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在北卡罗来纳州一处林地发现的骸骨时隔近半个世纪后，已被确认属于1977年失踪的一名15岁离家出走少女。
这些遗骸于1977年12月29日在北卡罗来纳州威尔逊县一家工厂附近的林区被发现。据北卡罗来纳州调查局发布的新闻稿显示，调查人员判断遗骸在当地已存在6个月至2年时间，初步认定死者为年龄在16至23岁之间的白人女性。
由于遗骸发现时的环境特征，调查人员将该案定为凶杀案。但该局表示，警方一直未能锁定嫌疑人，也无法确认遗骸身份。当时警方尝试通过牙科记录比对，但未能找到匹配对象，案件最终成为悬案。
2010年，一名州立人类学家重新调查此案，并将牙齿送检DNA检测。调查人员称，检测得到的DNA档案被录入全国数据库，但未找到匹配结果。
2024年，该局冷案调查小组的一名特别调查员重新审阅了此案。该名为安迪·穆尔的调查员将一块骨样本送往法医DNA实验室，实验室提取了遗传物质并构建出复杂的基因档案。调查人员利用该档案追查潜在亲属。
这条线索将穆尔和其他调查人员指向了辛迪·马塞尔·布拉泽德的案件——这名15岁少女于1977年春季从马里兰州蒙克顿的家中离家出走。
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通过基因信息以及地方、州和联邦机构的协同努力，调查人员最终确认遗骸属于布拉泽德。调查人员分享的布拉泽德照片显示，她是一名浅色头发、蓝色眼睛的年轻女子。该局未透露关于她的生活和家庭的其他信息。
针对布拉泽德之死的调查仍在进行中。任何掌握布拉泽德相关信息的民众均可拨打北卡罗来纳州调查局冷案举报热线、发送邮件至该局，或联系威尔逊县警长办公室。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/genetic-genealogy-tracing-family-trees-to-catch-killers-60-minutes/
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Remains found 49 years ago in North Carolina identified as 15-year-old girl from Maryland
September 8, 2026 / 3:39 PM EDT / CBS News
Nearly half a century after a set of skeletal remains were found in a wooded part of North Carolina, they have been identified as those of a 15-year-old runaway who vanished in 1977.
The remains were found on Dec. 29, 1977, in a wooded area near a manufacturing plant in Wilson County, North Carolina. Investigators determined that the remains had likely been there for between six months and two years, according to a news release from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. They were determined to likely belong to a White female between 16 and 23.
Investigators have treated the case as a homicide because of the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the remains. But no suspects were ever determined, and the identity of the remains could not be confirmed. Police used dental records but were unable to find a match, the bureau said. Eventually, the case went cold.
In 2010, a state anthropologist reopened the case and submitted the teeth for DNA testing. The resulting DNA profiles were entered into national databases, but no matches were found, according to investigators.
In 2024, the case was reviewed by a special investigator from the bureau’s Cold Case Investigative Team. The investigator, Andy Murr, sent a bone sample to a forensic DNA lab that extracted genetic material to build a complex profile. That profile was used to trace potential relatives.
That pointed Murr and other investigators to the case of Cindy Marcell Blizzard, a 15-year-old girl who ran away from her home in Monkton, Maryland, in the spring of 1977.
Cindy Marcell Blizzard. North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
The genetic information and efforts from local, state and federal agencies allowed investigators to confirm the remains as belonging to Blizzard. A photo of Blizzard shared by investigators shows a young woman with light hair and blue eyes. Other information about her life and family was not shared by the bureau.
The investigation into Blizzard’s death remains ongoing. Anyone with information about Blizzard is asked to call the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Cold Case Tip Line, email the agency or contact the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/genetic-genealogy-tracing-family-trees-to-catch-killers-60-minutes/
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