After 35 years, the remains of a woman discovered near a creek in Canadian County, Oklahoma have been identified as Joann Marie Rozelle.
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When her DNA results came through, however, it was clear that all of the unidentified woman’s matches were very distantly related to her.
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Personal property recovered from the victim was submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Questioned Documents Unit. This state-of-the-art analysis generated a critical lead suggesting the victim may have resided in Port Jervis, New York.
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Investigators have identified human remains discovered a mile from the Arizona Renaissance Festival property.
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At the time the baby was located, the medical examiner was unable to confirm whether the baby had been born
alive or deceased.
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Advanced DNA testing coupled with forensic genetic genealogy has led to the identification of homicide victim Deanna Marie Smith, whose remains were discovered in October 2003.
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As interns for the Howard County Police Department, the students documented and digitized evidence, reevaluated fingerprints from more than 50 years ago, and leveraged genealogy and AI technology.
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They soon came to learn that the initial assessments from 1988 were inaccurate. Originally, authorities believed that New Buffalo Jane Doe was a Caucasian woman in her 40s or 50s, but she turned out to be African American and in her 70s at the time of her death.
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Detectives with the CMPD Cold Case Unit have identified a 2016 deceased victim using forensic investigative genetic genealogy.
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Crandell was found murdered in her office at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly. The suspect is Baari Shabazz. He died in 2019 at the age of 69.
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