SociologyOctober 18, 2023
New DNA Tests Are Identifying Missing Persons and Solving Crimes
Every year about 1,000 human remains go unidentified in the U.S. New genetic technology can give them names and return them to their families
Stories by Erika Engelhaupt
Erika Engelhaupt is a freelance science writer based in Knoxville, Tenn. She is the author of Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science (National Geographic).