The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is offering a $1,000 reward and seeking the public's help in identifying a teenage girl whose body was found in Greene County 23 years ago.

A press release issued by the TBI about the Greene County "cold case" said that on April 14, 1985, "the body of a nude female was located by local fishermen at Exit 44, Jearoldstown Road, off of Interstate 81" in northern Greene County.

The body was found approximately 58 feet off the southbound Exit 44 entrance ramp.

"The Medical Examiner reported the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head," the release said.

Decomposition of her body indicated she had been there about three to six weeks when discovered, the press release said.

Capt. John Huffine, now the Greene County Sheriff's Department's chief detective, recalled the discovery during an interview this morning.

Huffine said he was a patrol sergeant in 1985 and was the first officer to reach the scene after a man and his son, who had been taking a shortcut to a pond to fish, discovered the body in a field a short distance off the interstate ramp.

Huffine said he cordoned off the area as a crime scene and kept anyone from entering until TBI Agent Rick Morrell reached the scene.

"Rick expanded the crime scene and called for a medical examiner to come to the crime scene," Huffine said.

He noted that the medical examiner conducted a "field investigation" at the scene before taking the body for a full autopsy.

This morning Huffine recalled that there was "absolutely no physical evidence at the scene" and that decomposition of the body had made the victim unrecognizable.

Leads to the victim's identify were few and quickly exhausted, Huffine recalled.

"I'm really surprised that no one ever came forward," Huffine said.

He said he hopes new publicity about the case may prompt someone to come forward with information about the girl's identity.

Huffine said he also hopes that a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest may aid in finally learning the victim's identity.

The "Jane Doe" is a white female, between 15 and 17 years old, weighing approximately 140 pounds and 5 feet 5 inches tall.

A photo of a reconstruction of the victim's skull completed by the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center in Knoxville indicates what authorities think the victim may have looked like prior to her death.

She had shoulder length, wavy, light brown to dark blonde hair. Her nails were painted with a frosted silvery pink nail polish. The autopsy revealed that she had recently lost a pregnancy during the first trimester.

More than 300 leads in this case have been processed, according to the TBI.

DNA has been collected from her remains and is on file. Dental information and fingerprints are also available, the TBI said.

The TBI also is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case.

Anyone having information on any missing person matching the description is asked to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.