(Add photo notifications) Tucson (AZ), March 15 (EFE) - The remains of a girl found dead in the desert of Arizona in 1960 were confirmed by advances in genetic technology and correspond to the remains of Sharon Lee Gallegos, a 4-year-old Hispanic child kidnapped in New Mexico. Authorities announced on Tuesday. Until today, minors known as “Little Miss Nobody” have been able to identify thanks to DNA samples obtained from their teeth. Ray Chavez, nephew of a young girl who died, said today that “I want to thank the authorities for everything they did to identify their aunt.” He pointed out that for many years his family in New Mexico was known as “the family of a missing girl.” The case was raised as a murder case and was a mystery to the Arizona authorities. At a press conference, Yabapai County Sheriff David Rhodes said, “Today I can finally say that I will never hear the name 'Little Miss Nobody, 'again.” He recalled that on July 31, 1960, a school teacher searching for a rock found the remains of a minor in a desert area of Arizona State Congress Village. The body was burned a few days before it was discovered. Death was classified as murder, but his identity could never be established, so he was buried in this town with a plaque written in English “Little Miss Nothing”. However, the authorities never gave up and continued to investigate. In 2018, his body was unearthed to extract genetic tests that were crucial for identification. Galegos was reported to have been kidnapped outside her grandmother's home in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 25, 1960. The minor was reportedly kidnapped by a couple who stopped by a vehicle and offered to buy sweets and clothes and forced them to go up in response to the girl's refusal. Both cases were initially relevant, but the Arizona authorities ruled out this because the body was found to be 6 years old instead of 4 years old, and the description of the clothes also did not match. The victim's nephew said that he was not yet born when Gallego was kidnapped, but grew up listening to the story and regretted that her mother and grandmother were no longer alive to know where she was buried. The family has not yet decided whether to move the child's body to New Mexico. Investigations of people responsible for kidnapping and death will still be open to the public. ml/Eames (Photo)
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