Human Remains Found in Calif. Nearly 50 Years Ago Finally Identified as 'Energetic' Mom Who Was 'Always on the Move'

Authorities in California found the answer to a decades-old cold case, identifying human remains that were found in 1977 as a long-missing mom from Michigan.

On March 18, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release that they had identified the remains that were previously referred to as “Emigrant Gap Jane Doe” as Melinda “Pip” Beardsley.

Beardsley’s remains were discovered on December 17, 1977, the sheriff’s office reported. She was found “in a snowbank in the Emigrant Gap area of Placer County.