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Bones Found After 30 Years Finally Identified | Reno News
In 1994, loggers near Lake Putt in El Dorado County stumbled upon human remains that remained unidentified for nearly 30 years—until December 2024, when Ramapo College used cutting-edge DNA analysis to confirm the bones belonged to George Krusely, last seen in California in 1963. Complicating matters was Krusely’s Croatian and Yugoslavian heritage, which made matching his DNA against existing databases a monumental challenge. After a year of painstaking research, the team finally solved the mystery—a powerful reminder of how science and persistence can resurrect lost stories from the past…
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