SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. - A young woman killed more than 50 years ago – known as "Little Miss Lake Penasoffkee" – has been identified, officials with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said.

Detectives also identified a person of interest in her death.

"Today, Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee has a name."

Who was "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee?"

On Feb. 19, 1971, a young woman was found dead under the Lake Panasoffkee Bridge near Interstate 75 in Sumter County. Up until today, she had never been identiifed.

She was found on the east side near mile marker 322, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said at the time. Authorities estimated she was in her 20s. She reportedly had a belt wrapped around her neck. She was wearing a thin yellow necklace, had a yellow metal ring on her right hand, and a 1

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