After 57 years, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a 1968 homicide—a breakthrough made possible through the dedication of partner agencies and advancements in forensic genealogy.
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Reich drowned in a boating accident in January 1978 and his body, which was missing a mandible, was recovered after being found along the rocks of a jetty about a month later.
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On June 7, 1970, kids playing in the desert located human remains buried in a shallow grave. The remains were unidentifiable.
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In June 1990, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were found by a fisherman three miles north of Barfield Landing on the west side of the Mississippi River bank.
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The Cold Case Unit investigated and closed two decades-old homicide cold cases stemming from the deaths of 49-year-old Cynthia McKenna in 2007 and 24-year-old Debra Stone in 1984.
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On Aug. 13, 1998, a badly decomposed body was located in dense shrubbery in a ravine in the 1300 block of Avocado in El Cajon, California.
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Authorities received a tip from a woman searching for a missing relative. During the course of the inquiry, a witness came forward and reported seeing the teen’s boyfriend shoot her.
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Vernon was reported missing after disappearing from nearby Albuquerque; she had last been seen on June 4, 2022, six weeks before her body was found under a tree on a Los Lunas property.
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Thirty-two years have passed since 10-year-old Holly Piirainen left her grandparents’ home in Sturbridge to see a litter of puppies and never came back.
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At autopsy, the unknown human remains (UHR) were identified as those of an adult female, who showed no sign of trauma or natural disease.
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