17-year-old found dead in Highland Park identified after 27 years

The Jane Doe has been identified as Mindy Clevidence, announced the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on Thursday.  In May of 1996, unidentified remains of a young female were discovered in an alleyway located in Highland Park, Michigan.

The 17-year-old's remains were discovered in a Highland Park alleyway in 1996, but she remained unidentified. Over the years, several NCMEC forensic workers tried to identify the girl through DNA, but at the time no matches were made.

Her identification was eventually made with the help of NCMEC’s partnership with Innovative Forensic Investigations (IFI), and Intermountain Forensics (IMF).