A jawbone found in an Arizona boy's rock collection in 2002 was identified as belonging to US Marine Everett Yager. Yager died in a 1951 military plane accident over California during a training exercise. The jawbone was submitted to authorities in Arizona but initial DNA tests provided no clues. In 2023, the bone was given a genetic profile and added to genealogy databases. Ramapo College students and a high school intern worked on the cold case last summer. Ramapo College officials suggested in a news release that the jawbone from an accident over California might have been transported to Arizona by a scavenger bird.
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00:02 A jawbone found in an Arizona Boys rock collection in 2002 was identified as belonging to U.S.
00:08 Marine Everett Yeager. Yeager died in a 1951 military plane accident over California during
00:14 a training exercise. The jawbone was submitted to authorities in Arizona, but initial DNA tests
00:19 provided no clues. In 2023, the bone was given a genetic profile and added the genealogy databases.
00:26 Ramapo College students and a high school intern worked on the cold case last summer.
00:31 Ramapo College officials suggested in a news release that the jawbone from an accident over
00:35 California might have been transported to Arizona by a scavenger bird. Yeager's remains were recovered
00:40 in Riverside County, California and buried in Missouri. For all things money visit Benzinga.com
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