Four suspects already charged with murdering a Virginia teenager are now facing charges in a second killing, after investigators used DNA testing to identify human remains that had gone unidentified for more than three months. Authorities say the case reveals what they describe as two connected, premeditated murders carried out by the same group of suspects, deepening the scope of the investigation in Virginia.

The victim has been identified as Helen Marie Pullen Banks, 56, of Culpeper, Virginia, whose remains were confirmed through extensive forensic identification work. Further specifics of the case, including the circumstances of her death and how it connects to the earlier killing of a teenager, were not detailed in the available report.