Overview
- The California Department of Justice confirmed the match after the Placer County Sheriff's cold case team submitted the remains for advanced DNA testing.
- Marjorie Linehan, 49, was reported missing on Oct. 1, 1982, in Sacramento County after searches and interviews failed to find her.
- Portions of a human skull were found on Feb. 19, 1986, along Dry Creek near Booth Road in unincorporated Roseville by a property owner cleaning the creek.
- Investigators noted no evidence of foul play at the time of her disappearance, and no additional remains connected to the case have been recovered.
- The sheriff's office offered condolences to Linehan's family and cited renewed cold-case efforts, including a new foundation to support DNA and forensic work.