The woman who was murdered, dismembered and left near the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania decades ago is not a woman who went missing from Massachusetts.

The Pennsylvania State Police received a tip that the victim in the December 1976 slaying may have been Maggie Cruz, who lived in Framingham, Massachusetts at one time. The case was highlighted recently by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Brian Noll told the Boston Globe that he spoke to Cruz Wednesday morning. He told the newspaper Cruz is “alive and well” and living in New Jersey.

The search for the identity of the woman known as Beth Doe now continues.

The woman’s body was found on Dec. 20, 1976, in Carbon County, Pennsylvania near the Lehigh River. Children checking animal traps near the river made the discovery.

The woman was pregnant, full term. The baby was cut from her body. The woman’s nose, ears and other body parts were removed.

Authorities said the woman was between 15- and 25-years-old. She had brown hair and brown eyes.

A tip to police suggested the woman may have been Cruz, who was sent to the Rockwood Academy in Lenox, Massachusetts in the early 1970s and later lived in Framingham.

Authorities continue to investigate the killing.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Pennsylvania State Police at 1-570-459-3890 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).