Finding 'Grace': Murder, DNA, and ancestry
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A brother and sister were looking for their long-lost sibling. A police department was trying to identify a murder victim. It took 30 years - but a revolution in forensics using DNA and ancestry websites finally connected the dots.
The nicest thing about the little town of Bucklin, Kansas, is its cemetery. The grass is neatly cut, and the graves are well looked after.
It was here, last month, that 20 or so mourners stood around a small, white coffin to say goodbye to Shawna Beth Garber.
No one, including those there, knew much about Shawna - what she looked like, where she lived or what name she went by when she died.