By Sarah EngelHuman remains found decades ago near Lake Tahoe have finally been identified as missing nurse Donna Lass. Lass was 25 years old when she was reported missing to South Lake Tahoe Police in 1971, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. That is, until an unidentified human skull was found off of Highway 20 near Interstate 80, close to Lake Tahoe, in 1986. “This allowed them to identify the skull as the remains of Donna Lass.”South Lake Tahoe Police Department notified Lass’ surviving relatives last week that she had been located. South Lake Tahoe police are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information related to the case to contact detectives at cybertips@cityofslt.us.

Source: CNN December 28, 2023 21:03 UTC