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‘We are throwing everything at it’: Genetic genealogy may help ID girl found off Oregon highway

By Noelle Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Updated Jan 12, 2021; Posted Jan 12, 2021





Keepsakes are left in the parking area at H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor
in Lincoln County, near where unidentified remains of a young girl were discovered.


Oregon State Police are awaiting the results of detailed – and promising -- forensic testing that they hope will help break the case of the young girl whose remains were found last month along a riverbank off Oregon 18.

The suite of tests will provide details about the girl’s eye and skin color, her ethnicity and the geographic origin of ancestry, said Dr. Nici Vance, the state’s forensic anthropologist.

Little is known about the child, whose remains were discovered Dec. 10 near the rest area along the H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor in Lincoln County. A person who had stopped by the rest area came across her remains along the muddy banks of the Salmon River.

Vance said forensic scientists and investigators feel a sense of urgency to identify the girl.

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