A woman whose body was found along a highway in Elgin, Texas, after she was killed in 1979 was identified as Kathy Ann Smith.
In May 2019 Bastrop detectives began re-examining the case and the Texas Rangers’ previous investigation.A month later, the woman’s body was exhumed from her grave in the Elgin Cemetery in order to collect DNA samples but authorities were still unable to create a full DNA profile.
A second exhumation with help from Othram Labs was conducted in September 2022 to collect additional DNA samples, and at the beginning of this year, the lab was able to successfully create the DNA profile for the woman. The sheriff’s office was able to generate a family tree for the woman and eventually identify her using the newly created profile and a process called forensic genealogy.The woman was identified as Kathy Ann Smith, police said. She was 22 years old when she was killed.Smith was born with a different name and adopted at a young age, police said, which added another element to the investigation when determining who she was.
“There’s a family that can rest in peace... and that’s a beautiful thing,” Bastrop County District Attorney Bryan Goertz said during a news conference last week.
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