Decades-Old Cold Case Solved: Georgia Woman's Remains Identified 33 Years Later

The remains of a woman found over 30 years ago on the side of Interstate 40 in North Carolina have been identified as Lisa Coburn Kesler, a 20-year-old from Georgia. Investigators believe Kesler was strangled one week before her body was dumped. The use of DNA technology was not advanced enough at the time to identify an unknown person, but recent advancements allowed investigators to extract DNA from a degraded hair fragment and match it to a suspected maternal relative. The case remains unsolved, and authorities are now focused on identifying Kesler's killer.