A woman whose body was discovered in Spain more than 20 years ago has been identified through an international police campaign.
The woman was named on Thursday as 31-year-old Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada.
She is the third person to be identified through the Operation Identify Me initiative, which was launched by police in 2023 in an effort to find the names of women who had been murdered or died in suspicious or unexplained circumstances in Europe.
Valdecy Urquiza, secretary general of international policing agency Interpol which leads the campaign, said the latest identification would give fresh hope to the families and friends of missing persons and new leads to investigators.
Ms Zavada's body was discovered in July 2005 beside a road in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain. She was referred to by police as the woman in pink, as she was dressed in a pink floral top, pink trousers, and pink shoes.
The cause of death was deemed suspicious, and investigations had not uncovered her identity for years until her case was added to Operation Identify Me last year. Fingerprints found were matched to Ms Zavada earlier this year, ultimately leading to a DNA match with a close relative in Russia.
Police investigations into Ms Zavada's death and the circumstances around it are continuing, as authorities remain committed to identifying more victims that have fallen silent.
