Unable to speak and diagnosed with Alzheimer's, the woman has been bedridden in a New Jersey psychiatric hospital since she was found at the Woodbridge Center mall.
Ojeda discovered recently that the woman is 74-year-old Elba Leonor Diaz Soccarras, a Colombian immigrant who struggled for years as a single mother and factory worker.
Tips from the public and Colombian officials helped establish her identity.
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