Remains identified as teen who ran away 44 years ago, CA cops
california, genetic genealogy, identified, john doe, Long Beach
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, 2022-12-15 11:24:37,
Advances in investigative genetic genealogy paved the way to uncover John Doe 1978’s identity as 15-year-old Kenneth Nevada Williams who had run away from his home in 1978, according to police.
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A teen boy was found dead on the pavement in California 44 years ago, according to police.
Decades passed and despite years of investigation, even internationally, the identity of John Doe 1978 remained a mystery, a Dec. 14 news release from the Long Beach Police Department said.
That is, until advances in investigative genetic genealogy paved the way to uncover the boy’s identity as 15-year-old Kenneth Nevada Williams who had run away from his La Puente home in 1978, according to police.
“A teenager who was murdered in the 1970s has been known only as ‘John Doe’ for decades until recent technology and dogged investigators led to his true identity,” Donald Alway with the FBI…
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