On March 13, 1981, a highway worker found skeletal remains of a man near a culvert along Minnesota Interstate 90 near County Highway 23.
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The man was found with personal belongings scattered throughout the area but none of the items assisted in the identification of the man.
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After more than four decades, Long Beach John Doe is now known to be Kenneth Nevada Williams, a 15-year-old who had run away from his home in the City of La Puente in 1978.
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The remains were initially thought to have been of an Indigenous American, and belong to a female due to the small stature.
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After 65 years, "America's Unknown Child" has been identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Colleen Fitzpatrick and Identifinders International helped give Joseph back his name.
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Landscapers discovered human skeletal remains on December 6, 1993, in a wooded area.
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A small public liberal arts college in Bergen County, New Jersey launched the world’s first investigative genetic genealogy center on Thursday.
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The DNA profile—unknown at the time—was indicted as “John Doe #147” to ensure that the statute of limitations did not expire. John Doe #147 was charged with one count of rape.
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The arrested suspect was one of several individuals detectives focused on through the years, and ultimately, the advancement of scientific DNA technology, including genetic genealogy, led to his arrest.
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In 2007, DNA obtained at the crime scenes linked the cases and investigators determined the same man was responsible for both homicides.
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