The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has identified human remains that were found nearly 50 years ago with the help of genealogy testing.
During a news conference Thursday, Detective Bill Springer announced that the remains found in June of 1974 belong to 15-year-old Susan Gale Poole who went missing in Broward County just before Christmas in 1972.Poole's remains were identified following genealogy testing by Othram Labs, a private forensic laboratory that utilizes genome sequencing to build DNA profiles, according to Springer.
How your DNA may be solving cold cases 01:31Poole was born on February 12, 1957. At the time of her disappearance, Poole lived with her family at a Fort Lauderdale trailer park, according to the PBSO. Poole was also staying at a friend's apartment in Wilton Manors at the time.Springer says Poole's skeletal remains were found tied up in the mangroves of an area formerly known as"Burnt Bridges" along A1A in Palm Beach County.
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