Bangladesh, Oct. 11 -- After more than two decades of uncertainty, the mystery of the “Woman with the German keys” has finally been solved. The woman whose lifeless body was discovered in the sand dunes near Wassenaar, a quiet Dutch coastal town, on July 4, 2004, has been identified as Eva Maria Pommer, a 35-year-old German national. The breakthrough, announced by the Dutch police on October 10, marks another success for Operation Identify Me, an Interpol-led initiative that aims to restore the names and identities of women who died under suspicious or unexplained circumstances across Europe.

Eva Maria Pommers case had confounded investigators for years. When her body was first discovered, there were no immediate signs of vio...