Police have identified a woman found dead in New Hampshire in the 1970s as a young woman who disappeared from Vermont.

DNA testing confirmed the remains found in Marlborough, New Hampshire, about 50 years ago belong to Nancy Gale Erickson, a young nurse who lived in Vermont at the time of her disappearance.

With the help of forensic testing, authorities identified a young woman at the center of a mysterious cold case, more than 50 years after her body was found in the woods along a New Hampshire highway.

DNA technology confirmed that the body of Nancy Gale Erickson was found following her disappearance. She previously worked as a nurse at the Brattleboro Retreat.

Detectives believed the mystery woman had died in the late fall of 1973. New Hampshire authorities said Wednesday that forensic testing helped them to identify the young woman as Erickson. "After years of work on this case,