Human remains found by a worker in brush along the side of a road nearly six decades ago now have been identified as a missing woman, Illinois officials said.
“Martha Bassett’s identity, lost to history for more than half a century, has been restored, allowing her family and community to honor her memory and finally lay her to rest,” officials said.
The body of 33-year-old Bassett was found on Sept. 30, 1968, but her identity would not be known until recently, the Will County Coroner’s Office said in a July 24 news release…