Cold case breakthrough: Victim identified 40 years after skull found in Orange County, California

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Cold case breakthrough: Victim identified 40 years after skull found in Orange County, California
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The skull was found in April 1983 by children playing in a culvert in what is now Lake Forest.

Monday, June 17, 2024 6:54PMMore than 40 years after children discovered a human skull in Orange County, California, detectives have identified the woman and launched an investigation into her murder.

They were able to determine a few details about her, like her race and approximate age, but could not identify her by name. Investigators were eventually able to identify the remains as Maritza Glean Grimmett, a Panamanian native who married a U.S. Marine in 1978 and had a daughter shortly before moving to the United States. The family lived in Ohio and Tennessee, and then began divorce proceedings in July 1979.

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