MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. - An unsolved homicide from 1989 has been partially solved, leading to the discovery of two sisters who were abandoned as infants shortly after their mother's murder.

The cold case was re-opened and through DNA and genealogical research, investigators were able to identify the victim, Marina Ramos, and reunite her two daughters with their family after 36 years.

Timeline:

December 12, 1989: The body of a woman is found in the desert in Mohave County, Arizona. She had been stabbed multiple times.

December 14, 1989: Two young girls, a 2-month-old and a 14-month-old, are found abandoned in a park restroom in Oxnard, California, by a witness. The girls are placed into foster care and are later adopted together.

February 2022: A special investigations unit subm

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