She was found dead in a basement in 1999. DNA finally gave 18-year-old Genelle Bradford her name back

For nearly 27 years, investigators knew where she was found and that she had been killed, but they didn’t know her name.

Now, advanced DNA testing has identified Wilkinsburg Jane Doe as 18-year-old Genelle Princess Bradford, shifting the investigation toward a new question: Who killed her?

Bradford’s identification was announced after the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office partnered with Othram, a forensic DNA company based in The Woodlands, Texas…

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