WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- After decades of not knowing, the identity of a burn victim in Wake County who was murdered has been uncovered by the sheriff's office.

A woman's body was found on April 28, 1968, in a field near Lake Wheeler Road and Ten Ten Road in southern Wake County. Witnesses reported seeing a fire in the field on the night before the discovery of the body.

The unknown victim was determined to be approximately 35 years old but was so burnt that she could not be identified at the time.

In 2004, information gathered by investigators and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) led to a suspect, Robert Reagan, who lived in Raleigh. There was enough evidence to charge him with murder, but he died in 1992.

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