. She would often find cigarette butts to smoke but was also known to buy sweet cigars.
When she died, the community rallied to provide her with a proper burial. Over 300 people contributed to a Gofundme to that effect. There was some backlash to the community for rallying at this time when some members of the public were critical of no one helping her when she was alive, however this does not seem to be accurate. It seems as though instead she refused most help from the community, living life the way she wanted to.
She was estimated to be around sixty, although it is arguably true that a true age would be hard to determine with her having been known to have been homeless for nearly a decade which naturally would cause aging to happen more quickly. Whatever her life was before she found herself in the Morehead community is entirely unknown. From what I can gather, there were very few leads on missing persons at the time of her death which have all proven to be fruitless. Although she seemed to seek anonymity in life, the mystery of who she is has created some infamy in death.