Overview
- The Placer County Sheriff's Office said state analysts confirmed the fragments belong to Marjorie Linehan, who was reported missing in Sacramento County on Oct. 1, 1982.
- A property owner found portions of a human skull on Feb. 19, 1986, along Dry Creek near Booth Road in unincorporated Roseville, and no additional remains have been located.
- Only part of the skull was recovered, so investigators cannot determine a cause of death, and authorities say the circumstances of her disappearance remain unknown.
- The identification followed the Placer County Cold Case Team's submission of the remains to the California Department of Justice for advanced DNA testing.
- Officials highlighted a renewed cold‑case effort that includes the November launch of the Placer County Cold Case Foundation, and they expressed hopes the confirmation brings Linehan’s family peace.