In April 1993, a biologist discovered a grave covered with a handmade quilt and several large rocks.
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After 55 years, the remains of man discovered in Humboldt County, California are identified as U.S. Marine veteran William Melvin Toller, born in 1927.
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A thorough investigation was conducted and investigators were able to determine that the deceased’s vehicle, a credit card and other effects had been stolen and used between May 15 and May 17, 1982, seemingly confirming the date of the murder.
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On March 29, 2011, Kaplan’s partially decomposed body was found in a vineyard in Arvin, California. The head and thumbs were missing from the corpse, and her body had been drained of blood.
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Students of the Ramapo College of New Jersey Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) Center have successfully uncovered the identity of “Rhinelander John Doe.”
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After nearly 65 years, an unknown man found in the Utah desert has been identified as Robert Holman Trent, born on 15 January 1913 in Reidsville, Rockingham County.
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After more than four decades, Sahara Sue Doe, a young woman whose remains were discovered near Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada, is now identified as 19-year-old Gwenn Marie Story.
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A body found wrapped in tire chains at the bottom of a lake in Kentucky in 1999 has now been identified as a man wanted by the FBI after an arrest for the alleged rape of a minor child one year earlier.
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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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