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Michigan State Police announced Monday that the remains of a woman who washed up on a Lake Michigan shoreline in 1997 have been identified.

A man whose remains were found nearly four years ago in a golf bag has been identified, thanks to a nonprofit organization.

Investigators have identified the body of a woman found over 50 years ago in New Hampshire.

"The team is so happy to be able to give Dorothy her name back," team leader Gwen Knapp said. "And hope the family can have some closure."

Michigan State Police investigators have identified a murder victim found floating in the Saginaw River nearly 50 years ago, thanks to the use of genetic genealogy.

The unidentified murder victim was a man who had moved to Michigan from Texas looking for work. After his move, his family never heard from him again.

Daniel Garza-Gonzales has his name back after being unidentified for nearly 50 years.

The remains have been identified as those of Vietnam War veteran Daniel G. Garza-Gonzales, who was 28 when he died.

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — DNA has led to the identification of a Texas man whose body was found floating in a mid-Michigan river nearly 50 years ago, police said Thursday. Michigan State Police and The DNA Doe Project announced Thursday that the body found in the Saginaw River outside Saginaw on March 13, 1973, was that of Daniel G.

The dedicated organization relies on skilled work by volunteer researchers specializing in genetic genealogy to identify John and Jane Does.

Hands-on education in investigative genetic genealogy is now available from the newly launched Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center, according to a Thursday announcement from Ramapo College of New Jersey. The vision of the innovative new center is to secure justice through the ethical and proficient use of investigative genetic genealogy to support the resolution […]

Ramapo's IGG center — the first of its kind — will enable students to "secure justice" in wrongful conviction cases, the college said.

Evolving technology helped the FBI solve the longest unidentified homicide victim in Massachusetts.

The ‘Nation River Lady’ has sat unidentified in the Grenville Street morgue since 1975 — not long after Anne Moran was last seen alive.

A mother lost her daughter 40 years ago. Until investigators knocked on her door, she had no idea what had happened.

While the identity of the 'John Doe' found dead in Pleasant Prairie in 1993 has not been found, investigators released new details about the case.

Frank R. Beck was identified with help from the DNA Doe Project.

The DNA Doe Project identified a homeless man who died 18 years ago.

A dead body turns up with a stolen identity. We tell the story of how a grandmother tracked down the truth — and helped create a whole new and controversial world of crime fighting. To tell this story, we talk to U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott, Dr. Margaret Press, and Phil Nichols. [REBROADCAST]

The DNA Doe Project has become a go-to organization for law enforcement agencies across North America — including one in its backyard.

Kleanthis Konstantinidis' dismembered body was found along U.S. 90 near the Rigolets in 2016, Louisiana authorities say. In 2019, his foot was found hidden in a bucket under a dead man's home 65 miles away in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Alumni have launched their own Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) company called IGGnite DNA, LLC.(YorkPedia Editorial):- Hartford, Connecticut Oct 10, 2022 (Issuewire.com) - Alumni of th

In working with their partners with the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office DNA Lab and the DNA Doe Project, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s detectives have positively identified the victim in