Southern California authorities asking for public's help solving 1988 cold case murder

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The Riverside County District Attorney's Office is asking for new leads to help solve the murder of a Long Beach woman whose body was discovered 36 years ago in the Inland Empire.

On Dec. 26, 1988, the body of a 25-year-old woman was found in Perris on the 300 block of East 4th Street, officials said.

For decades, the woman's identity was a mystery until the Riverside County Regional Cold Case Team took up the case, had her body exhumed and used the latest genealogical technology to determine she was Jacqueline Danette Ebel.

Thanks to these renewed efforts, authorities have been able to learn more about Ebel, who had been reported missing in Long Beach just days prior to her body being found.

Jackie, as she was known to loved ones, had lived in Long Beach and Bellflower at times and had previously used Yonkers and Palmer as surnames.