Remains Identified In California Cold Case Three Decades Later

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

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True Crime

4.8 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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0:30.1	I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute. A breakthrough in a cold case out of California,
0:35.7	more than three decades after a young mother from Berkeley vanished on Halloween.
0:39.7	Back in 1990, human remains were found off an amazement in the Colfax area, about 130 miles from Berkeley.
0:45.9	For decades, she had been known as a Jane Doe, a sketch without a name, her remains found with a pearl necklace.
0:51.3	But on Monday, Jane Doe got her real name back, identified as 21-year-old
0:55.1	Wendy Abrams Nishikai, who vanished on Halloween, 1989. Investigators recently reopened the case
1:01.3	thanks to advancements in DNA technology. Using genetic genealogy and old fingernail clippings,
1:06.5	police identified Abrams Nishikai's mother as a likely relative of the victim. Police haven't said how Abrams Nishikai died and they're still trying to find her killer. Abrams Nishika' mother as a likely relative of the victim. Police haven't said how Abrams Nishika died and they're still trying to find her killer.
1:14.8	Abrams Nishikaa left behind a young daughter who's now in her late 30s.
1:18.1	Her loved ones say they can finally grieve and ask anyone with information to come forward.
1:22.2	There's more on this story at Fox News.com or subscribe to the Fox True Crime podcast.
1:26.2	I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute.
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