The woman whose skeletal remains were discovered in Boston more than 20 years ago has been identified.
The remains were identified as that of Milagros Alvarado, 37 of Fitchburg. Alvarado was last seen in June 1994.
Two months later, workers found her badly-decomposed body in the Stony Brook Reservation with no identification or other clues to her identity. After an autopsy, the medical examiner determined she had died from blunt force trauma to the head and ruled her death a homicide.
Investigators at the time searching missing persons reports, circulated descriptions of her clothing and conducted dental exams to no avail.
In March 1995, she was buried as "Jane Doe" in Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park.
In 2014, the Cold Case Squad of the Boston Police Homicide Unit exhumed the remains for DNA testing in the hopes of finding her killer.
The DNA profile was submitted to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
Last week, police and prosecutors were informed of a familial link to samples provided by members of Alvarado’s family late last year.
Because Alvarado was last seen in Fitchburg and the circumstances of her death remain unknown, police are now continuing to investigate the homicide.
Anyone with information on Alvarado’s death should contact police at 508-832-9124.
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