After nearly 45 years, Riverside County investigators have identified the Jane Doe whose remains were discovered in 1981 as the victim of a Los Angeles County murder.
The woman’s remains were discovered on Nov. 28, 1981, when someone gathering wood in the mountain region near Sugar Loaf Mountain and the Pinyon Crest community “discovered a shallow grave containing the remains of a severely decomposed female,” a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said.
“Due to the condition of the remains, investigators were unable to establish her identity despite extensive investigative efforts,” the release said. “For more than 40 years, she remained unidentified.”…