"Chelsea Jane Doe" identified by police 26 years later, family calls news "bittersweet"
In 2000, the brutally dismembered remains of an unidentified teenager were discovered in Chelsea, Massachusetts, leading to the conviction of Eugene McCollom for her murder. Despite the killer’s imprisonment, the victim remained known only as "Chelsea Jane Doe" for twenty-six years. Through the recent application of investigative genetic genealogy, authorities successfully identified the girl as Tiffany Bradley, a sixteen-year-old from Pennsylvania. The sources detail her vibrant life, her likely exploitation through human trafficking, and the persistent forensic efforts that finally allowed…
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