Genetic genealogy was used to identify skeletal remains as those of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Florida in 1972. The authorities believe she was the victim of an ex-police officer convicted in 1973 of two murders.
Tag: Genealogy
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Body Found in Indiana Is Identified After 30 Years
Advances in DNA technology helped the authorities to identify remains found near a highway in 1992 as those of Margaret Ann Sniegowski Jr., who had disappeared from her home in Ohio.
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‘I-65 Killer’ Who Terrorized Motel Clerks in the 1980s Is Identified
The authorities said they connected Harry Edward Greenwell, who died in 2013, to at least three murders in Kentucky and Indiana, using genetic genealogy.
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Your Friday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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How to Find Newly Released Census Records From 1950
It is now easy to access information on individuals from that census, but beware of misspelled names.