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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/waaayside on 2024-01-11 07:04:12+00:00.
A woman who's body was found in 1992 near Blyth California, is known to be a victim of a serial killer; what is still not know is her name. Referred to as "Claudia" by the person who ended her life, the woman's true identity remains a mystery.
Advances in DNA profiling have garnered a number of leads, including the identity of her biological father (who is deceased), a number of half-siblings and ties to Cameron County, Texas, Santa Barbara, California, Washington state and Oregon, and it is believed that she has a maternal link to Louisiana and/or southeast Texas.
In April of 2022 and March of 2023 two other women were identified using forensic DNA profiling. They were also victims of the same killer. Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the Happy Face Killer, is currently serving multiple life sentences in Oregon. He has confessed to killing at least eight women in California, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Nebraska and Wyoming. While he has provided information about when and where his crimes took place he cannot properly identify all the victims.
The DNA Doe Project helped to give a name to the woman found in the area of Gilroy California in 1993, and DNA forensic technology from Othram Inc. provided a match and gave a name to a woman found near the Holt Florida exit off the interstate there in 1994. A link to each of these stories is in this article dated January 8, 2024
Here is a video produced by the Riverside DA's office
This is from my local news source that led to my interest in this case. More than anything I marvel at this DNA tool that authorities have at their disposal to help answer the heartbreaking question of who was she.