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Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she disappeared from Reedsburg in July 1962, according to this bulletin from the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

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Police found a missing woman 60 years after she disappeared. She wants to stay hidden

Sauk County Sheriff's Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she "had her reasons for leaving" in July 1962.

May 06, 2025
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An artist's rendition of 17-year-old Esther Granger, who died in 1866 in Merrillville, Ind. A property owner discovered her skull in the walls of a home he was renovating in Batavia, Ill., in 1978.

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An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?

DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in 1866. Authorities say Esther Granger was likely the victim of grave robbing.

October 25, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped as a child from a park in Oakland, Calif., in 1951. Seven decades later, his niece took an online DNA test that led authorities to his home on the East Coast.

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A boy snatched from a California park in 1951 is found living on the East Coast

Luis Armando Albino was lured away from a California park at the age of 6. He reunited with his biological family this summer after his niece found him through DNA testing and newspaper clippings.

September 24, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Ruth Buchanan had just left a department store in Charlotte, N.C., with a friend when she was fatally struck by a car in 1989. It was two days before New Year's Eve.

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She was struck by a car during the holidays in 1989. DNA just helped find the driver

Ruth Buchanan had just left a department store in Charlotte, N.C., with a friend when she was fatally struck by a car. After 30 years, DNA technology helped police identify the driver.

August 26, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Shirley and Russell Dermond lived on Lake Oconee in Putnam County, Ga. Russell's body was discovered in their home on May 6, 2014 and Shirley's body was found in the lake on May 16, 2014. The FBI announced new evidence on May 2, 2024.

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New DNA evidence found in connection with 2014 Georgia murders of Shirley and Russell Dermond

Investigators hope new DNA evidence could get them closer to solving a decades old murder case.The FBI and the Putnam County Sheriff's office confirmed on Thursday that additional DNA has been found in connection with the murders of Shirley and Russell Dermond.

May 03, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
GBI assisted Ware County Sheriff's Office in 1988 after the body of a young girl was found in the woods. After a tip from the public, it was determined in early 2023 that the child was Kenyatta KiKi Odom.

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Ware County's Baby Jane Doe from 1988 is finally identified. GBI arrests 2 in her death

Authorities have made an arrest in one of Georgia's oldest unsolved murders, that of a 5-year-old girl found encased in concrete and dumped in woods in Southeast Georgia's Ware County in 1988.

 

November 13, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
In this 2013 file photo, Samuel Little appears at Superior Court in Los Angeles. Georgia investigators recently confirmed the identity of one of two women Little murdered in Macon: Yvonne Pless, who was strangled in 1977. Damian Dovarganes AP  Read more at: https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article275543491.html#storylink=cpy

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Decades after a Macon woman was strangled, investigators identify her and her killer

Almost half a century after a woman’s remains were found in Macon, local and state investigators have confirmed her identity and linked her to the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.

May 18, 2023
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  • Caleb Slinkard
In this photo provided by The Georgia Bureau of Investigation investigators hold a photo of Stacey Lyn Chahorski, left, of Norton Shores, Mich., and a composite sketch of her in Trenton, Ga., March 24, 2022. Georgia and federal officials said on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, that DNA has identified a deceased truck driver as the man who killed the young woman in 1988 in the state's far northwest corner. Officials said genetic genealogy points to Henry Fredrick “Hoss” Wise as the killer of Chahorski.

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Georgia officials: DNA shows trucker killed teen in 1988

Georgia and federal officials say DNA identifies a deceased truck driver as the 1988 killer of a young woman in the state's northwest corner. Officials said Monday that genetic genealogy points to Henry Fredrick "Hoss" Wise as the killer of Stacey Lyn Chahorski.

September 07, 2022
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On Second Thought For Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Three former sheriff’s deputies in Washington County, Georgia face murder charges. A man they tased this summer died. The incident was captured on video...

November 07, 2017
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