Las Vegas Metro police identified the female homicide victim as Virgia Mae Jackson, who is believed to have went missing sometime in 1999 or 2000, according to police.

After more than two decades, a slain woman whose skeletal remains were found in 2001 has been been identified by Las Vegas police. Virgia Mae Jackson was named in a Metropolitan Police Department news release on Wednesday.

Metro Police said they have identified the victim in a 2001 homicide cold case, according to a news release. Virgia Jackson was identified through DNA testing as the deceased woman in a case opened by Henderson Police.

After more than two decades, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's (LVMPD) Homicide Cold Case Unit has identified a woman whose remains were discovered