How 'Little Miss Nobody' Missing Persons Case Was Solved 60 Years Later

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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Another long-running mystery has finally been solved! 60 years ago, the burned and decomposed body of a young girl who became known as “Little Miss Nobody” was found by a teacher in a desert.

Alongside the young girl’s remains were several clues, including a pocket knife and two sets of footprints that police believed were hers and her killer’s.

At the time, the DNA and forensic technology to make an ID didn’t exist. Fast forward six decades, however, and officials were easily able to identify the victim as Sharon Lee Gallegos. Related: Missing Porn Star Angelina Please Found Dead At 24 According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Gallegos was abducted while playing in her grandmother’s backyard in Alamagordo, New Mexico, on July 21, 1960, and taken by “a couple who had been stalking her.” Gallegos’ nephew, Ray Chavez, thanked everyone for not giving up during a press conference on Tuesday, sharing: The cold case warmed up in 2014 when investigators came across the victim’s file while working on an unrelated case.

Her skeletal remains were exhumed in 2015 and were sent to several forensic labs from 2016 to 2021 before the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with cutting-edge Texas genealogy lab Othram at the end of 2021.