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The body was exhumed and a new verdict delivered: murder, by strangling.
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Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Investigators had Jane Seneca Doe’s body exhumed and her DNA was extracted.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Police exhumed the boy's body in 2019, but efforts to extract usable DNA took about two-and-a-half years, said Colleen Fitzpatrick, president of Identifinders International, at a 2022 press conference.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Following the war, American Graves Registration Service personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan Cemetery and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Investigators had Jane Seneca Doe’s body exhumed and her DNA was extracted.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Police exhumed the boy's body in 2019, but efforts to extract usable DNA took about two-and-a-half years, said Colleen Fitzpatrick, president of Identifinders International, at a 2022 press conference.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Following the war, American Graves Registration Service personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan Cemetery and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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