Authorities have identified a woman whose body was found on a California cliff nearly 60 years ago.
The remains were found near the end of a road in Tiburon, California by a hunter on Dec. 18, 1966. Authorities were able to determine that the body was that of a woman between the age of 45 and 60, but could not identify her or determine a cause of death, according to a news release from the forensic genetic genealogy company Othram.
Investigators were able to determine that the woman had been seen at a fire station three months before her body was found. At the station, she told firefighters that she was stranded and had no money for a taxi, according to a newspaper clipping published at the time. She asked if she could sleep at the fire station, but firefighters refused and she walked away…