Overview

• Mohave County officials confirmed the women are the biological children of Marina Ramos, who was found stabbed on Dec. 12, 1989, near Old Temple Bar Road south of Las Vegas.
• A high-probability match on Aug. 27, 2025, through forensic genetic genealogy—helped by an uploaded DNA profile—led to one sister, and follow-up testing confirmed both identities.
• Records show the infants were abandoned in an Oxnard, California, park restroom on Dec. 14, 1989, then placed in CPS custody, foster care, and later adopted together in Ventura County.
• Ramos was linked to her true identity in 2022 when her fingerprints matched the alias “Maria Ortiz” from a 1989 Bakersfield shoplifting arrest, guiding investigators to her family.
• The homicide investigation remains active as detectives seek tips about a Hispanic woman in a long red skirt and two Hispanic men seen with the girls before leaving in a black mini pickup.