An official-looking package received in 2021 by Brecksville resident Adam Walko – one that he initially thought was fraudulent – turned out to be a key factor in identifying and returning the remains of his long-lost great-uncle who died in combat in World War II in Germany.
“I thought it was just someone phishing for information and I ignored it,” Walko said. “But then my mom had seen a story on the news about the army starting to do DNA testing to identify lost servicemen, and she thought it might be legit.”
In reaching out to his great-aunt, Sally Gaydosh of Twinsburg, he discovered that she and her daughter had received similar packages in the mail…