Remains identified as those of 14-year-old girl who went missing in 1969. Pennsylvania police say the investigation "remains very active."

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Remains found a decade ago have been identified as those of a teenager girl who went missing in northeastern Pennsylvania more than a half-century ago.Police said the remains were found in November 2012 by people digging for relics in a trash-filled depression on a former coal-mining operation in Newport Township.Investigators said they suspected foul play in the death of the young female victim, who likely died in the late 1960s.With the rise of investigative genetic genealogy — using direct-to-consumer DNA databases to identify victims and perpetrators of violent crimes — the Luzerne Foundation launched a "Closing Cases" fund, citing the Aden Mountain "Jane Doe."Othram, Inc. provided troopers with possible family members, including the family of Dymond, who provided DNA samples."

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