34 Years in the River: How Othram Identified Allan Keener and Closed Allegheny County's Oldest Cold Case

In 1992, a man's body was pulled from Pittsburgh's Allegheny River after a witness reported an assault. Arthur Wiley was convicted of third-degree murder within a year — but the victim remained unidentified for over three decades. This episode examines how genetic genealogy technology finally revealed his name: Allan Barry Keener, born in 1940, with ties to Ohio and Kentucky. Through Othram's proprietary DNA analysis and a $100,000 state grant, investigators closed Allegheny County's longest-running unknown decedent case in February 2026. This episode was generated with AI assistance.