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State lab, police identify severed legs through DNA testing

State lab, police identify severed legs through DNA testing

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah law enforcement officials have identified a severed pair of human legs found in 1985 near Ogden River through DNA testing. The Standard-Examiner reports that the Utah Department of Public Safety confirmed last week that the pair of legs that were found in July 1985 belonged to Savannah […]

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Utah police used new DNA test to link man to child’s death

Utah police used new DNA test to link man to child’s death

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Police were able to quickly connect a man to the disappearance and death of a 5-year-old Utah girl using a new type of DNA test that can produce results within hours, authorities said. Logan police used a Rapid DNA test to link Alex Whipple to the […]

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Search for missing 5-year-old Utah girl stretches into day 4

Search for missing 5-year-old Utah girl stretches into day 4

The Latest on the search for a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah (all times local): 2:40 p.m. DNA has provided further evidence that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance, police said Tuesday. Evidence also indicates the girl, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley, is hurt […]

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Police: DNA leads to arrest of Utah man in Mississippi rape

Police: DNA leads to arrest of Utah man in Mississippi rape

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say DNA from a 2014 rape in Mississippi was recently matched to that of a Utah man arrested on a drug charge this year. News outlets report 32-year-old Aaron Roy McMillian of American Fork, Utah, was arrested Friday on a rape charge and is […]

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