Decades-old missing person case solved after relative uploads DNA to genealogy site
Sandra Young was between 16 and 18 years old when she went missing in the late 1960s. Police in Oregon say an upload to the genealogy database GEDMatch helped them identify her remains.
by Juliana Kim
Feb 25, 2024
2 minutes
About 54 years ago, a boy scout troop leader in Sauvie Island, Oregon stumbled upon a shallow grave. In the buried dirt seemed to be some forgotten clothing. In reality, it was the remains of a teenage girl.
Her entire body, in skeletal form, was discovered underneath the grave, as
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