Silvia Pettem, a Boulder historian and author of the book, "Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe," told YOUR SHOW on Sunday morning that a new family has come forward with information about a missing relative that could finally give the victim a name. That family came forward after Pettem and investigators had thought Jane Doe was Katharine Farrand Dyer. The 84-year-old Dyer was found alive in Australia earlier this year.

"The way homicide investigations work is that sometimes one thing will lead to another," Pettem said. "In this case, the fact Katharine was found alive in Australia has got another family to come forward who didn't come forward before because they thought we had the case solved. They have come forward with a new missing family member and DNA is being done as we speak. It's exciting."

Pettem says Boulder County Sheriff's investigators have said the DNA results could come back any day. The case captured Boulder's attention in 1954 with the community raising money to provide the victim a proper burial. The sheriff's department re-opened the case in 2004. Pettem says donations have paid for all of the forensic testing done to date.

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