Liudmila Zavada was identified as part of a campaign by global police agency Interpol. Interpol

A woman whose body was found by a road in Spain two decades ago has been identified following an international police campaign .

Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada was discovered on 3 July 2005 in Viladecans, near Barcelona, dressed in a pink top, pink trousers and pink shoes, said global police agency Interpol in a statement Thursday.

She had been dead for less than 24 hours at the time, and Spanish police said the cause of death was suspicious as evidence suggested her body had been moved in the 12 hours prior to it being discovered.

Interpol named Zavada's case "The woman in pink." Interpol

After failing to identify the remains, Spanish police submitted the case to Interpol’s Identify

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