Remains of ‘Swamp Mountain Jane Doe’ identified after 49 years in Oregon

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The Deschutes River at Dillon Falls in Oregon’s Cascade region. Authorities say DNA testing has identified remains found in the Central Cascades in 1976 as those of a woman missing since 1974.

Authorities in Oregon say they have identified the remains of a woman who went missing nearly 50 years ago, finally solving a decades-old cold case.

The remains found near a creek in Oregon’s Central Cascades in 1976, long known as "Swamp Mountain Jane Doe," have been confirmed as belonging to , who disappeared in 1974. The identification was made possible through DNA testing and genealogy records, according to an Associated Press report.

Who was ‘Swamp Mountain Jane Doe’?

What we know:

McWhorter was last seen at a shopping mall in Tigard, Oregon, in October 1974. She was 21 years old