30-Year-Old Missing Person Case Solved

Modern science has helped to solve a 30-year-old missing person case in Michigan. 30-year-old Charles Cornell of Battle Creek disappeared in 1986. Family members thought he had left the area voluntarily. They never heard from him again. Earlier this year, a member of the Michigan State Police Missing Persons Coordination Unit learned about the situation, and encouraged family members to file a police report. Troopers collected DNA from family members, and ran it through a national database of unsolved cases. That connected them with authorities in Arkansas, where an unidentified man had been killed in 1989 when he was hit by a truck. It’s the 67th identification that the MSP Missing Persons Coordination Unit has made, and the 32nd made by DNA alone. Officials encourage anyone who is involved with an old missing person case to contact the state police.