US EditionRemains found in California decades ago ID'd as missing New York 13-year-old
- Skeletal remains discovered in California's Watsonville in 1995 have been identified as Laura O'Malley, a 13-year-old from New York who went missing in 1975, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department.
- The identification was made possible through advanced DNA testing by a partnership with Othram and took several years to complete, as highlighted in a Facebook post by the sheriff's office.
- Carbon dating indicates that Laura O'Malley likely died between 1977 and 1984, although the circumstances of her death remain unknown.
- The case was reopened in 2019 to utilize advanced DNA testing in the ongoing investigation into O'Malley's disappearance and death.
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Remains found in California decades ago ID’d as missing New York 13-year-old
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) – A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a river in California's Santa Cruz County three decades ago was recently identified through DNA testing, investigators said. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office partnered with a forensic DNA lab, Othram, to develop new leads in the cold case. "As a result of this collaboration, we successfully identified the remains as those of 13-year-old Laura O’Malley from Queens, New …
Human remains found in a river: they belong to a 13-year-old girl who disappeared 50 years ago. The discovery thanks to DNA, but it's yellow about what happened to her
For nearly thirty years, unnamed bones remained, partial remains of a female skeleton discovered in 1995 in a riverbed along Highway 129, near Rogge Lane, in Santa Cruz County, California. For almost fifty years, a New York family searched for their daughter, who disappeared into thin air at just 13 years old. Now, thanks to the wonders (and perseverance) of forensic science, these two mysteries have come together, revealing the truth: those bon…
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