DNA gives back name to young mother found murdered in T.O. in 1980

On July 18, 1980, a woman’s brutalized body was discovered in the Westlake High School parking lot.

For the next 45 years, she was known only as Jane Doe Ventura County.

Now, with the help of a nonprofit and advancements in DNA technology, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has identified her as Maricela Rocha Parga. She was a 22-year-old Los Angeles resident who was expecting her second child, and her family never stopped searching for her…

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