A woman found in a shallow grave in Riverside County has been identified 44 years after her death, resolving a long-running cold case. The identification links her to a millionaire who was convicted over a plot connected to an estate murder, giving investigators and the public new clarity about the victim’s identity and the circumstances surrounding the case.

The article reports that the woman’s remains had remained unidentified for more than four decades before modern investigative work established who she was. Her case is tied to an earlier murder investigation involving a wealthy man and an alleged scheme concerning an estate, though the identification does not by itself establish any new criminal liability.