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DNA testing identifies body found in Detroit nearly 7 years ago

Nearly seven years after a body was found on Detroit's east side, DNA testing was able to identify the person. Othram Inc., a Texas-based company that specializes in forensic genealogy, identified the body as 26-year-old Tiffany Tillmon. According to a news release, skeletal remains were found by an AT&T worker in September 2018 behind a vacant home on Camden Street. At the time of the discovery, investigators identified the remains belonging to a Black woman between the ages of 17 and 22.
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