Authorities of the new york state they managed resolver one of the older cases unidentified in their jurisdiction thanks to the use of technology to identify long-standing remains with the help of the ADN.
According to state authorities, the bone remains found in a swamp At the beginning of the nineties they could finally be associates with a man who disappeared in the 1970s.
How the remains were discovered and why they went unidentified for decades
According to Peoplethe case began on September 14, 1991when workers located human bones in a swamp drained from Woods Road, in Greenville, Orange County. According to the New York State Police (NEW SP), the water level had dropped enough to expose a normally covered area. There, a skull and other remains were found spread over an area of about seven feet, some of them buried under a layer of soil.
Along with the skeleton, they were also recovered personal effectsalthough none allowed progress in identification due to their deterioration after years under water. According to the NEW SPmultiple forensic analyzes were performed over the next decade, but the tools available at the time could not generate a reliable genetic profile or compare DNA with relatives. The file remained open but without significant progress for more than three decades.
The role of forensic genealogy and the coincidence that changed everything
According to Peoplethe turn occurred in 2024when investigators handed over part of the remains to Othramand laboratory specialized in working with highly degraded DNA. Scientists managed to build a complete genetic profile and return it to the state police for analysis.
With this DNA, the NEW SP started a genetic genealogy searcha process that compares genetic information with family databases to trace living relatives or compatible genealogical branches. This type of investigation allowed efforts to be directed towards a possible area of residence of the deceased.
By the way, objects recovered at the scene were sent to the FBI Quantico Questioned Documents Unit. According to this evaluation, the victim could have lived in Port Jervis, New York. With this clue, the local police checked historical records and found a missing person report dated October 1, 1976: Mikolai Celeszwho was 76 years old at the time of his disappearance.
Who was the missing man and how his story was reconstructed
In 2025the researchers They requested DNA samples from potential relatives and carried out a historical review to contextualize the disappearance. After comparative analysis, the NYSP confirmed that the remains conclusively corresponded to Mikolai Celesz. According to People, specific details about how or why she disappeared are not yet known, and those circumstances remain under investigation.
What is clear is that the man remained in the swamp for years until the drainage of 1991 allowed the discovery. The genetic confirmation ended decades of uncertainty for his family, who never obtained answers about his whereabouts while he was alive.
According to Othramthis case represents the number 17 in New York resolved through the technology developed by your laboratorya key tool to identify long-standing remains and close pending files.
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