A 22-year-old Mexican-born pregnant woman, Maricela Rocha Parga, was identified in 2026 via DNA genealogy as the 1980 Ventura County murder victim linked to convicted killer Wilson Chouest.

Maricela Rocha Parga, a 22-year-old Mexican-born woman who was four months pregnant, has been identified as the victim of a 1980 murder in Ventura County, nearly 46 years after her body was found at Westlake High School. Her identity was confirmed in January 2026 through genetic genealogy by the DNA Doe Project and Ventura County authorities, using DNA from her relatives. The case, long unsolved, was linked to Wilson Chouest, already serving life for another 1980 murder, who was convicted in 2018. The breakthrough brought closure to her family, who had searched for her since her disappearance.