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DNA links a 1978 Arizona John Doe case to a missing Simcoe County man

DNA evidence linked the remains to David McInroy, whose family is now seeking repatriation after the case stayed unsolved for nearly 50 years.

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'It was sort of like something surfaced that I had remembered thinking a thousand years ago, that someday somebody's going to come and tell me something,' says brother

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DNA links a 1978 Arizona John Doe case to a missing Simcoe County man

'It was sort of like something surfaced that I had remembered thinking a thousand years ago, that someday somebody's going to come and tell me something,' says brother

·Orillia, Canada
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'Out of the blue': Decades-old mystery solved around reporter's missing brother

A final postcard sent to the family said he would be heading east

·Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
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SooToday.com broke the news in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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