Through DNA, family finds missing woman's remains, closure (link fixed)
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Source: AP
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — As a county gravedigger, Andrew Trejo has helped numerous families bury their loved ones. Nearly 28 years after his mother disappeared, he will finally get to do the same.
Last year, he and four other relatives gave DNA samples to be checked against unidentified human remains recovered by law enforcement agencies in Orange County, California, and elsewhere in the hopes of finding Kristyne Olivia Trejo, who left her family home in Santa Ana in 1988 and never returned.
Their DNA turned out to be a match with a skull and arm bone found in 1989 in the desert of nearby San Bernardino County.
"I'm sad that we're not bringing her home alive, but at least we have her, and can properly lay her to rest and we can start the process of healing," Trejo told reporters.
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Tina Costa, right, wipes her eye as she talks about her mother Kristyne Olivia Trejo, as her brother Andrew Trejo looks on during a news conference at the Santa Ana Police Department, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in Santa Ana, Calif. Orange County authorities say DNA collected from relatives of Kristyne Olivia Trejo matches material from bones found in 1989. It’s the first success for Orange County’s “Identify the Missing” Day held last October, which collected cheek swabs from relatives of some 34 missing persons that could be compared to the DNA of unidentified human remains. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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