Human remains found in sleeping bag in national park identified 26 years later

Forensic genealogy identified remains found in Olympic National Park in 2000 as Joseph Louis Serrao Jr., who had been missing since 1998.
The case was solved after DNA testing by Othram and cooperation between the National Park Service and King County, with relatives matched across multiple states.
Investigators said the breakthrough — and the decades-long persistence behind it — brings long-awaited closure for Serrao’s family.