By Tim Fang, CNN

SANTA CLARA, California (KPIX) — More than four decades after a woman’s dismembered torso was found in a San Jose field, cold case detectives said they have identified the victim.

According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, Vivian Moss was found dead on July 11, 1981, in a field where the VTA Berryessa Transit Center and BART station parking garage are now located. Detectives used genealogy to identify Moss, who was 54 years old at the time of her murder.

Moss was born in Arkansas in 1927. The DA’s office released an AI-generated image of Moss based on her family photos.

“Vivian Moss was her name. My Office knows it. I know it. Her family knows it. And now our community knows it,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement.

Moss had no identi

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