NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – Investigators in New Brighton have a significant break in a 23-year-old cold case, identifying through genetic genealogy and DNA the remains of a woman found in Long Lake Regional Park in 2000.
In September of that year, two teenagers on a walk in a wooded and marshy area discovered a body, now identified as that of 40-year-old Gail Marlene Johnson of Minneapolis. Police believe the body had been there up to two months and the medical examiner could not determine a cause of death.
Police said Johnson had been a sex worker and was known to spend time along Lake Street in Minneapolis.
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