While advances in science help put a name to a victim's face, the work doesn't end as detectives now reopen the young man's case.
Investigators have finally identified the body of a man found washed ashore on Galveston Island nearly three years later.
The only clues were the swim trunks, Calvin Klein briefs he had on, and size 11 Under Armour slides tied to his hands. Dr. Kristen Mittelman, chief development officer at Othram, said the case sometimes felt hopeless. Soon their technology would help detectives solve what sometimes felt impossible. "It allowed us to tell law enforcement this is probably someone not from the United States, that is of this specific age, and maybe had come to the U.S. on a visa, and that's when the investigation started to go that direction," Mittelman said.
Galveston police confirm the 24-year-old's family in Tanzania has been notified, giving the family answers and closure after years of searching.
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