John Doe Identified After More Than 50 Years Through Investigative Genetic Genealogy in San Bernardino County
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said on November 10 that the county Coroner's Office, through decades of investigative efforts and a partnership with the DNA Doe Project, has positively identified a man who remained nameless for more than five decades: Terrance Lee Ronco, a 20-year-old native of Valparaiso, Indiana, and a military veteran.
On November 8, 1974, a van traveling on Interstate 15 near Baker collided with a truck and caught fire. The driver and one of three passengers, a hitchhiker picked up along the way, died. The driver was identified at the time, but the hitchhiker, believed to be between 20 and 30 and known by the name Terrance and the nickname Lee, remained unidentified.
Investigative genetic genealogy has now restored his name, the department said.
(Source: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department)
Source: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
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