Lily Lee
The Shroud of Bitter Creek Betty, 2022
Hand-dyed, handwoven cotton, embroidery, found clothing and jewelry Dimensions Variable
This work is a handwoven burial shroud to commemorate an unidentified homicide victim. This site-specific documentation is at the location where her body was found. On March 1, 1992 a truck driver discovered the body of Bitter Creek Betty at the bottom of a slope on an I-80 turnout known as "Bitter Creek" in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. She was found lying face-down, and her body may have been dumped from a truck 1-5 months prior to discovery.
Lily Lee
The Shroud of I-90 Jane Doe, 2022
Handwoven cotton, found clothing and jewelry Dimensions Variable
This work is a handwoven burial shroud to commemorate an unidentified homicide victim. This site-specific documentation is of at the location where her body was found. On April 13, 1992 I-90 Jane Doe was discovered in a ditch along I-90 near Sheridan, Wyoming about 5 miles south of the Montana, Wyoming border. She was about 10 weeks pregnant at the time of death. In May 2020, Clark Perry Baldwin, a truck driver from Iowa was arrested for the deaths of I-90 Jane Doe and Bitter Creek Betty based on DNA evidence found on both victims.
Lily Lee
A Shroud for Tonya Teske, 2021
Handwoven and discharged cotton, nylon, freshwater pearls Dimensions Variable
This work is a handwoven burial shroud to commemorate Tonya Teske whose murder remains unsolved. This site-specific documentation is at the location where her body was found. On August 15, 1997 a long haul trucker's wife who was riding shotgun spotted the nude body of Tonya Teske along the southbound on ramp of Highway 20 in Ucon, Idaho. She was originally from Shoshoni, Wyoming. She was last seen leaving the Cinnamon Lodge near Big Sky, Montana. Her case remains unsolved.
