Death came all too soon.

She was discvovered along with Alexei near a bonfire, very close to where the rest of the family was "buried". The confusion of whether the bones were Anastasia's or Maria's soon came to a halt, when they discovered the body was 5'7" tall. Maria was this height, taller than all of the rest of her sisters. Anastasia was about 5'2". Even a miscalculation would not have yielded this result. it was Maria's body