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The unknown woman was found here.

It is very abandoned.

You can unnoticed here Dump a body and leave again.

Someone who walked his dog, Found human remains.

The corpse was found in the desert Close to Apache Junction ...

48 km east of Phoenix.

It is still unknown How she could get so far from home.

She was only 16 or 17 years old.

This is the biggest nightmare of every parent.

When I started the business in 2008 ...

lay this unknown woman Here for almost 17 years.

Do you recognize me?

This was a young girl. She still had her entire life in front of herself.

Her family must know That she has not forgotten.

This had the unknown victim with her when she was found.

This is a bus coin.

The name of The transport company from Phoenix.

On the back it is valid for the coin Is for one ride of a student.

The other object is a gold ring.

At the front you see Sit a kind of lump.

There must be a family somewhere Who misses a daughter or sister.

I decided to dig her up That way we could get hold of her DNA.

We introduced that in The database for missing persons.

But that didn't yield anything.

We reconstructed her View of Billboards shown.

Without results.

We had nothing.

Eventually she was buried again.

Now there is just unidentified.

Then I saw in a magazine article That the DNA do project ...

genetic tests carried out. I thought we should try that.

Believe at the DNA Do Project We that everyone deserves it ...

to be buried With their name and identity.

We are the last resort For the most difficult things.

We do everything we can to help them.

They upload DNA of the remains In genealogy databases.

Millions of people do that Research into their origins.

When we viewed the DNA result ...

she turned out to be on her mother's side To be Latin American ...

and German and Afro-American On her father's side of the family.

That's a very unusual And challenging combination.

But they were lucky and found An African-American man, Patrick.

He shared DNA with the woman And could be her uncle in terms of age.

Possibly he was her father's brother.

I stood in front of the house And looked back.

Then I saw an inconspicuous police car approaching.

De agent reed mijn oprit op en vroeg Whether I was Patrick Smith.

He said: a lady In Arizona is looking for you.

I called Stephanie, she said that a body was found.

They had done DNA research. Then she said:

We think you are her uncle. Do you have a brother?

Patrick knew nothing about his brother.

I was adopted.

I knew nothing about my biological Family, so it was a shock.

I have a niece that died.

And a brother that I never knew.

He must be somewhere.

Let me know if you find it. I do have a few questions.

I thought we were her now could identify.

It is very overwhelming.

This...

has been playing for a long time.

Adoptions are really a nightmare For a genetic genealogist.

If you encounter such an obstacle, become It is difficult to find answers.

Cairenn and Harmony have been selected From the group of volunteers ...

To the case of this unknown to solve victim.

I signed up immediately For this case.

As a teenager I had problems and gone I sometimes in unsafe situations.

I beaten through it, But not everyone succeeds.

I have a daughter, a teenager.

I can't imagine That I don't know where she is.

Harmony and I deal with many things With young girls.

We fight for them.

The challenge for the team Is that apart from Patrick ...

All other relatives From the victim ...

less than one percent share their DNA with her.

So they are very distant family.

The team investigates every name In the archives.

They want to make a pedigree For these DNA matches ...

and always try a path to the victim.

But the matches don't come close.

If you work on it for 100 hours, you won't get any further.

We hope that a related From the victim ...

Uploads its profile in the databases.

I check these matches every day.

No new matches

Sometimes very often a day.

One new match

Oh, my God.

There is a new match.

But shares that enough DNA with The victim to help with this?

Everything above the one percent is beautiful.

With 1.4 percent, Anastasia would Still being a distant niece ...

But she does take care of it For a new indication.

Public data shows that they of Latin American descent.

Patrick is family On the father's side.

Anastasia seems to be family to be from the mother.

She can go to the mother the team of the victim Leiden.

Sometimes the breakthroughs come naturally, So this is very exciting.

The online data shows that Anastasia in Tucson, Arizona lives ...

just a few hours from Apache Junction.

Stephanie has agreed With Anastasia and her niece Debbie.

I hope they have information About her identity.

I'm Stephanie. - Come on.

Thank you.

That shade is nice, say. - Yes, sit down.

Thank you for agree. Is Anastasia your niece?

Our mothers were each other's nieces.

Anastasia has us a match Delivered with our victim.

Debbie ...

Have you heard about a missing family member in the 90s?

No, and that surprises me.

We know the victim is partly Afro-American.

Do you remember someone From your side of the family ...

With an African-American Partner or man?

From my mother's side, but me Don't know exactly who anymore.

I no longer know who is there was married if children had.

Thank you for your time. - You really do a great job.

We now know it was a family member.

She is now buried With an anonymous tombstone.

How terrible. - Indeed.

She deserves it again to have a name.

Debbie and Anastasia ask others Family members to do DNA tests.

We know this is the family From the victim ...

But just have to figure out Where she is in that pedigree.

Have you found the documents? - Yes, love.

This is my adoption agreement. January 16, 1956 in Darmstadt.

Patrick is looking for information for The search for his brother ...

that the father could be from the woman.

That is an indication. Maybe the address?

My brother is probably Also born in Darmstadt, Germany.

