For 33 years, the identity of a woman discovered in a wooded area of Houston remained a mystery. She has now been identified as Joann Zamora, whose death remains under investigation.

Zamora’s remains were found on Sept. 8, 1992, by a passerby in a wooded area near Houston. At the time, she was described as a white woman between 20 and 30 years old, standing about 5-foot-1, with brown hair and distinctive dental work. Despite extensive efforts by law enforcement, her identity remained a mystery for more than three decades.

In 2024, Moxxy Forensic Investigations launched a crowdfunded effort to use investigative genetic genealogy to identify her.

The work officially began in December and led to an identification earlier this year. Intermountain Forensics extracted DNA from Zamora’s remain

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