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Investigators had worked 53 years to identify the strangled victim found in a trunk on Halloween. She was identified as Sylvia June Atherton.

Cops in St Petersburg, Florida, have identified Sylvia June Atherton, 41, as the woman who was found in a trunk behind The Oyster Bar on 34th Street on October 31, 1969.

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Police used DNA from an original hair sample to identify Sylvia June Atherton - known for years only as the "trunk Lady" - in what St. Petersburg police called the city’s “oldest and most infamous cold case".

St. Petersburg's oldest and most infamous cold case victim has been identified more than 53 years after being found in a trunk in the woods.

(CNN) — After police found a body in a black steamer trunk in a wooded area in Florida 53 years ago, the mystery of the “trunk lady” became a cold

More than 50 years after the body of an unknown woman was found in a trunk in a field in St. Pete, Florida, subsequently dubbed the "Trunk Lady" case, police said they've identified her.

(CNN) — After police found a body in a black steamer trunk in a wooded area in Florida 53 years ago, the mystery of the “trunk...

Police in Florida have identified a cold case murder victim known as “Trunk Lady” 53 years after her body was discovered.

A woman dubbed the “Trunk Lady” who was found dead on Halloween night more than 50 years ago was finally identified as Arizona mother of five Sylvia June Atherton, St. Petersburg police announced Tuesday.