DNA testing identifies woman murdered in Kansas City hotel nearly 47 years ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A murder victim known only as ‘Jane Doe’ for 46 years has now been identified: Orlene Donaldson.

Othram, a DNA lab, says the breakthrough ends nearly five decades of mystery surrounding a brutal killing that sent a man to prison even though authorities never knew his victim’s name.

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