Remains found 49 years ago in North Carolina identified as 15-year-old girl from Maryland

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Skeletal remains found in North Carolina in 1977 have been identified as 15-year-old Cindy Marcell Blizzard.
Blizzard ran away from her home in Monkton, Maryland, in the spring of 1977.
The remains were discovered in a wooded area in Wilson County, North Carolina, on December 29, 1977.
The case was initially treated as a homicide, but went cold due to lack of identification.
Advances in DNA testing and a review by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's Cold Case Investigative Team led to the identification.
The investigation into Blizzard's death remains active, and authorities are seeking information.

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