For decades, human remains tied to the ‘Green River killer’ were known only as Bones 17. Now, DNA testing has unveiled a name

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For nearly 40 years, a set of human remains discovered near Seattle in 1985 were known to investigators only as Bones 17. And it was 17 years later that police confirmed the remains belonged to a victim of the so-called “Green River Killer” – but they still didn’t know the victim’s name.

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