Missing multimillionaire, 80, ID’d as body found in Southern California shallow grave 45 years ago

Source: New York Post

A “severely decomposed female body” found in a shallow grave 45 years ago in Southern California has been identified as a missing 80-year-old multimillionaire killed by her much younger lover. Thelma Jeanette Gaston, a real estate investor from Los Angeles County worth an estimated $20 million, was murdered by 39-year-old Lawrence Remsen, who forged documents in an attempt to transfer her wealth to him after her disappearance in June 1981. Gaston was identified as the “Jane Doe” female corpse discovered in a shallow grave near Sugar Loaf Mountain in November 1981, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.