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Boy found dead in 1972 is finally identified. Police believe 2 people were involved.
Authorities identified Carl Matthew Bryant as the boy who was found dead by another child in Virginia in 1972.
A 4-year-old boy killed in 1972 finally has been identified. But what happened to his baby brother is still a mystery.
A 4-year-old boy who was killed more than 50 years ago has finally been identified thanks to genetic genealogy.
4-year-old boy murdered in 1972 identified, baby brother still missing
Detectives believe his mother and her boyfriend, who had already served time for murder, were involved in the Carl's death.
DNA helps police in Virginia identify 4-year-old boy killed in 1972
Long before DNA was used to solve crimes, the original detective on the case kept a sample of the child’s hair.
4-year-old murdered over 53 years ago finally identified while mystery remains over baby brother
Authorities in Fairfax County, Virginia, say that they have successfully identified the body of Carl Matthew Bryant, whose body was found underneath a bridge on June 13, 1972
4-year-old boy killed in 1972 identified through genetic genealogy
Police said Carl Matthew Bryant died from blunt force trauma weeks after his 4th birthday. August 5, 2025
Police used DNA to identify boy more than 50 years after his body was found. What happened to him remains a mystery
Police used advanced DNA testing to identify a murdered Pennsylvania boy more than 50 years after his body was found in Virginia, but the events leading up to his death remain a mystery. In June 1972,
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Fairfax police identify child found dead under Lorton bridge in 1972

The Fairfax County Police Department announced a major breakthrough Monday in a cold case from 1972. Police identified the ...

Mystery deepens after Fairfax County police ID body of boy found under bridge in 1972

A 4-year-old boy who was found dead in Lorton, Virginia, more than 50 years ago, and whose name has remained a mystery, has ...

Cold case breakthrough: Child found in Fairfax County creek identified after more than 50 years

LORTON, Va. — A mystery that haunted Fairfax County investigators for more than half a century has finally been solved.
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The Surprising Reason it Took More Than 50 Years to Identify a 4-year-old Found Dead in Virginia

The body of a 4-year-old boy turned up under a bridge back in 1972. Now, police finally know what happened to him.
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The Good Things We Could Do With Our Closed Prisons

We could save billions by transforming these shuttered monuments to mass incarceration into something far more useful, humane ...
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18-year-old charged, accused of violently attacking 70-year-old bus driver in Lorton

A man who was caught on camera repeatedly hitting and dragging a senior bus driver in Lorton, Virginia, earlier this month has been arrested, Fairfax County Police Department authorities said on ...
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Lorton landfill shutdown raises questions about what happens next

But what that future holds remains to be seen. Below are five questions that the Lorton area and the rest of Fairfax County face as EnviroSolutions Inc. prepares to shut down its 250-acre landfill ...

Swifts take up residence at Yew Tree Hall in Lorton

Swifts have nested in all three specially installed boxes at Yew Tree Hall in Lorton. Boxes were set up by the Lorton Valley-based Melbreak Wildlife Group, with the help of farmers in the area. The ...