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PA Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner PA Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner
PA Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office has identified skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area of West Donegal Township in 2012 as Mitchell L. Mendelson of Elizabethtown, officials announced. The remains were found by a hunter on November 1, 2012, near Cemetery Road, according to a release from the coroner's office. Mendelson, 60, had retired from Red Rose Transit Authority in Lancaster and moved to Elizabethtown in 2011. The identification was made through genetic genealogy and mitochondrial DNA analysis, a breakthrough that came more than a decade after the remains were recovered. F…

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After 26 Years DNA ID's Body In Susquehanna River As Missing Harrisburg Man After 26 Years DNA ID's Body In Susquehanna River As Missing Harrisburg Man
Missing James Floyd Gibson's Body Found A body found in the Susquehanna River has been identified as that of a missing Susquehanna Township man — 26 years later all thanks to one tooth, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office announced on Tuesday, July 2.  James Floyd Gibson, 39 of Susquehanna Township, Harrisburg, had been missing since Feb. 4, 1998. Around 12:16 p.m. on April 18, 1998, a fisherman unknowingly found his body in the Turkey Point area of the Susquehanna River, located in Manor Township, Lancaster County, the coroner's office detailed in the release.  His clothing was gone and "significant postmortem …

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West Manchester Police Use DNA Data To Create New Sketch Images To Solve Cold Case West Manchester Police Use DNA Data To Create New Sketch Images To Solve Cold Case
West Manchester Police Use DNA Data To Create New Sketch Images To Solve Cold Case The West Manchester Township Police in conjunction with the DNA Doe Project, have used new technology to create updated sketches of a cold- case murder victim. The skeletal remains were found at Haviland and Loucks Rd in West Manchester Township in Nov. 2013. The police have continuously investigated this case, entering information into genealogy websites and gathering DNA from the man's body. With the help of the DNA Doe Project police have learned that the victim in this case is 75% Sub-Saharan African and 7% North Atlantic. "This means our victim was black and may have had a Caucasi…

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