The remains belonged to Maria Quinones Garcia, who was 54 years old when she went missing from her home in Allentown, PA, in 2014, according to a release from the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) Center in Mahwah.
The students used a DNA profile created from bone remains found in Warren County, NJ, and traced the mystery back to Garcia using genetic genealogy.
The foot — still in a sock and shoe — was discovered by a local resident on May 21, 2017, in Pohatcong Township. No other body parts were found, and DNA testing at the time didn’t identify the woman, police said…