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Associated Press - November 13, 2009 2:05 PM ET
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The state Office of the Medical Investigator has identified an eighth victim among the remains found buried on Albuquerque's west side as a runaway from Oklahoma.
Albuquerque police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said Friday Syllannia Edwards was 15-years-old when she was reported missing in Lawton, Okla., in August 2003.
Hamby says Edwards is the first of the identified victims to come from outside New Mexico.
Police unearthed the remains of 11 victims and a fetus in the mass grave in February.
The medical examiner's director of operations Amy Boule says employees compared a forensic sketch they made of the victim based on a skull with photos of missing children posted online.
Boule says they found Edwards' photograph and a positive identification was made through dental records.
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