"In 2023, police decided to use investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) to identify the man. IGG is a technique that police use to solve criminal matters or crack cold cases. IGG "involves using genetic data from crime scene samples and DNA databases to identify individuals through genetic matches, or partial matches to biological relatives," says Ontario's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, which has released guidance on the use of the tool."
"Toronto police say they have used genetic genealogy to identify a man whose remains were found in the downtown area more than 17 years ago. Police found the man dead in the area of Bloor Street E. and Parliament Street on March 29, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. The man's death was not found to be suspicious, but officials couldn't identify him through "conventional investigative techniques," police said in a news release on Wednesday."
"Mike Kelly, of the Toronto Police Service's homicide and missing persons unit, said in an interview with CBC Toronto this week that the man is the ninth person and the latest to be identified through a humanitarian initiative that police call Project 31. The man was unhoused and considered vulnerable, he said. The project, which began in 2022, was named for the 31 Toronto police cases involving "long-term unidentified deceased people for whom DNA material is readily available.""
Police identified a man found dead on March 29, 2008 near Bloor Street E. and Parliament Street using investigative genetic genealogy (IGG). The death was not deemed suspicious but conventional identification methods failed. Investigators determined the man was of Portuguese descent and believed his first name was Alcides; his family was notified and told of his burial location. The man had not been reported missing and had been out of contact with loved ones for years. The case is the ninth identification under Project 31, a 2022 initiative to identify 31 long-term unidentified deceased people using DNA-based techniques including IGG.
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