Mary Alice Maloney Identified as Woman Who Went Missing in Tennessee in 2007

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A woman's body was discovered in La Vergne, Tenn. in 2007

The Jane Doe has been identified nearly 20 years later through the DNA Doe Project

The woman was identified as Mary Alice Maloney, who lived near Nashville at the time of her disappearance

Human remains found in the woods of La Vergne, Tenn., in 2007 have been identified as Mary Alice Maloney.

The DNA Doe Project identified the remains as Maloney, 40, through genetic research. Police discovered her body on Nov. 14, 2007. Originally from Connecticut, Maloney was living in the Greater Nashville area at the time of her disappearance. Police estimated that she had died in the spring or summer of 2007.

“Our work is often complicated by the lack of people who have uploaded their DNA profiles to the public databases we