The skeletal remains of a pregnant teen found more than 30 years ago at the bottom of a well at a Pennsylvania distillery have been identified through ancestry DNA testing.
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L to R: A forensic sculpture of Lisa Todd. A high school photo of Lisa Todd. (NBC10)
After more than 30 years, Bensalem police have figured out the identity of a young pregnant woman whose body was found at the bottom of a well in an abandoned distillery.
She was Lisa Todd, of Philadelphia, and was just 17 years old when she disappeared in the fall of 1985.
Detective Chris McMullin, who worked on the case for more than 15 years, recently cold-called Todd’s family members to inform them of a DNA match.
“Her brother was literally speechless, understandably so,” said McMullin. “After I summed it up, I said, ‘With all that being said, do you have a sibling that vanished or disappeared?’ And I was told, ‘Yes.’”
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