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Missing Detroit Man Identified After 22 Years

1/3/2025

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After more than two decades of uncertainty, the remains of James Raymond Stewart, a Detroit man missing since November 2002, have been identified through investigative genetic genealogy. Found in the Detroit River in 2003, this breakthrough in September 2024 brings bittersweet closure to his family, though the cause of death remains a haunting mystery.

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After more than two decades of uncertainty, the remains of James Raymond Stewart, a Detroit man missing since November 2002, have been identified through investigative genetic genealogy. Found in the Detroit River in 2003, this breakthrough in September 2024 brings bittersweet closure to his family, though the cause of death remains a haunting mystery.