Unidentified Person Case
Skeleton of Strangled Boy Abandoned by an Interstate May Finally Be Identified — and Killer Found
As criminal science advanced, Horne has continued to push for new forms of investigation, including testing the insects found under the boy’s bones and conducting an isotope analysis — using the molecules in his bones and teeth — to help narrow down where in the country the boy grew up.
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Each geographic region has a different pollen count and tests showed tress consistent with Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama, meaning the boy spent a significant amount of time in one of those places.
New genetic testing has also confirmed that the boy is of European and East Asian descent, disputing the long-held belief that he was Hispanic....