Oregon cold case solved after more than 50 years
By Vince Ybarra
Published on March 26, 2026.
A cold case has been solved after more than 50 years. Mark Smith went missing in 1974 while traveling from Montana to California. Four years later, a logging crew found human remains near Williams, Oregon. The remains were sent to the University of North Texas for DNA analysis, which helped identify the person. The case was finally resolved after a person uploaded their DNA to ancestry sites.
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