State closes 30-year-old cold case, identifying remains through DNA
State-of-the art DNA-tracing technology and a widening genealogy database enabled the state to close a 32-year-old cold case.
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State-of-the art DNA-tracing technology and a widening genealogy database enabled the state to close a 32-year-old cold case.
William Benjamin Adams, a 78-year-old New Hampshire man, had been missing since 1991, according to authorities
Recently, forensic investigators with OCME, the University of New Hampshire F.A.I.R. Lab, and the State Police Major Crime and Cold Case Units reexamined this case and believed they could potentially close it by utilizing modern DNA testing technologies.
State-of-the art DNA-tracing technology and a widening genealogy database enabled the state to close a 32-year-old cold case.
DNA taken from the man’s son helped identify him, New Hampshire officials said.