The Brief

A 36-year-old cold case murder victim, Marina Ramos, has been identified using forensic genealogy and DNA.

Her two daughters, who were abandoned as infants, have been located and reunited with their family.

The search for the suspects involved in the homicide is still ongoing.

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 sta

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