Marlene Oakes

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Marlene Oakes
Name	Helen Marlene Major
Sex	Female
Age	25
Missing from	Verona, Kentucky
Disappeared	October 11, 1980
Discovered	November 29, 1981
Location	Verona, Kentucky
Identified	2001
Span	20 years
Cause of death	Gunshot (homicide)

Helen Marlene Major (December 7, 1954 - c. Octuber 11, 1980), (known by her middle name and posthumously by her maiden name Oakes) was a young woman who was murdered by her husband in 1980.

Although her partial skull was found a year later near her residence, she remained unidentified until a mitochondrial DNA test revealed her identity on an unspecified date in 2001.

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Media

• The case was featured on Forensic Files on the episode "A Daughter's Journey"
• Cold Case Files also detailed the case on the episode "Daddy Knows Best"

Sources

• Marlene Oakes on Wikipedia
• Forensic Files ^{POSTMORTEM WARNING}