UPDATE: Family members remove unidentified body from mother's grave

Almost thirty years ago, Leoma disappeared from Anderson County. Six months later, remains were found near Norris Lake. Investigators always thought they belonged to Leoma.

Then in 1985, Jimmy Maggard confessed to her murder and said he dumped her body in the same area near Norris Lake. Police closed the case.

The family never thought they buried the right person. Last year they had the remains exhumed, tested and then re-buried. DNA tests later showed it was not their mother.

Saturday, after obtaining a court order, they had the remains re-exhumed from Leoma's grave.

"Really, it's horrifying," says Leoma's daughter, Barbara Adkins.

With the help of a court order and top Forensic Anthropologist Dr. William Bass, the remains were exhumed for a second time.

"The hopes are that we identify this individual and we also identify Leoma Patterson," says Bass.

But this day was also used to pay tribute. Family members gathered pictures and a poem and put them in a memory box.

Now that is buried in their mother's grave. "It would make you feel better if she were actually in there," says Leoma's granddaughter, Elizabeth Pendergrass. "There's nothing hidden that will not be revealed and I believe that strongly."

Dr. Bass will test the remains and send the information to the National Crime Information Center to see if they can identify this woman.