Pregnant Woman Known As "Jane Doe Ventura County" Identified In 1980 Cold Case Homicide, Sheriff Says

CBS LA

Updated on: February 24, 2026

A pregnant woman who became known as "Jane Doe Ventura County" has been identified in a 1980 cold case homicide, the sheriff said on Monday.

Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said the woman has been identified as 22-year-old Maricela Rocha Parga, who was four months pregnant at the time of her death. Parga was born in Mexico but later became a resident of Los Angeles.

Fryhoff said that her identification was a result of years of genealogy research by the DNA Doe Project.

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