MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. (KTNV) — The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was able to link two children who were found in a park restroom in Oxnard, California, to a cold case victim in Mohave County.

On Dec. 12, 1989, a woman was found dead on Old Temple Bar Road off White Hills Road, just 50 miles south of Las Vegas. She has been stabbed multiple times and was left nude in the desert.

At the time, police were unable to identify the victim or any suspects involved in her death, but homicide investigators were able to obtain a DNA profile from the victim.

In February 2022, the SIU was able to obtain the victim's fingerprints and matched them to a Maria Ortiz from Bakersfield, California. A records check revealed Ortiz was listed at a residential address

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