"Identity Revealed: The 13-Year Mystery of the Headless Woman in a California Vineyard"

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"Identity Revealed: The 13-Year Mystery of the Headless Woman in a California Vineyard"
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After being found decapitated in a California vineyard in 2011, a headless woman has finally been identified as Ada Beth Kaplan, 64, through DNA testing with the help of the DNA Doe Project. The crime scene, which included the removal of the victim's head and thumbs and the draining of her blood, had haunted investigators for over a decade. Genetic genealogy techniques were used to identify Kaplan, whose family had not filed a missing person report for her. The suspect involved in her death remains unknown.

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