Cold case takes grim turn after remains identified as runaway teen; homicide investigation underway

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What happenedAdvanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy identified remains found near a North Carolina manufacturing facility as those of a Maryland teen who vanished in 1977.

What changedThe left frames it as "Remains found 49 years ago in North Carolina identified as teen runaway". The right frames it as "Cold case takes grim turn after remains identified as runaway teen; homicide investigatio...".

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Different Spin. The left frames it as "Remains found 49 years ago in North Carolina identified as teen runaway". The right frames it as "Cold case takes grim turn after remains identified as runaway teen; homicide investigatio...".

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Fox News27m ago

Cold case takes grim turn after remains identified as runaway teen; homicide investigation underway

Advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy identified remains found near a North Carolina manufacturing facility as those of a Maryland teen who vanished in 1977.

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CBS News - US1h ago

Remains found 49 years ago in North Carolina identified as teen runaway

Skeletal remains found in North Carolina in 1977 have been identified as those of Cindy Marcell Blizzard, a 15-year-old girl who ran away from her home in Monkton, Maryland, investigators s...

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