DNA reference testing of Gary’s half-sister ultimately confirmed that Spencer Island Doe was Gary Lee Haynie, who was about 29 years old when he went missing.
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Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy revealed that the remains found in 2021 were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Investigators recovered an almost-complete skeleton of a female individual and several distinct articles of clothing associated with the remains.
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On any given day last year, researchers from Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Scientific Support Services could be seen running at work, repeatedly turning around in one spot, kicking doors and causing general mayhem. But the researchers weren’t upset.
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In May 2021, the Washington County District Attorney's Office Cold Case Unit partnered with the Washington County Sheriff's Office to continue the investigation into the death of Deborah.
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A young woman who died in 1891 in Sanford, Maine has been identified as Edith Patten. Her coffin and remains had been left behind after the city relocated the rest of the graves.
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The unknown man, found in an apartment parking lot in Lexington, Kentucky, has now been identified as 40-year-old Jimmy Lawrence Medlock.
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The DOJ was able to compare the one latent print with fingerprints known to be Jeffery’s and got a positive match.
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In a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware, hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations.
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Tracey Dowdeswell is the first to put a number on cases solved using FGG. By doing so, she’s also the first to construct an adequate sample frame for further research into forensic genetic genealogy.
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