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HOLLYWOOD JULIAN SMUGGLER KTLA, 5 NEWS JULIAN. THANK YOU.
A MURDER VICTIM WHOSE IDENTITY REMAINED UNKNOWN FOR 46 YEARS HAS FINALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED, BRINGING CLOSURE FOR HER FAMILY. THE PARTIALLY CLOTHED BODY OF MARY SELLO ROACH UP ARGO WAS DISCOVERED ON THE CAMPUS OF WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1000 OAKS IN 1980. SHE HAD BEEN STABBED REPEATEDLY AND WAS PREGNANT.
SHE HAS FINALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED THANKS TO ADVANCES IN DNA TECHNOLOGY. SANDRA MITCHELL IS LIVE IN THE KTLA NEWS CENTER WITH MORE ON THIS REMARKABLE COLD CASE NOW SOLVED, SANDY.
SHARE THIS IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE STORY OF A FAMILY'S DETERMINATION, DEDICATION, AND OF COURSE, THAT DNA TECHNOLOGY. WELL TONIGHT, THIS FAMILY FINALLY HAS ANSWERS TO WHAT HAPPENED.
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, STABBED TO DEATH, AND ABANDONED IN A PARKING LOT AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL FOR 45 YEARS, SHE WAS KNOWN AS JANE DOE, VENTURA COUNTY. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN TO ITALY AND GERMANY.
YOU FIND THAT THE TOWNS AND THINGS THAT. MAYBE YOU WANT TO KNOW THE HORRIBLE WAY.
SHE PASSED. TONIGHT, THE VICTIM'S FAMILY FINALLY HAS SOME CLOSURE.
WE'RE HERE TO SHARE THE NEWS. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 45 YEARS IN THE MAKING. TODAY, THANKS TO OUR COLD CASE UNIT. FINALLY PUT A NAME TO A YOUNG WOMAN WHO FOR DECADES WAS KNOWN ONLY AS JANE DOE. AND TODAY WE'RE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE IDENTIFICATION AS.
IN JULY 1980, THE 22 YEAR-OLD DISAPPEARED. SHE WAS A YOUNG MOTHER WITH ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY, AND HER FAMILY NEVER GAVE UP LOOKING FOR HER. YOU COMPLAIN THAT.
WE'LL BE IN YOUR HEAD OVER AND OVER THE LAST MINUTE SECONDS ARE LIGHT.
IT TOOK 43 YEARS TO FIND HER KILLER. IN 2018, WILLIAM CHILLIEST WAS CONVICTED OF HER MURDER. ALREADY IN PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING AND RAPING OTHER YOUNG WOMEN, HE WAS LOCKED UP FOR LIFE. DISGUISE THE TRUE MONSTER. STILL, VENTURA COUNTY INVESTIGATORS WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIM UNTIL THE NONPROFIT DNA DOE PROJECT USED ADVANCED DNA TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK DOWN PARGAS FAMILY MEMBER. WE'RE SO THANKFUL.
FOR JANE DOE PROJECT AND ALL THE PEOPLE THE HELP. WE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO FIND HER.
AND BRING YOUR BACK. AND TODAY HER FAMILY TRAVELED FROM FLORIDA AND TEXAS TO STAND WITH THE INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE FINALLY ABLE TO SOLVE THE DECADES-OLD CASE. WE HAVE CLOSER NOW.
WE CAN START THE HEALING PROCESS NOW. ALL THE ENTITIES THAT WERE INVOLVED WE'RE SO THANKFUL. WE'RE SO SO THANKFUL.
DNA DOE PROJECT CALLED THIS.