LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Found abandoned and crying in a park restroom in 1989, two sisters now know the names they were given at birth by a mother they probably don't remember.

A homicide investigation that went nowhere for 33 years took a giant step forward in February 2022 when forensic investigators were able to collect fingerprints in the effort to identify a woman who was found stabbed to death in the desert about 50 miles south of Las Vegas. That added to DNA evidence collected in 1989, and the victim was identified as Marina Ramos.

Investigators continued to pursue leads after a relative revealed the dead woman had a 2-month-old daughter and a 14-month-old daughter when she disappeared.

The story of Ramos and her daughters — Jasmin and Elizabeth — is still unfolding, and the Mohave Co

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