Woman Believed To Be 1976 CA Cold Case Murder Victim Found Alive: Report

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA — A woman thought to have been killed nearly 50 years ago in San Bernardino County has been found alive in Texas, according to a news report this week from the Victorville Daily Press.

Due to DNA evidence, a San Bernardino County coroner believed the body of a woman found shot to death at an abandoned mineshaft in the Mojave Desert in 1976 belonged to Dorothia Diaz, the Victorville Daily Press reported.

Earlier this year, she found out about the cold case and confirmed that she was still alive. It’s still unclear who the woman found in the mineshaft could be, though it is probable that, given the DNA match, she is closely related to Dorothia.

“We want to get to the bottom of it and put her to rest,” Dorothia told the Victorville Daily Press. “If any of my other family members know anything or have anything to tell, tell it. It’s not fair for this girl to lie there and not be known.”

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