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Corrales police say DNA identified 1989 missing person; chief to travel to Ohio for interview
Summary
The police chief told the council genealogical DNA linked a 1989 missing-person case to a living person of interest; investigators will travel to Ohio to interview the individual as a final investigative step and will report back to the council.
The Corrales police chief updated the council on a decades-old missing-person case, saying genealogical research and DNA analysis identified the victim and led investigators to a person of interest.
"She was 100% a body that was identified by DNA," the chief said, describing the identification and linkage to associates that prompted an investigative trip to Ohio. The chief told the council the case began as a missing-person matter from 1989 and has since been reclassified as a suspicious death investigation; recent genetic genealogy techniques were credited with giving the family a measure of closure.
The chief said he will travel to Ohio to conduct a face-to-face interview with an individual investigators believe should be questioned in person. The council expressed support; officials emphasized the investigatory nature of the trip and declined to release operational details. The chief said he will report outcomes to the council when appropriate.
Context noted during the meeting: the victim's father reportedly remained in the same Albuquerque apartment for many years hoping for his daughter's return; presenters said technological advances in DNA analysis and genealogical methods were pivotal to the latest developments.
