The remains of a woman who was found dead in 1946 were exhumed in Oregon this week as officials try to solve the state's oldest unidentified person case.

The remains of "Oak Grove Jane Doe" were discovered in a burlap sack along the Williamette River in April 1946, according to a news release from the Oregon State Police. More remains were found near Williamette Falls and the McLoughlin Bridge later that year, and clothing believed to belong to the woman was located in the Clackamas River, state police said.

Examiners determined the victim was a woman, likely between the ages of 30 and 50, who had suffered blunt-force trauma to the head and was dismembered after death, state police said. Detectives believed the remains had been put in several burlap sacks and discarded in the river, po

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