Remains of missing woman found in remote Southern California ravine identified more than 45 years later

Four decades after the case went cold, investigators have now identified a woman whose body was found in a remote Southern California ravine.

On Feb. 18, 1980, drivers spotted the woman’s body about 35 feet down a ravine off Highway 74, just south of Cahuilla in an unincorporated area near Palm Desert.

At the time, investigators described her as a white woman between 20-25 years old. She had hazel eyes, brown hair, stood 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed about 115 pounds…

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