SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A New Jersey college is helping Scottsdale police search for answers in a cold case that has remained unsolved for two decades.
In 2005, the body of an unidentified man was found in an SRP canal in Scottsdale. Now, investigators say new technology has provided a promising lead — and they are asking for the public’s help to identify him.
Authorities say advances in genetic genealogy revealed that the man known as “Scottsdale Canal John Doe” was Native American, specifically of Pima descent…