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DNA testing solves 55-year-old mystery

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A 55-year-old mystery connected to a deadly train derailment in downstate Illinois has been solved using DNA. On June 10, 1971 an Amtrak train derailed near Tonti which is about a hundred miles southeast of Springfield. Originally it was believed that an unidentified victim was among the 11 people killed in the accident, but this past June, the DNA Doe Project tested the remains and determined they actually came from 34-year-old Katherine Adams and her 3-year-old daughter, Gladys Adams, who were known to have died in the crash. The remains are being returned to family members, and the death toll from the accident has been updated to 10.

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