HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After more than three decades as a nameless victim, Joann Zamora has finally been identified, and HPD's Cold Case Unit is digging in.

"The biggest obstacle was getting her identified," Houston Police Sergeant Richard Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez leads the Cold Case Unit. With thousands of old cases, there is no shortage of work. A new development provides a new direction in Zamora's case.

"Now that we've done that, the first thing we're going to do is create a victimology," Sgt. Rodriguez said. "We need to know who she was, what she was doing, who she was with, friends, family, associations, so we can try to rebuild her life, and as far as what she was doing that day."

Zamora's remains were discovered in September 1992 in an overgrown area off West Rittenhouse Ro

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