"On Dec. 12, 1989, a woman was found dead on Old Temple Bar Road off White Hills Road, just 50 miles south of Las Vegas. She had been stabbed multiple times and left nude in the desert. At the time, police were unable to identify the victim or any suspects involved in her death, but homicide investigators were able to obtain a DNA profile from the victim."
"In February 2022, the SIU was able to obtain the victim's fingerprints and matched them to a Maria Ortiz from Bakersfield, California. A records check revealed Ortiz was listed at a residential address in Bakersfield with two friends. Authorities made contact with one of the friends, who was later discovered to be the victim's cousin. The cousin revealed the victim's real name was Marina Ramos, and she had been missing since 1989. Maria Ortiz was an alias used by Ramos."
"Authorities also learned that Ramos had two young daughters, 2-month-old Jasmin and 14-month-old Elizabeth, at the time. After this discovery, the police tried to track the whereabouts of the two young girls. Using the DNA obtained from family members, investigators found a match to a woman and her sister who were found abandoned in a park in Oxnard, California, in December 1989."
The Mohave County Special Investigations Unit linked two women found abandoned in an Oxnard park restroom to a 1989 Mohave County homicide victim through fingerprints and DNA. On Dec. 12, 1989, a woman later identified as Marina Ramos was found stabbed and left nude in the desert; homicide investigators preserved a DNA profile. In February 2022 fingerprints matched the victim to an alias, Maria Ortiz, and a cousin confirmed the victim's real name and that she had two infant daughters, Jasmin and Elizabeth. DNA comparisons matched the daughters to the women abandoned in Oxnard on Dec. 14, 1989, who were placed into foster care and later adopted in Ventura County.
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