A Woman's Remains From 1977 Are Identified, And Authorities Blame A Serial Killer
NPRA Woman's Remains From 1977 Are Identified, And Authorities Blame A Serial Killer Enlarge this image toggle caption Jackson County Sheriff's Department/AP Jackson County Sheriff's Department/AP PASCAGOULA, Miss. — A Mississippi sheriff's department said Tuesday that it has identified the skeletal remains of a woman found nearly 44 years ago, and investigators believe she was a victim of the now-deceased Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Hunters found the woman's remains in December 1977 in the small community of Escatawpa in coastal Jackson County, Mississippi, and investigators had referred to her since then as "Escatawpa Jane Doe." Sponsor Message Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a news release Tuesday that investigators used DNA to identify the remains as those of Clara Birdlong, who was born in 1933 in Leflore County, Mississippi, which is nearly 300 miles northwest of Jackson County.
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