Forensic testing links skull remains to Northern California woman missing since 1987

May 10, 2025

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced that a set of remains were identified through forensic DNA testing as belonging to Kay Josephine Medin, who had been missing since the summer of 1987.

Othram, a Texas-based forensic laboratory that specializes in genome sequencing to help solve cold cases, used forensic-grade genome sequencing to construct a DNA profile of the sample that strongly suggests a link to Medin.

A man was walking along a rocky, picturesque shoreline of Trinidad Head, located about 25 miles north of Eureka, when he spotted something unusual and unnerving.

...

For complete article, please click here.


By:  Andrew J. Campa
Source: Los Angeles Times