Human remains discovered in 1974 near a suburban Chicago creek have finally been identified nearly 50 years later.
Human remains discovered in 1974 near a suburban Chicago creek have been identified through forensic DNA testing as a local man who vanished in the early 1970s, officials said.
The skeletal remains are those of Donald M. Rozek of Harvey, Illinois, and Rozek’s cause of death remains undetermined, the Will County Coroner’s OfficeThe coroner’s office and the Will County Sheriff’s Office worked with Othram Inc. — a private laboratory that conducts advanced forensic DNA testing — to identify Rozek’s remains, The Herald-NewsHunters found the skeletal remains in November 1974 near a Will County creek bed northeast of Interstate 55 and Route 6.
After additional DNA profiling and genealogy work, Othram narrowed the search to an Illinois resident who was a possible nephew of the unidentified man. Subsequent testing determined that he and the man were in fact nephew and uncle. The nephew told investigators he had an uncle who vanished in 1971 or 1972 and was never seen again, according to the coroner’s office, which said Rozek is believed to have been an Army veteran.
The case remains under investigation, but Deputy Coroner Joseph Piper said Rozek would have been between the ages of 26 and 30 when he vanished.that I have read and agree
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