After 52 years, a murdered man, whose body was found near the south side of Winter Haven, Florida in a marshy area, has been identified as Mack Lavell Proctor, born November 28, 1914.
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Alberta RCMP have linked four historical homicides of young women from the 1970's to a now deceased serial sexual offender. The Alberta RCMP Historical Homicide Unit (HHU) believe there may be more unsolved homicides in Western Canada related to this individual.
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In June 1993, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were discovered on a construction site in Marietta, Georgia. Using this new information, a follow-up investigation was conducted leading investigators to potential relatives of the woman. This investigation led to the positive identification of the woman.
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Announcement of the identification of Windbreaker John Doe 1986 through forensic investigative genetic genealogy labwork.
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Twenty-five years after the murder of 26-year-old Lincoln, Ontario resident, Nadine Gurczenski, Joseph Archie “Raymond” Brousseau has been identified as her killer.
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Anthony Scalici was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned today on a charge of second-degree murder in the 2009 stabbing death of his 64-year-old uncle, Rosario Prestigiacomo, inside the victim’s Ridgewood home. The 15-year-old case was solved through forensic genetic genealogy, making it the first time a homicide suspect was identified and arrested in New York City making use of public genealogy databases.
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The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Intermountain Forensics and the Coconino County Office of the Medical Examiner has identified remains found at the base of Mt. Elden in 2019 as Mark Austin Dunne, a man reported missing from Phoenix in 2017.
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Despite Elliott-Littlehale having died nearly 110 years ago, Othram scientists were able to successfully extract DNA from these skeletal remains, build an ultra-sensitive DNA profile, and perform the genealogical research to identify Elliott-Littlehale's displaced remains.
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As the 103rd anniversary of the tragic 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre approaches, the City of Tulsa's quest to identify victims and connect with their relatives is gaining momentum.
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After 27 years, a man whose remains were discovered in a wooded area in St. Cloud, Florida, has been identified as 63-year-old fugitive William Wallace Stabler Jr., born January 23, 1933.
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