A New Jersey college center that focuses on identifying human remains has for the first time identified a missing person in an active investigation, officials said.
Staff and students from the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center identified a man whose remains, which were a foot and leg bones, were found in a creek in October 2021 near St. Louis, Missouri.
Though a cause of death has not been determined, it was a result that offered solace to the man’s survivors, said Cairenn Binder, assistant director of the Ramapo College center.