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DNA match brings closure for relatives of missing man

DNA testing links jaw bone to sailor Bill Moran who went missing at sea more than 40 years ago.

DNA testing links jaw bone to sailor Bill Moran who went missing at sea more than 40 years ago. Source: Supplied

A human jawbone that washed up on a northern New South Wales beach in 2011 has now been linked to a man who disappeared at sea more than forty years ago. New technology allowed police to make the genetic link, finally providing closure for the family.



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