The 1979 mystery surrounding a set of human remains that were found in a fishing line in Snohomish County has been solved through DNA testing. They have now been identified as Gary Lee Haynie of Everett. FOX13
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office says a duck hunter found the remains entangled in the line on the tide flats near Spencer Island, south of Marysville Washington. The office says back in 1979, the coroners' office had listed him as a "John Doe" and determined the manner of death as "undetermined".
The lab created a DNA profile from the remains and the profile that could be uploaded to genealogical databases. From there, Kristen Mittelman, Othram Chief Development Officer, says the DNA profile was then given to a genealogy investigator in Snohomish County who looked into potential family trees.
The investigation led to Gary Lee Haynie of Everett. The medical examiner's office says DNA reference testing of Haynie's half-sister confirmed it was him. "Honestly it doesn’t matter where it happens in this world, and we’ve worked internationally and all over the United States. It’s the most incredible feeling to know we can bring answers to these families who have been waiting decades to find out what happened to their loved one," said Mittelman.
The medical examiner's office says that Haynie was born in Topeka, Kansas and traveled the world with his mother and adoptive father, who was in the Air Force. He loved the Beatles and played the piano. His parents have both since passed away and so far the circumstances of his disappearance are not known.
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