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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 week ago

Advanced DNA testing helps solve decades-old cold case of Napa woman

Advanced forensic genetic genealogy identified 12-year-old human remains as Velma Louise Silva Lee, providing family closure.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 weeks ago

Autopsy cannot be performed on Travis Decker's body, coroner says

According to the coroner in Chelan County, an autopsy of Travis Decker's body cannot be done based on what little remains of him. Because of this, answers as to when and how he died will likely never be known, the coroner said. Officials said the torso and cranium have not been found, and no biological tissue remained. The coroner said, based on the length of time he was dead, the summer weather and animal activity, not much of his bones remained.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Minnesota fisherman who found car may have solved 1967 cold case

A fisherman recently discovered a submerged 1960s-era Buick in the Mississippi River, leading to the resolution of Roy Benn's nearly 60-year-old missing persons case.
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