Kitt has spent the past two years trying to discover what happened to her great-aunt, Twylia May Embrey. In 1953, Embrey left her family farm near Maywood after high school graduation to work in North Platte, then vanished. Kitt wanted to solve the mystery of the missing woman for her grandmother, Twylia's sister, Mildred Garner of Wellfleet.

This month, Kitt learned that Twylia May Embrey lived out her life in Massachusetts as Teresa Naimo. Naimo died in March at the age of 71, without ever having any contact with the family she left behind 53 years before.

"If it wasn't for the Jane Doe search, we would have never found Twylia May Embrey," said Silvia Pettem, a Boulder, Colo., historian.

In 1954, the nude and battered body of a young woman was discovered by two University of Colorado students hiking near Boulder Falls, west of Boulder. The crime was never solved, the woman never identified. With no clues, and no suspects, the case was shelved.

In recent years, Pettem has spearheaded an effort to identify the victim, who was "adopted" by the City of Boulder and buried in a Boulder cemetery in 1954.

While Twylia May's family copes with the news that their missing relative died just over a month ago without ever contacting them, somewhere, another family may be mourning another lost child, having no clue to her fate.

Amindst the excitement and turmoil of the discovery of Twylia May, it was learned that authorities in Colorado might be very close to identifying the young woman who was buried in Boulder in 1954.

Who is Boulder Jane Doe?

Boulder County Sheriff Office Detective Steve Ainsworth told The Telegraph that a suspect in the Jane Doe killing has been identified. Ainsworth is hoping information from the suspect will lead to an identification of the victim.

"We have identified a suspect named Harvey Murray Glatman," Ainsworth said.

Glatman was a serial killer, one of the first "signature killers," a serial murderer whose crimes all have at least one identical feature that has roots in their homicidal compulsions. For Glatman, it was to bind and torture his victims with a rope, and take pictures of the murders.

New forensic tests have shown that Jane Doe's injuries may have been consistent with being struck by a car; specifically, a 1951 Dodge Coronet.

Glatman was arrested in Los Angeles in 1958, caught in the act of kidnapping, and eventually confessed to three murders.

Glatman was convicted of first-degree murder, and executed in the gas chamber of San Quentin State Prison in Sept. 1959.

At the time of his arrest, Glatman was driving a Coronet, with Colorado plates.

"I was aware of Glatman," Ainsworth said. "I wasn't aware that he had lived in Denver."

Glatman was caught breaking into women's apartments in Denver, where he would tie them up, molest them and take pictures as souvenirs. Caught in the act at age 17 in 1945, Glatman was charged with attempted burglary. While still out of bail, Glatman kidnapped a young woman at gunpoint and took her to Sunshine Canyon west of Boulder, where he sexually assaulted her. Glatman released the woman the next day.

When arrested in Los Angeles, Glatman eventually confessed to detectives, who searched his home and discovered a toolbox filled with photographs.

"I believe Glatman abducted Jane Doe, tied her up and drove her up to Boulder Canyon," Ainsworth said. "It was so remote in those days. He forced her to remove her clothes and to climb in the back seat. I believe she made a break for it, and while attempting to escape, made it about 300 yards before Glatman struck her with the car, knocking her down into the canyon."

Ainsworth located a restored 1951 Dodge Coronet, took measurements and had them compared to Jane Doe's injuries.

"The injuries match up," Ainsworth said.

At the time of his arrest, Glatman told L.A. detectives about women he had kidnapped and assaulted in Denver. Glatman mentioned two women by name, and mentioned two others whose names he had forgotten or never knew.

"He talked about two women he had supposedly released," Ainsworth said. "Then Glatman said they were still alive 'unless one has been run over.'"

Ainsworth believes one of those women is Boulder Jane Doe.

Los Angeles police have assigned a detective to assist Ainsworth, and the forensic department has assigned a technician full-time to search for photographs collected at the time of Glatman's arrest.

"When Glatman was being interviewed in L.A., he explained in detail about women in Denver. He knew all sorts of information about the people he had caught," Ainsworth said.

Autopsy photos of Jane Doe showed ligature mark on the left wrist, Ainsworth said.

The hit and run theory explains why Jane Doe was nude and the nature of her injuries, Ainsworth said.

Ainsworth, who works on cold cases for the sheriff's department, became involved with Twylia May Embrey's disappearance when Kitt contacted Pettem, after publicity about efforts to identify Jane Doe.

"I opened a case for Twylia May Embrey," Ainsworth said. "Now that case is closed."

The case of Boulder Jane Doe may soon follow.

"Glatman lived at 1311 Kearney Street in Denver." Ainsworth said. "I went there, and the house is still there, and vacant, for rent. I have called the landlord, and I'm going to go through the house. I doubt if there is any evidence there, but I am still going to look."

Police in Los Angles are being extremely helpful, Ainsworth said. A crime technician is working full time on a search for the photographic evidence discovered in Glatman's toolbox and will send Ainsworth the photos.

"I talked to them last week, and they have found many photos already," Ainsworth said.

"They estimate it will take another two weeks to find them all."

Perhaps another family will finally find answers to decades worth of questions.

Who is Boulder Jane Doe?