Canadian Woman Identified as the Deceased in Decades-Old Florida Cold Case
In 2026, advanced forensic genetic genealogy finally identified the skeletal remains of Jeanette Marcotte, a Canadian woman who vanished in the early 1980s. Her body was discovered alongside another victim in a remote area of Malabar, Florida, in 1985, but the case remained cold for over four decades due to a lack of identifying evidence. Investigators utilized Othram Inc.’s genome sequencing to link her DNA to family members in Saskatchewan, bridging a massive geographical and temporal gap. While her cause of death is not officially determined, authorities have long suspected the involvement…
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