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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Howard County, MD) According to police yesterday, the woman at the center of a 1971 cold case homicide in Howard County, Maryland was identified as a Pennsylvania mother. Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der confirms Sadie Belle Murray was identified and led her two adult children who are still living to be reunited. According to police records, Murray, who went by Sarah Belle Sharkey at the time of her death, was found unconscious in a field off Route 99 in Woodstock in July of 1971. Police also note that Murray, who was born on September 7th, 1924, died two months later after she got hospitalized stemming from an assault attack.