Alabama police have new leads in a 26-year-old homicide case thanks to cutting edge DNA technology that identified the victim's mutilated remains.
More than two decades after a mutilated body was found in thepolice have identified the cold-case victim with cutting edge DNA technology.
The headless body, with hands and feet also removed seemingly to prevent identification, was discovered on April 15, 1997, along a creek in Union Grove.
However, police on Wednesday announced a breakthrough, identifying the remains as 20-year-old Jefferey Douglas Kimzey of Santa Barbara, California. The sheriff's office also said there are persons of interest in the case and that investigators are actively pursuing leads. Mutilated remains found along a creek in Union Grove, Alabama, on April 15, 1997, have been identified as 20-year-old Jefferey Douglas Kimzey of Santa Barbara, California.came in 2019 when Sheriff Phil Sims and then-Chief Investigator Keith Wilson partnered with Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs, a DNA technology company.
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