In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman's heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada. The victim remained nameless for 45 years – until now.
In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman's heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada.Nevada State Police
This undated photo provided by Nevada State Police shows Florence Charleston, left, holding one of her nieces, Donna Taylor. Diane Liggitt, one of Charleston's few surviving relatives, said she was around 18 when she learned from her father that her aunt had left for the Pacific Northwest with a new boyfriend sometime in the early 1970s. Decades passed. The family never heard from Charleston again.
Charleston's remains were found in October 1978 in the small Nevada town of Imlay, about two hours north of Reno. Inside the garment bag, officers with the Pershing County Sheriff's Office - the initial lead investigating agency - also found some articles of women's clothing. According to that entry, the woman was thought to be 5-foot-5 with red or auburn hair. Investigators also thought she may have been left-handed. The clothing items found with her remains included a dark-green sweater with a white safety pin attached to the front, dark-green trousers and a long-sleeved pink sweater.
Othram, which has helped close countless other cold cases nationwide, said Wednesday they used DNA taken from the remains"to develop a comprehensive DNA profile for the unidentified woman," leading investigators to two of Charleston's nieces still living in Ohio. Koester introduced himself. He'd been trying to reach her and her cousin, Donna, he said, to talk about a set of 45-year-old human remains.Soon after that phone call, Othram was able to link Charleston to the unidentified remains by using a DNA sample from Liggitt's cousin.
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