Officials have "positive leads" in girl's 1980 slaying after remains found in Texas identified
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A body found along an interstate in Texas 41 years ago has finally been identified as a 14-year-old girl missing from Minnesota, according to sheriff's officials. New DNA technology and forensic genealogy helped investigators track the unidentified remains to a handful of possible relatives, authorities said this week.
Investigators eventually determined the remains are those of Sherri Ann Jarvis, whose nude body was spotted along the interstate near Huntsville by a trucker in November 1980. The cause of death was asphyxia by strangulation, Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae said at a news conference.
Authorities believe she was last seen alive at a nearby truck stop, asking directions to a Texas prison farm, CBS Minnesota reported.
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