By Michelle Maluske, CTV Windsor News Reporter Click here for updates on this story     WINDSOR, Ont. (CTV Network) —  OPP have used new DNA technology to solve a 21-year-old cold case near Amherstburg, Ont. The new testing has led to the identification of the remains of a man found in 2003. Authorities now say it was James Raymond Stewart, 48, of Michigan, who was discovered on May 29 in the Livingston Channel of the Detroit River. Although aut…

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'He won't be a John Doe anymore': OPP use new DNA testing to solve 21-year-old cold case

Police do not suspect foul play in the man’s May 2003 death

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Man identified 21 years after his body washed up on Ontario-US border

OPP have used new DNA technology to solve a 21-year-old cold case near Amherstburg, Ont. The new testing has led to the identification of the remains of a man found in 2003.

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James Raymond Stewart, 48, was discovered May 29, 2003 at the Livingston Channel of the Detroit River — but it wasn’t until last year that authorities were able to find out who he was because investigative genetic genealogy.

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Body found near Amherstburg, Ont., identified 21 years later as missing Detroit man

The Ontario Provincial Police say the identity of an American man's body found almost 22 years ago near the Ontario-U.S border has been solved, giving his family closure.

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His body washed ashore near the Ontario-U.S border in 2003. Now, police have an ID

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Body found in river channel near Windsor, Ont., identified more than 21 years later

A cold case more than two decades old has been solved after new DNA technology was used by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to identify the remains of a man found near a southwestern Ontario town in 2003.
Police have been actively attempting to identify the body for 21 years, despite determining the death was not suspicious. It wasn’t until last fall that the mystery was officially solved.
The John Doe has been identified as 48-year-old James…

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OPP Solves 21-Year-Old Cold Case With Cutting-Edge DNA Technology

Ontario Provincial Police say investigative genetic genealogy has helped them identify a man whose body was found near Windsor, Ont., more than 21 years ago.

'He won't be a John Doe anymore': OPP use new DNA testing to solve 21-year-old cold case

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