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The Man in the Barrel: How a bone fragment unlocked a decades-old murder mystery

Forensic genealogy and DNA testing confirmed the man’s identity after investigators spent months building family trees and matching a living relative.

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A man was found in a barrel in a lake near Las Vegas in 2022. Forensic experts helped identify him using advanced DNA technology to bring closure to his family.

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The Man in the Barrel: How a bone fragment unlocked a decades-old murder mystery

A man was found in a barrel in a lake near Las Vegas in 2022. Forensic experts helped identify him using advanced DNA technology to bring closure to his family.

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