Category: remains

Indiana Police Recover 2 DNA Profiles From Human Remains Found at Property of Long-Dead Businessman

WESTFIELD, Ind.—Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once owned by a long-deceased businessman suspected in a string of killings in the 1980s and 1990s. Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison said Indiana State Police’s laboratory was able to produce the two DNA profiles this week…


Remains Found in California Mountains Where Actor Julian Sands Went Missing

Hikers have found human remains in Southern California’s Mount Baldy wilderness, the mountainous area where British-born film actor Julian Sands went missing in January, local authorities said late on Saturday. The hikers contacted Fontana Station officials at about 10 a.m. on Saturday to report the discovery of the body, which was taken to the coroner’s…


Remains Found Stuffed in Garment Bag 45 Years Ago in Rural Nevada ID’d as Ohio Woman

LAS VEGAS—In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman’s heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada. The case soon went cold—and the victim remained nameless for 45 years. But on Wednesday, Nevada State Police announced that advancements in DNA testing have finally led to an identification. She was Florence Charleston,…


Authorities in Western Mexico Find Dozens of Bags With Human Remains

MEXICO CITY—Authorities in western Mexico have told families of eight missing youths that among the human remains found in dozens of bags in a gorge on the outskirts of Guadalajara were some that preliminarily appeared to match characteristics of some of the missing young people. The Jalisco state prosecutor’s office said in a statement late…


‘He’s Home’: Missing 73 Years, Medal of Honor Recipient’s Remains Return to Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in around them. A wounded, 18-year-old Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story feared his injuries would slow down his company, so he stayed behind to cover their withdrawal. Story’s actions in the Korean War on Sept. 1, 1950, would ensure…


Delaware Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing 3-Year-Old Daughter, Dumping Remains on Softball Field

DOVER, Del.—A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field. Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder by abuse or neglect, abuse of a corpse, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors are recommending…


LIVE NOW: Portugal Police Search for Madeleine McCann’s Remains Around Dam

Portuguese authorities on May 25, search a reservoir near the area where British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007 when she was three years old. …


Skull Found in ’97 in Remote Alaska Belongs to New York Man

JUNEAU, Alaska—A skull found in 1997 in a remote part of Alaska’s Interior belongs to a New York man whose death was likely caused by a bear mauling, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Investigators used genetic genealogy to help identify the remains as those of Gary Frank Sotherden, according to a statement Thursday from…


Orkney Islands: A Neolithic Pilgrimage | Arkeo Ep13 | Documentary

On the borders of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands, archaeologists have been digging for nearly 13 years the remains of a mysterious set of very large buildings surrounded by a massive stone wall erected during the late Neolithic. …


Remains Found in 1997 in Lake Michigan ID’d as Chicago Woman

MANISTEE COUNTY, Mich.—Human remains found in 1997 along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in western Michigan have been identified as those of a Chicago woman last seen weeks earlier at a Wisconsin beachfront park, police said Monday. Forensic experts relying on advanced DNA analyses confirmed in December that the remains are those of Dorothy Lynn (Thyng) Ricker,…