During a search of the area by detectives and search and rescue personnel a second set of human remains were found. These two victims were not immediately identified and have been referred to as Bones 16 and Bones 17.
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For the first time in New York State’s history, investigators used investigative genetic genealogy to help generate a lead and make an arrest in two rapes that occurred 23 years ago.
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The “Cold Case Modernization Act" would expand the criteria for DOJ grant funds used to identify unidentified human remains through forensic genetic genealogy testing.
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The man had an aged tattoo that appeared to be an eagle with an anchor and the letters “USN” or “USM” which were believed to mean U.S. Navy or U.S. Marines.
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The success of a unique cold case unit in Cuyahoga County, Ohio continues with the identification of three rapists—impacting six victims—thanks to forensic genetic genealogy and familial searching.
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The woman had been beaten, stabbed, and burned. Investigators presume that the woman was also sexually assaulted based on evidence available at the scene.
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The body was weighted down with two cement cinder blocks attached to an electrical cord. An autopsy revealed that the unidentified male died from multiple gunshot wounds.
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Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is continuing to take strides in his office’s focus to help solve cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people.
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After the discovery of the man’s remains, a remote-operated underwater vessel searched the area, but did not find any additional forensic evidence.
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After 49 years, a suspected victim of the "Scorecard Killer" whose remains were discovered in Orange County, Calif., has been identified as 17-year-old Michael Ray Schlicht of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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A woman whose remains were found in 1987 in Roane County has been identified as a result of a partnership between the Roane County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative.
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An unidentified man, whose remains were found in an abandoned Illinois house in 2020, has been identified as Todd Alan Kenny.
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Connie Lorraine Christensen from Madison, Wisconsin, has been positively identified as the woman whose remains were discovered by hunters in a rural area north of Jacksonburg, Indiana, in 1982.
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After four decades, a murdered man found in Bristol County, Mass. has been identified as Keith Olson, originally from Rhode Island.
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After 21 years, a murdered young man found in Houston, Texas has been identified as 16-year-old Hector Jose Garcia.
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