A family is finally getting answers over 60 years after their loved one went missing, thanks to advancements in DNA technology.
In 1960, an elementary school teacher looking for rocks in an Arizona desert made a gruesome discovery. She contacted authorities after discovering the burnt remains of a little girl. Because of the state of the body, identifying the little girl was a difficult task that saw involvement from the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office in Prescott, Arizona, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, among other partners.
That work has gone on for six decades, and now the little girl dubbed "Little Miss Nobody" has been identified as 4-year-old Sharon Lee Gallegos of New Mexico.
Sharon was abducted from her grandparents' backyard in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 21, 1960, 10 days before her remains were discovered. It's believed she was taken by "a couple who had been stalking her," per the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
It was the inclusion of Othram, a Texas-based laboratory that works exclusively with law enforcement, that helped crack the case. The lab received the case in December 2021 and returned the identity to authorities in February 2022, thanks to crowdfunding that made the testing possible.
Police aren't done with this investigation yet. They will continue to work to find the couple allegedly responsible for abducting Sharon and deliver whatever answers they can to her loved ones. Check out the video to see their reaction to the news.
