Mutilated body found in Alabama in 1997 identified through 'genetic genealogy' as California man
by Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2023
2 minutes
Decades after a mutilated body was found in a wooded area in northern Alabama, officials have identified the cold-case victim as a California man through intensive DNA technology and genetic genealogy.
The body, found April 15, 1997, in Union Grove, Ala., was discovered along a creek, with its head, feet and hands removed, as well as other parts of the body mutilated, apparently in an attempt to make this week from Alabama's Marshall County Sheriff's Office.
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