Coconino County is encouraging people with missing relatives to submit DNA samples to the databases used by researchers. A new reconstruction has been completed for UP9862.
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October 22, 2025
The unidentified individual was male, between 25 and 45 years old, and approximately 5-foot-4 tall. Recent DNA analysis found that the individual was of Southeast Asian descent, with likely ancestry in the area of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand or southern China. And a dental isotope analysis suggested he grew up in the midwestern United States -- potentially in Michigan, Illinois or Indiana.
The unidentified individual was male, between 25 and 45 years old, and approximately 5-foot-4 tall.
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