Daily Archives: September 24, 2015

Russia digs up Nicholas II in bid to identify czar’s missing children

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Russian Royal FamilyMoscow (CNN)Russian investigators say they have exhumed the remains of Czar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, in a bid to identify bone fragments that may belong to two of their children.

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How DNA Solved a 36-Year-Old Mystery, and Created Yet Another

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In October 2011, a doctor from the north side of Chicago heard news that authorities were trying to identify the last of the unnamed victims of 1970s serial killer John Wayne Gacy. She immediately thought of her half-brother.

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