A Swiss woman has been finally identified by Toronto Police after seven years. Her body was found in Humber Bay Shores.
Her loved ones can breathe easier today.
A Swiss woman whose body was found near Humber Bay Shores seven years ago has finally been identified by Toronto Police officers who refused to give up.
Police said the woman’s body was found in August 2017 in Lake Ontario, near Humber Bay Shores.
Her name has not been identified and she was called Jane Doe.
“Investigators were called to the scene and determined the remains were that of a female between 48 to 72-years-old,” police said in a release.
It took years for Toronto Police to identify the woman whose body was found in Humber Bay Shores.
Officers said there were no signs of foul play and some of her belongings were found in the area of the remains.
“Despite continuous efforts by law enforcement to identify the woman, no leads yielded a match and the case went cold,” according to the release.
Toronto Police in 2022 submitted forensic evidence to a Texas facility in hopes that advanced DNA testing could help to identify the woman.
The seven-year quest to identify the woman led Toronto Police to the U.S. and Switzerland.
Scientists used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown woman. It was returned to Toronto for use in a forensic genetic genealogy search to develop new leads in the case.
Follow-up investigations led Toronto officers to potential relatives of the woman throughout North America, most of whom traced their heritage to a region in Switzerland.
Police and the RCMP reached out to Swiss police in August 2023 and their probe focused on a woman who was reported missing in Switzerland in September 2017.
Police said as the woman’s identify is not being released because her death is not considered a criminal matter.