Remains found near Colfax identified as Berkeley woman missing since 1989
COLFAX – Human remains found near Colfax more than 30 years ago have been officially identified as that of a missing Berkeley woman. The Placer County Sheriff's Office announced a Jane Doe cold case breakthrough on Monday.
Human remains found 35 years ago identified as missing Berkeley woman
Investigators have identified human remains discovered over 30 years ago off an embankment in Placer County as those of a missing Berkeley woman.
Berkeley 21-year-old who went missing on Halloween in 1989 identified from remains in Placer County
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has identified the remains of a Berkeley woman more than three decades after they were found in Colfax.
Missing Berkeley woman identified Placer County cold case: 'It is believed that somebody killed her'
"It is believed that somebody killed her. And so now we're investigating and trying to determine who may be responsible for her death."
Remains of Berkeley woman identified after 35 years
Human remains found in Colfax more than three decades ago have officially been identified as belonging to Wendy Abrams-Nishikai, a Berkeley woman who was reported missing in 1989, according to
Placer County Sheriff Identifies Remains from 1990 Jane Doe Cold Case as Wendy Abrams-Nishikai from Berkeley
Placer County Sheriff’s Office Identifies Remains of 1990 Jane Doe Cold Case . 11, 2025 – Placer County Sheriff's Office officials report that in a breakthrough inves
Placer County Sheriff's Office identifies remains of woman after more than 30 years
A Jane Doe in Placer County has been identified after thirty years, the Placer County Sheriff's Office announced.The Placer County Sheriff’s Office officially i
Placer County remains ID'd as that of Berkeley woman who disappeared in 1989
Nishikai, who was 21 when she went missing in 1989 in Berkeley, have been positively identified through genetic geneaology.
Human remains found off California embankment finally identified decades later
California officials have finally identified the remains of Wendy Abrams-Nishikai, a woman who went missing in Berkeley in ...
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The human remains of a body found more than three decades ago in Placer County have been identified as those of a woman who ...
PCSO identifies remains in 35-year-old cold case
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says it has identified remains in a 35-year-old cold case from Colfax, California.
A young woman’s body was found on the side of a California road over 30 years ago. We finally know who she is
Wendy Abrams-Nishikai was 21 years old and a mother of a young daughter when she went missing in Berkeley, California. On ...
California officials make major breakthrough in 'unusual' 1989 cold case
More than 30 years after her sudden disappearance, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office has finally identified the remains of ...