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I just spoke with Trooper Callithen.
He indicated that he was on to this probable match already. But he was surprised to have received a reply so fast, and we spoke about it for a few minutes.
He explained that in October of last year, he was contacted by NCIS regarding the possible match. NCIS had sent a letter to the USMC asking if they had any record of deserters from that time period. They came back with Corriveau's name, and said that he fit the description to a tee - including the exact date of last contact, the tattoos and the healed bullet wound.
Prior to this, they had just exhumed the body and obtained a DNA profile. And when they received the tip from the NCIS, Trooper Callithen located Corriveau's sister in New Hampshire and obtained a buccal swab from her. Needless to say that she was quite surprised to have this news so many years after his disappearance.
The DNA sample from the sister was sent to UNT, and Corriveau was added into NamUs because UNT requires a MP casefile in order to proceed with the analysis and comparison to the sister's DNA.
BTW, they had never received a fingerprint hit because many of the fingerprint records from back then were destroyed in a fire in St. Louis.
He indicated that he was on to this probable match already. But he was surprised to have received a reply so fast, and we spoke about it for a few minutes.
He explained that in October of last year, he was contacted by NCIS regarding the possible match. NCIS had sent a letter to the USMC asking if they had any record of deserters from that time period. They came back with Corriveau's name, and said that he fit the description to a tee - including the exact date of last contact, the tattoos and the healed bullet wound.
Prior to this, they had just exhumed the body and obtained a DNA profile. And when they received the tip from the NCIS, Trooper Callithen located Corriveau's sister in New Hampshire and obtained a buccal swab from her. Needless to say that she was quite surprised to have this news so many years after his disappearance.
The DNA sample from the sister was sent to UNT, and Corriveau was added into NamUs because UNT requires a MP casefile in order to proceed with the analysis and comparison to the sister's DNA.
BTW, they had never received a fingerprint hit because many of the fingerprint records from back then were destroyed in a fire in St. Louis.