(AP) – Forensic pathologists at the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office hope that advanced DNA testing technology will allow them to attach names to all 58 of the agency’s unidentified people. But for now, five cases have been sent for additional testing thanks to a $50,000 grant from Texas-based cold case resolution company called Othram. The five cases sent to Othram for testing were chosen in part because they are juveniles, who DNA experts felt had a good chance being identified through advanced technology. Officials at the medical examiner’s office said it can take a year or more for DNA testing results to come back.

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