Sacramento County coroner’s officials need the public’s help to identify a woman who died in January at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento.
The woman was unable to provide her name when she was admitted to the hospital days before she died of natural causes on Jan. 25, according to the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office.
She is described as Black, 5-foot-6 and 149 pounds. She had medium-length black hair styled in light brown or reddish dreadlocks. Her eyes were brown. She told medical staff that she was 39 years old and allergic to blueberries.
An analysis of her fingerprints did not produce any matches, but coroner’s officials said she had numerous tattoos.
Among them, three stood out: a sailor’s wheel on her left torso, below and to the left of her left breast; “Smile now, cry later” theater masks on her right shoulder and back; and a distinctive tattoo near her right eye resembling a sun or star with a moon beneath it.
The woman also had “a specific medical condition that would be familiar to her family and friends,” coroner’s officials said. She wore glasses.
Sacramento County coroner’s officials asked anyone with information that could help identify the woman to call the coroner’s office at 916-874-9320 or email DeputyCoroner@saccounty.gov.
The coroner’s case is No. 26-00419.
This story was originally published March 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM.
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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.