DNA technology solves 41-year-old mystery
A composite of photos of Mildred (Allison) Hubertz shared by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office. Officials announced Friday that DNA technology helped them solve a cold case involving a partial human skull, determined to be Mildred's through investigative genetic genealogy.
(Photo courtesy PEND OREILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
A yearbook photo of Mildred (Allison) Hubertz, pictured in the top row third from left, found on Ancestry.com shows her as a high school senior in Witchita, Kans., in 1927.
A yearbook photo of Mildred (Allison) Hubertz found on Ancestry.com shows her as a high school senior in Witchita, Kans., in 1927.
A story in the Dec. 2, 1982, edition of the Priest River Times details the discovery of a partial human skull in southern Pend Oreille County, Wash. DNA technology was used to identify the skull as that of Mildred (Allison) Hubertz — a discovery that was announced Friday.
Mildred Hubertz was 59 when she went missing from St. Ignatius in 1968....
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