A woman’s remains found in the woods in March 1996 were identified due to advancements in DNA technology and the persistence ...

Baltimore County police said DNA technology revealed the remains as those of then-20-year-old Leoria Smith. “It’s something that I wanted answered for a very long time, but it was caught by surprise ...

A woman whose remains were discovered off a wooded road in Baltimore County nearly three decades ago has finally been identified, police announced. Leoria Smith, a 20-year-old mother who vanished ...

Through a partnership with a DNA lab, police learned that Leoria Smith was last seen 12 years before her body was discovered in a wooded area in 1996. Smith was 20 years old when she disappeared ...

Leoria Smith was a 20-year-old mother of an infant daughter when she was last seen in 1984. Her disappearance was never reported to authorities. In March 1996, a woman's remains were found in a ...

A woman’s remains found in the woods in March 1996 were identified due to advancements in DNA technology and the persistence of police, officials in Maryland announced. Following the discovery ...

IT’S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO ANSWER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT IT WAS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE BECAUSE I WASN’T EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN AT THE TIME THAT IT DID. 40 YEAR OLD TIERRA ASHBY SPEAKS AT A ...

A woman’s remains have been identified by authorities in Baltimore County, Maryland, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A woman’s remains found in the woods in March 1996 were identified ...