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37 years later, DNA technology identifies man killed by train in Arizona

Newseze Wire·Sun, Sep 27, 12:49 AMWire: KTAR Phoenix
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37 years later, DNA technology identifies man killed by train in Arizona

Timothy Lee Benally, who was 32 years old when he died, had remained unidentified since the October 1989 incident in Flagstaff.

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