CNN —After 45 years, authorities in California were finally able to tell the Gonzalez family who they believe killed their loved one. The next day, her body was found in a snowpack off a highway near Banning, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Lewis Randolph “Randy” Williamson Riverside County District Attorney’s OfficeConducting another polygraph was not an option, as Williamson died in Florida in 2014. The latest development in the cold case does bring peace and closure to the Gonzalez family, Esther’s older sister Elizabeth said. Esther’s oldest brother, Eddie, wrote on Facebook, “The Gonzalez family would like to thank the Riverside County sheriff’s department on a job well done after 40 years the Gonzalez family has closure.”

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Persons: Gonzalez, Esther Gonzalez’s, bludgeoned, Lewis Randolph “ Randy ” Williamson, Williamson, Jason Corey, ” Corey, Lewis Randolph “ Randy ”, Corey, “, ”, it’s, Elizabeth, ” Elizabeth Gonzalez, ” Esther, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Esther, Eddie Organizations: CNN, Sheriff’s, Attorney’s, Riverside, California Department of Justice, Facebook Locations: California, Riverside, Banning , California, Los Angeles, Banning, Riverside County, Texas, Lewis Randolph “ Randy ” Williamson Riverside County, Florida