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2 new 9/11 victims identified as medical examiner vows to continue testing remains

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Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified two more victims. Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has positively identified two more victims, the city announced Friday. The names are being withheld at the request of the families, but they are the 1,648th and 1,649th victims to be identified of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center. These two victims are the first new World Trade Center identifications since September 2021. People visit the National September 11 Memorial ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Sept. 7, 2023, in New York City. Gary Hershorn/ABC News MORE: 'No words': 9/11 death toll continues to rise 22 years later Forty percent of those who died at the World Trade Center -- 1,104 victims -- remain unidentified. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner...

Idaho murders: Suspect was identified through DNA using genealogy databases, police say

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The suspect accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November was identified through DNA using public genealogy databases. Police identified Bryan Christopher Kohberger as the suspect accused of murder ing four University of Idaho students in November through DNA using public genealogy databases , law enforcement sources told ABC News. Local police and the FBI tracked him to Pennsylvania through his vehicle. The FBI surveyed the house in the Pocono Mountains for four days prior to the arrest. The 28-year-old was arrested Friday morning for the murders of roommates Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; and Xana Kernodle, 20 as well as Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20. MORE: Idaho murders: 28-year-old PhD grad student arrested in Pennsylvania Kohberger is a graduate student at Washington State University, located less than 10 miles away from the University of Idaho, Moscow Police Chief James Fry said at a Friday news conference. The murder weapon has not b...