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DNA ID Confirms 15-Year-Old Cindy Blizzard Remains

9/9/2026

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North Carolina Bureau of Investigation identified the remains as 15-year-old Cindy Blizzard.
The bones were found near a Wilson County Firestone plant on Dec. 29, 1977.
A state anthropologist submitted the bones for DNA testing in 2010, prompting the case’s reopening.
In 2024 the SBI Cold Case Team reexamined the evidence with advanced forensic tools.
A genealogy service used DNA to locate relatives, pointing investigators to the Maryland runaway.

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Story summary

North Carolina Bureau of Investigation identified the remains as 15-year-old Cindy Blizzard.
The bones were found near a Wilson County Firestone plant on Dec. 29, 1977.
A state anthropologist submitted the bones for DNA testing in 2010, prompting the case’s reopening.
In 2024 the SBI Cold Case Team reexamined the evidence with advanced forensic tools.
A genealogy service used DNA to locate relatives, pointing investigators to the Maryland runaway.