Texas authorities identify 2 victims in decades-old 'Killing Fields' murders using genetic genealogy

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Texas investigators identify remains of two women in a decades-long cold case by using genetic genealogy.

, named Jane Doe and Janet Doe, were part of a larger murder mystery known locally as the "The Calder Road Murders" or "The Killing Fields," involving four women in total, according to authorities.

The murders of four women in League City, Texas, are known locally as "The Calder Road Murders" or "The Killing Fields." "We want to compete the investigation," Bluffington said. "At this time, we really just want to focus on these girls, who they were, the people that knew them and that’s kind of where we wanna steer this today."Audrey Lee Cook was born on Nov. 25, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee, and lived in Houston and Channelview, Texas, between 1976 and 1985, Ratliff said. She was estimated to be about 30 years old at the time of her death.

At some point she started working for National Rent-A-Car but the dates of her employment are unknown, Ratliff said. Investigators in Texas identified a body found on an oil field nera Calder Road in League City on Sept. 8, 1991 as Donna Prudhomme, who was believed to be about 34 years old at the time of her death.

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