DNA helps ID woman decades after her body was found 2,500 miles from home
Advanced DNA testing helped Canadian authorities identify the body of Tammy Eileen Penner, who went missing in 2005.
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Advanced DNA testing helped Canadian authorities identify the body of Tammy Eileen Penner, who went missing in 2005.
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