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The case concerning the disappearance of Patricia Agnes Gildawie back in 1975 is no longer cold after DNA testing showed the remains found in an apartment complex in McLean in September 2001 belonged to her.

The main ways that bodies can be identified is using facial recognition, fingerprints, dental records, and DNA identification.

Adnan Syed could next go to a new trial, or prosecutors could use the procedure to seek more time, a legal expert told 11 News.

>> but as the hit podcast, serial, that brought the case and possibility there had been a miscarriage of justice to national attention in 2014. least brother, young louis. found the courtroom this isnt a podcast for me. this is real life. and cheerfully adding. whenever i think its over, it always comes back. but the judge ruled in favor of the motion filed by prosecutors who had asked for his immediate release following a year-long reinvestigation into the case against him. that turned up a sle...

A judge approved the state's motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed.

Of the slew of failures cited in a 21-page court document. among them the unreliability of testimony, advances in dna testing and newly developed information about two alternative suspects and the states failure to disclose them at the time of the trial. >> our investigation uncovered that one of the suspects threatened ms. lee saying he would make her disappear. he would kill her. we also received information that provided motive for that same alternative suspect. >> reporter: the final decisio...

>> syed has maintained his innocence since he was convicted in 2000. defence attorneys have repeatedly tried to have him exonerated. >> and felt like theyve gotta have the wrong guy. >> a popular hbo series raise new questions about the case against adnan syed and 2019. >> young lovers from different worlds. >> but it was the hit podcast serial that brought the case and the possibility there had been a miscarriage of justice to national attention in 2014. leads brother, jan lee, telling us this ...

Prosecutors agreed to his release, thats a notable aspect to this. lets talk about potential new evidence here. at the top of the list is new dna tests, they have improved a lot, dna was involved in the original conviction, but they have improved a lot since then. so tell us about the role of new dna testing of evidence now in any further legal steps or upcoming decisions about whether he is fully exonerated, or not. >> yeah, so, jim, dna evidence is critical. its critical really in two regards,...

Vacate the hearing after this there were glaring failures in the initial prosecution. prosecutors are saying this is not a declaration of their belief in his innocence, instead it is reflective of the fact that they no longer have confidence in the integrity of the conviction. prosecutors will now determine whether or not to take him to a new trial. that decision will hinge on the impending results of new dna testing. if they dont pursue a new trial, they could dismiss all charges. the developme...

>> young lovers from different worlds. >> reporter: but it was the hit podcast "serial" that brought the case and the possibility there had been a miscarriage of justice to national attention in 2014. lees party telling the courtroom, this isnt a podcast for me. this is real life. and tearfully adding, whenever i think its over, its ended, it always comes back. but the judge ruled in favor of the motion filed by prosecutors who are had asked for his immediate release following a year-long reinve...