SASKATOON — For nearly 20 years, the “Woman in the Well” was a haunting mystery in Saskatoon. Now identified as Alice Spence, her story has given her descendants both long-awaited answers and a powerful new connection to their past. Her life, however, took an unexpected turn when last summer news broke and she learned about Alice Spence, previously known as "Woman in well", who apparently was her great-grandmother. This year, the Saskatoon Police Service Historical Crime Unit was able to identify the body as Spence. The update on this cold case, stemming from presumably late 1910s – early 1920s, was provided to the public on Sept. 29.