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Traci Hammerberg's Case Waited 35 Years for DNA
SOLVEDGrafton, Wisconsin (body recovery site); attack occurred along Wisconsin Highway 33 between Port Washington and Grafton0:32
Traci Hammerberg was 18 when she set out to walk home in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, on December 15, 1984. Her case stayed open for 35 years. Genetic genealogy then led investigators to Philip Cross, a Wisconsin man who had died in 2012.
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