A cold case murder victim has been identified nearly 30 years later using forensic genetic genealogy, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Police said human skeletal remains were found in a wooded area next to the Bank of America Stadium in July 1996. A medical examiner found that the remains belonged to a woman, and her death was ruled a homicide.
In 2022, investigators said the woman’s DNA was sent to Raleigh for an osteological examination by a forensic anthropologist. The initial attempt to obtain DNA was unsuccessful, and the woman’s bones were sent to a lab for DNA extraction in 2024…