The body of a young woman found on the Queen's Sandringham estate has been formally identifed as 17-year-old Alisa Dmitrijeva.
The Latvian teenager's body was discovered by a dog walker in woodland at Anmer, near the West Norfolk estate, on New Year's Day.
Identification has been made by comparing detail from Alisa's palm with records held which have been further verified by DNA from her femur, Norfolk Police said.
Alisa, from Wisbech in Norfolk, who was reported missing from home in August last year.
Detective Chief Inspector Jes Fry, of the Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team who is leading the investigation, said family liasion officers have informed relatives.
"I shall now be liaising with officers from Cambridgeshire who have been working on trying to locate Alisa in recent months as a missing person," he said.
"The information they provide will give me and the team an extra focus to the enquiry.
"I should also add we are still trying to establish any activity which took place on or around the site during the time frame of the end of August to the end of September 2011.
"We would like to identify people who may have worked in that area or were involved in organising or running any specific events that may have taken place."
In a statement, Alisa's family said: "We are devastated by the news of Alisa's death. We wish to grieve in private."
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the investigation team at Norfolk Constabulary on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 .
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