‘Little Miss Nobody’ identified more after 60 years using DNA
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire
Ray Chavez, the nephew of a little girl dubbed "Little Miss Nobody" who was recently identified, speaks during a news conference in Prescott, Ariz., Tuesday, March 15, 2022. The Yavapai County Sheriff's office said the previously unidentified little girl whose burned remains were found more than 60 years earlier in the Arizona desert was 4-year-old Sharon Lee Gallegos, of New Mexico. The child's remains were found on July 31, 1960, partially buried in a wash in Congress, Arizona. (Doug Cook/The Daily Courier via AP)
PHOENIX (AP) — “Little Miss Nobody” finally has a name.
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday a little girl whose burned remains were found more than 60 years ago in a remote area of Arizona was 4-year-old Sharon Lee Gallegos of New Mexico.
Her partially buried remains were located in a desert wash July 31, 1960. The Prescott community in central-north Arizona paid for a funeral.
The Sheriff’s Office and a Texas DNA company recently raised $4,000 for specialized testing to finally identify her.
Authorities say they do not know who took and killed the child, and the case is still under investigation.
