Jacob Tunget, 28, was sentenced today to serve 100 months (8.3 years) in prison for first degree rape arising out of a 2024 incident which occurred behind the Safeway supermarket in Dallas.
Free news: The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the remains of Kenneth Martin, Barbara Martin, and Barbie Martin, who disappeared in 1958, following DNA analysis by Othram, Inc. of remains located in the Columbia River within the wreckage of the Martin family car.
The Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society meets 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the downstairs classroom of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Linda Colton will be teaching a class titled “DNA: Whys, Hows and What to Do With Your Results.”
GRANTS PASS. (AP) — A cave in Oregon’s high desert where archaeologists have found the earliest DNA evidence of human habitation in North America has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Paisley Five Mile Point Caves are part of a lava formation outside the community of Paisley in south-central Oregon.
LONDON — DNA testing is taking a bite out of the Bigfoot legend. After scientists analyzed more than 30 hair samples reportedly left behind by Bigfoot and similar mythical beasts like the Himalayan Yeti, they found all of them came from more mundane creatures like bears, wolves, cows and raccoons.