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Linn County Sheriff's detectives have learned new information regarding unidentified human remains recovered near Sweet Home in April 2020, Undersheriff Michelle Duncan said Friday morning, Oct. 15. 

The remains were found near Gordon Road, east of Sweet Home. Linn County detectives, working in conjunction with the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office, have utilized a private forensic DNA service called Parabon Nanolabs to help determine more about what the unidentified female may have looked like. 

Reston, Va.-based Parabon has developed a "cutting-edge forensic DNA analysis service th...