Arizona Cold Case Victim Identified as Teen Who Vanished in 1982

Cold Case Unsealed · Jul 18, 2026 · 31m

In 1989, construction workers in Bullhead City, Arizona, discovered the skeletal remains of a young homicide victim who became known as "Castleberry Kate." Due to a lack of missing persons reports and limited leads, her identity remained a mystery for over thirty years until forensic genetic genealogy provided a breakthrough. In 2026, the DNA Doe Project and local law enforcement officially identified the teenager as Sonya Alice Langan, who had disappeared around 1982. This long-awaited revelation offered closure to her family and transformed a cold case into an active homicide investigation…