Pennsylvania teen identified 26 years after murder through DNA genealogy

For twenty-six years, a murdered girl lay in the records of justice as Chelsea Jane Doe — known only by the city that found her and the mystery that surrounded her. Her killer had long since confessed and been sentenced, yet the most fundamental act of recognition, the speaking of her name, remained beyond reach. In June 2026, the convergence of advanced DNA science and genetic genealogy finally restored what violence had tried to erase: Tiffany Bradley, sixteen years old, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was given back her identity, and her family was given back their grief — and with it, the poss