Alaska State Troopers recently used genetic genealogy to identify a human skull found near the Canadian border in 1997.
Genetic genealogy recently enabled Alaska State Troopers to identify a human skull discovered 25 years ago.
Troopers’ Interior Alaska commander, Capt. Eric Spitzer, said the skull was found by a pair of hunters along the Porcupine River near the Canadian border in September 1997. It was then retrieved and delivered to the state medical examiner.Spitzer says the identity of the bear attack victim remained unknown until last April, when a DNA sample from the skull was compared to a genetic genealogy database enabling investigators to home in on relatives.
“The Alaska State Troopers contacted a suspected brother of Gary who submitted a DNA sample to Family Tree DNA, which subsequently resulted in positive identification, determining that they were indeed brothers,” Spitzer said.“While speaking with family members, Alaska State Troopers learned that Gary was dropped in and around the area where the remains were found, sometime in the early to mid-1970s, presumably to go hunting,” Spitzer said.
Spitzer said Sotherden’s brother was notified about the positive identification Dec. 27, and put in contact with the State Medical Examiner’s office so the family could make arrangements to take possession of the remains.
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