DNA Doe Project identified remains found in 1982 as a teen who vanished in the late 1970s

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"A teenage boy from Buckeye has been identified more than four decades after remains of his body were found in 1982.

The DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that uses investigative genetic genealogy to determine unidentified bodies, said Tuesday that they have identified “John Maricopa County Doe” as Mitchell John Pauli.

Pauli vanished in the late 1970s when he was around 14, according to the nonprofit. His remains were found on April 22, 1982, in a remote part of White Tank Mountain Regional Park. ..."

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Buckeye teen identified 43 years after remains found in White Tanks Mountains

DNA Doe Project "Across the United States, more than 50,000 bodies remain unidentified—unmourned, unnamed, but not forgotten."