The Brief
MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. - Officials with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office said they have found two people who are biologically related to the victim of a murder that happened decades ago.
The backstory:
According to a statement, the murder victim was identified as Marina Ramos. Her body was found in the area of Old Tempe Bar Road and White Hills Road, about 50 miles south of Las Vegas, on Dec. 12, 1989.
Ramos, according to investigators, was stabbed multiple times, and was left in a state of undress in the desert.
"It appeared that she had been killed at the scene where she was found," read a portion of the statement.
Timeline:
At the time Ramos' body was found, authorities say they were not able to identify her. Investigators managed to identify her as "Maria Ortiz" in 2