Police used DNA to identify boy more than 50 years after his body was found. What happened to him remains a mystery
Police Used developed DNA Test to define a murdered Pennsylvania 50 years after the body was found Virginia, But the events that lead to death continue to be a mystery.
In June 1972, a little boy was found dead under the former Colchester Road Bridge in Virginia, Massey Creek, Lorton. A autopsy revealed that he had died of blunt force trauma, but that he has not been defined so far.
Fairfax District Police Department clarified The child’s name on Monday – Carl Matthew Bryant. Bryant was four years old shortly before he was found dead.
The police were able to identify Byrant through advanced DNA test and judicial class genome sequence.
4 -year -old Carl Matthew Bryant, who was killed in Virginia in 1972, was found by a computer (National Loss and Abuse Center)
Astrea Forensics, a biotechnology research company that helps law enforcement officers solve judicial cold cases, has developed a DNA profile for genetic genealogy with just a few millimeters of hair from the child.
With this DNA profile, innovative judicial research, a researcher genetic genealogy and a special investigation company, was able to determine a possible relative of the child.
The detectives then followed the child’s family to Philadelphia and contacted a relatives who took them to Vera Bryant, the mother of the child, with the help of local authorities. Vera died in 1980, but his body was removed and his DNA confirmed a match.
But at the same time, it is not clear what happened to Bryant and his six -month -old brother James Bryant. James’ body was never found.
The detectives believe that Vera and her boyfriend James Hedgepeth at that time are now involved in the murder of Bryant, who is now dead. According to Fairfax District Police, Hedgepeth had previously been convicted of murder and had a “severe penalty history”.
A family member said that Vera had two sons, Carl and James, and according to the authorities, he plans to travel from Philadelphia to Virginia in 1972.
Police theorizes the murders of Byrant Boys somewhere between Philadelphia and Middlesex district, Virginia.
Police believes that it was the route of Bryant’s mother Vera and her boyfriend James Hedgepeth, while traveling to Virginia in 1972 (Fairfax District Police Department)
