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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 case that captured the attention of the public for decades. Using DNA evidence, police have now identified the victim as Sylvia June Atherton, a mother of five, from Tucson, Arizona.

It has been struck by six major hurricanes in less than 25 years.

The oldest and most infamous cold case victim in St. Petersburg, Florida, is finally identified through DNA as Sylvia June Atherton.

A woman who became known as the “trunk lady” to many has been identified after 53 years.

“We can rebuild a piece of marsh, but in 30 years, that may be the only piece of marsh there.”