BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) -- A 43-year-old cold case that was an unidentified woman in McLean County finally has a resolution.

Moxxy Forensic Investigations, in partnership with the McLean County Coroner's Office and the McLean County Sheriff’s Office, positively identified a woman whose remains were discovered in rural McLean County in 1982.

Something called investigative genetic genealogical analysis was used to identify Linda Cecilia Haddad, who was originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Haddad was 39 years old at the time of her death.

Her remains were discovered by a passerby, along US Route 136 between Le Roy and Bellflower at about 1:35 p.m. on Feb. 2, 1982.

Medical examiners at the time found there was no foul play in her death, but still her identity remained a mystery.

She

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