"While this isn't the news any family hopes to hear, I'm grateful for everyone who worked so hard to make sure we found the truth," Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.

A 25-year-old woman found dead off I-95 in 1980 has now been identified as a victim of an accused serial killer who confessed to dozens of slayings, Florida authorities said. For 44 years, investigators struggled to determine who was the Jane Doe found by road crews on Nov. 5, 1980, in Port Orange, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

After 43 years, a 1980 homicide victim, previously known as "Jane Doe," has been identified as Pamela Kay Wittman, a 25-year-old woman from Indiana. Genetic genealogy confirmed that Wittman was murdered by the Daytona Beach serial killer,

Investigators have now identified homicide victim “Jane Doe 1980″ as Pamela Kay Wittman. She was just 25 years old when investigators say serial killer Gerald Stano murdered her. A work crew found skeletal remains on the side of I-95 on Nov.