Nearly four decades after a fragment of a human skull was discovered along Dry Creek in unincorporated Roseville, authorities have identified the remains as a Sacramento woman who had been missing since 1982.
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the identification of Marjorie Linehan’s remains this week following DNA testing conducted by the California Department of Justice. Linehan, 49 at the time of her disappearance, was reported missing in Sacramento County on Oct. 1, 1982.
The breakthrough followed refreshed cold case efforts by deputies and a new Placer County nonprofit group focused on utilizing modern, but expensive, forensic tools…