Saskatoon police identify century-old remains of 'woman in the well' found in 2006

Saskatoon police say they have solved a mystery that goes back more than a century.

The remains of an unknown female were discovered in a well shaft in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood in 2006. Now, almost 20 years later, she has been identified as Alice Spence (nee Burke), a woman of Irish ancestry who was about 35 years old at the time of her death.

Investigators believe Alice, who lived in what was the town of Sutherland at the time, died of foul play sometime from 1916 to 1918.

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Cindy Camp, Alice's great-granddaughter who lives in Sherwood Park, Alta., spoke with media at a news conference Monday about what it was like to be informed of Alice's fate.

"The whole thing was a total shock. We didn't know anything about Alic