Nearly five decades after a teenage girl was discovered buried in a shallow grave beneath a California vineyard, investigators have finally restored her identity through advances in forensic DNA technology. The victim, known only as "Arvin Jane Doe" for 48 years, has been identified as Michelle Louise Collier, who disappeared from Fresno at the age of 15 in February 1978.

A Jane Doe in a nearly 50-year-old murder case in Kern County has just been identified as a Fresno teen.

Remains found buried in a shallow grave in California nearly five decades ago have been identified as a 15-year-old girl, authorities said.