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Newsday: State approves use of familial searching to help ID Gilgo Beach victims

The process can identify family members of victims through DNA databases.

News 12 Staff

Sep 22, 2020, 11:37 AM

Updated 1,597 days ago

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Investigators are getting a new hi-tech tool to help them identify the remaining Gilgo Beach murder victims.
Newsday says state regulators have approved the use of the emerging forensic technique known as "familial searching."
It's a process that can identify family members of victims through DNA databases.
The identities of three of the 10 Gilgo victims are still unknown.
No suspects have been arrested.