I came to America right in a dark family.

We were called 'brown babies'.

He was part From a post -war project:

The brown babies adoption plan.

Children had to do their brown skin color Scrubs off.

That applied after WWII for thousands Children of German women ...

conceived By black American soldiers.

To save them From the prejudices in Germany ...

7000 of these babies were in the 50s and 60s sent to the US ...

To be adopted By black families.

I used to have no brothers or sisters.

I felt lonely It made me an outsider.

That also applied to my brother, I think.

It's a sad story, But gives us instructions ...

About how we have the father can find the victim.

Just like his brother Patrick ...

he is probably from Germany adopted after World War II.

We are looking for an African-American man, Probably from Darmstadt.

He has had a child From a Latin American woman ...

In Phoenix. So we have to To find a specific couple.

The team must now be the adoption papers From Patrick's brother see ...

Or there must be the Latin American side info come ...

family from Debbie and Anastasia.

Hello. - Hi, Harmony.

I logged in in the middle of the night On the website with pedigree data.

Then I saw something: A new match.

Then I sat there for a minute I couldn't believe it.

A family member of Debbie And Anastasia has uploaded DNA itself.

Take a look at the match with the unknown victim.

My heaven. Gosh, say.

It can be a full niece.

Precisely. Her aunt is probably The victim's mother.

We are so close now. Closer than ever.

I can't believe it. It's really great.

This is the new tester On the pedigree.

She is a full niece From the unknown woman ...

Given the DNA they share.

So her aunt is possible The mother of the unknown woman.

The team tries the identity from her parents to find out.

They are looking for the family On social media on ...

and see the name from the aunt of the tester.

Here she is: Rachel.

We have to detect her And see if she's married ...

or has children with someone That Patrick's brother can be.

Marriage certificate

Hello. How are you? - Nice to finally meet you.

Indeed. Hi.

Countless video calls later. Come in.

Thank you.

Sit down. - Thank you.

We had to wait for the results, We have that now.

One of the testers turns out to be a match with our victim.

She is a full niece of her.

Genetically speaking.

I can show you this. This is the tester.

The mother's sister Van de Tester, Rachel ...

is likely The victim's mother.

From the data It appears that Rachel was married ...

with an African-American man, Benjamin.

One thing struck us very much and was a crucial indication:

According to Facebook he was born In the German Darmstadt.

Do you want to see what it looks like? - Yes.

I'll take him there.

I looked at the tester and tried to find her family.

In the end we found A photo of Benjamin.

When I said that I really felt my heart pounding.

This is how Patrick looks like.

This is Benjamin.

He looks like Patrick, yes. - Indeed.

It looks like twins. - Yes, they even have the same mustache.

Shall I give you this? - Yes, thank you.

Benjamin and Rachel So had four children:

Two boys and two girls.

Are they still married? - They are divorced.

Rachel applied for alimony in 1985.

That is why we know The birth dates of the children.

Michelle was born In 1974 and Melody in 1977.

That is in the neighborhood, because it Victim would be 16 to 18 years old.

One of these two girls So is the victim?

We have to do more research To know for sure.

We've never been so close We have two names.

The team must now watch Whether there is evidence ...

that one of the daughters after 1992 no longer occurred in the archives.

Then the body was found.

I call the plant, Maybe that information can find ...

such as death certificates, of the two women.

Hello, Andre. With Steph of the police. Can you call me back?

I have a question about One of our affairs. Thank you.

Can I help you? - I want to park here for the archive.

Drive straight on. And then on the right. - Thank you.

Because the parents are divorced, Looking for Harmony for papers ...

in which custody of The children is mentioned after 1992.

We are so close now And I'm starting to get nervous.

I try on Facebook to find proof ...

that one of the daughters is still alive.

I think this is one of The two sisters are from the archive.

The whole family Seems to live in Phoenix.

I see the Carl Hayden High school is often mentioned.

So I want to see the yearbooks, But they are not online ...

So I have to do them personally look at.

In the 1993 yearbook ...

is the oldest sister, it is, But not the youngest.

And the 1992 yearbook Is exactly the same story.

Maybe the sister was At another school ...

But she does not appear in this.

I keep checking it As if she is in it.

She doesn't appear in it.

I have the yearbooks of the Carl Hayden High School.

Michelle is in that of 1992 And 1993, but Melody is missing.

There are addresses of each child And driving licenses in the database ...

Except from the second daughter, Melody. - Very interesting.

What have you discovered?

All children are listed On these papers from 1985.

All four? - Yes.

In 1993 was the oldest daughter, Michelle, adult. She was 19.

But it says the oldest son went to live with his mother ...

And the younger son with the father. No alimony was imposed.

Where was the 16-year-old? Melody? Why is she not listed here?

The unknown victim Must be the second daughter: Melody.

We are going to try to contact To be recorded with Melody's family ...

To see what he can tell us.

We don't know if they want to be with us Talk and must be prepared.

Now it becomes serious. We may know within an hour.

Gosh, say.

Just stay here. I'm going to the sister's house.

Now it can be time.

I may be immediately already To the airport.

But you can catch up Harmony.

