Remains found in Texas in 1980 finally identified as teen
A body that was found in Texas 41 years old has finally been identified as a 14-year-old girl missing from Minnesota.[WDIO/MGN]
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) – A body found along an interstate in Texas 41 years ago has finally been identified as a 14-year-old girl missing from Minnesota.
Sheriff’s officials in Walker County, Texas say new DNA technology and forensic genealogy helped them track the unidentified remains to a handful of possible relatives.
Investigators eventually determined the remains are those of Sherri Ann Jarvis of Stillwater, whose nude body was spotted along the interstate near Huntsville by a trucker in November 1980.
Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae said at a news conference Tuesday that the cause of death was asphyxia by strangulation.