US EditionMN BCA receives DNA sample for testing connected to nearly 60-year-old missing person case
Investigators use DNA testing to identify remains found in a car submerged in the Mississippi River, aiming to resolve a 1967 missing person case, officials said.
- Midwest Medical Examiner's Office sent a bone sample to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for DNA testing, with Director Shane Sheets saying the remains may be Roy G. Benn.
- Investigators say skeletal remains found last week in a 1960s-era car could solve Roy G. Benn's 1967 disappearance.
- Spending almost six decades underwater left the remains skeletonized, ruling out fingerprint identification, and because the case dates to the 1960s, locating dental records is unlikely, investigators say.
- Sheets said a positive DNA match to a living relative will prompt the forensic anthropologist to review results, potentially finalizing identification and closing the case, with tests taking weeks to months.
- The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Ramsey is handling a nearly 60-year-old cold case, a rarity that highlights the significance for investigators handling 1960s-era cases.
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Examiner: DNA from bones could solve 60-year-old missing person case
SARTELL, Minn. — The skeletal remains found last week in a 1960s-era car submerged in the Mississippi River might be the missing piece for the decades-old disappearance of Roy G. Benn of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office is using bone sample analysis to positively identify Benn, who was 59 when he was last seen on Sept. 25, 1967. “As of today, we have reason to believe that it is him,” Midwest Medical Examiner's Offic…
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