I'll let you know. - We thumbs.

Very unfortunate that I will miss it But I have to get my flight.

Are we going to say she died? - Yes.

They can be emotionally of becoming and not believing.

Maybe they can Close it now.

This can therefore be very intense. - Yes, we just don't know.

Day, I'm looking for Michelle Harrison. - She's not at home now.

Can you give this to her And let her know ...

that I am from the police And must speak to her?

I have to do her some things tell about her sister.

Okay, I can call my mother. - Thank you.

The police are here, You want to talk about your sister.

About my sister? - Yes.

'Can you come to the house? You want to meet the family. "

Gosh.

There we go.

This is nerve -racking. I don't know what awaits me.

Hi, come in. - I am Harmony.

Michelle. - Nice to meet you.

That was tough. - Yes, it's very spicy.

I'm going to call Cairenn and her tell what you told me.

Hello. - Hi, do you have time to talk?

They are now boarding. Group one will board.

I'm in group four. - I'll talk to you.

Stephanie left her pictures of Seeing the ring, they started to cry.

They said it was her ring and that The mother who had given her.

She had run away With her boyfriend ...

And they never had again heard something from her.

They thought she was alive And hoped to hear from her.

But that never happened.

Now I am becoming emotional. - I know.

So her name is Melody. - Indeed.

I still remember our moments.

We were in the same bed, talked, Share our opinions, laughed ...

We were heart friends, But also sisters.

We did everything together.

She was like a light in the darkness.

She was very extrovert and liked to sing, But also had a serious side.

She wanted to become a lawyer.

She could learn very well, Everyone loved her.

Sorry, I still have to process it.

My sister will not suddenly come on days.

When Melody left that day ...

I'll be honest.

We had disagreement about her friend.

She just wanted a round go for a walk.

When she wasn't in the evening Was at home, we were very worried.

We are until the early morning From the next day ...

went looking for her.

But we couldn't find her.

We contacted the police And could give her up missing.

But I don't think there A lot of effort has been put into.

She was just for the police A tinted, angry teenager.

"She probably ran away."

But the police didn't know her. We said she didn't just walk away.

So we were not waiting for the police And did our own thing.

We literally searched the streets And the neighborhoods off.

That's how it went for years, we went Looking for her every day.

We kept hoping.

We thought they might be wanted to put things in a row ...

And didn't know how she was again contacted.

But we didn't think she was dead.

And unfortunately we bring Her now home ...

In a coffin.

We didn't want that.

Stephanie said Melody was buried In Coolidge, Arizona.

I have to go there.

I always portrayed that we would drink coffee together.

Maybe I'll bring her coffee.

Then I sit there And talk to her.

I take my son -in -law And daughter.

"Unknown victim."

Here she is.

Someone took my sister But I have to bring her home.

She sings for you. Do you hear that? - Yes.

We can play her number.

See you soon.

I miss her.

We have had a lot of sorrow ...

But there is really something good from this situation.

When I got my father About Uncle Pat told ...

He said: I have a brother.

Thank you very much. - Don't mention it.

Come on, dad. I'm sure.

It hurts a lot, because my father loved my sister ...

And she continues to live in his heart.

Well done. Please.

But he has had several strokes.

We don't often talk about Melody, Because he can get sick any time.

But contact with his brother Is something very positive for him.

I never had a brother.

I was all alone.

But as My daughter already said: DNA is not lying.

It is quite difficult to explain.

I had no family all those years, And now I suddenly have a family reunion.

It's exciting to your family to meet for the first time.

Melody ...

Why did she die So that I could meet my family?

Do you want to know what's going on?

My father has Not yet met his brother.

This will be the first time.

Dad's brother? - Yes.

They are there, porridge.

They are there. Come in.

There is your brother, dad.

Hi, Benjamin. - How are you?

Now it is going well.

That's a long time ago.

I don't cry often. - I do.

I cry when I'm alone.

You are not alone now. - No.

It's a great feeling.

We are the same size. - And we both look sexy.

Indeed.

I have always dreamed of it To have a brother.

We have a band That goes beyond words.

This is my wife, Clementine. - You look like Pat.

I know.

What happened to Melody, Is bittersweet.

I miss my child. Every time I hear her name.

I know. But it's okay, Dad.

It's intense. - That certainly, yes.

It is heartbreaking, This is not the desired outcome.

But I am so grateful that Stephanie And the DNA do not give up project.

There is a breakthrough in An old murder case in Apache Junction.

The identity of a dead woman who is 31 was found years ago.

Detective Stephanie Bourgeois Keep looking for a match.

We can say we have identified her.

It means so much For me when I hear her name.

Her name was Melody Harrison.

The police investigation into Melody's death is still ongoing.

Come closer, dad.

Ultimately, your family is Everything you have.

Show, Dad.

You have to learn to mourn while you keep hoping.

You can recover as a family And be there for each other.

Okay. Say 'cheese'.

Limburger. - Limburg cheese ...

That is tasty cheese.

You are trying to clamp yourself of the positive memories ...

So that she can continue to live that way.

They have melody Buried with her family.

In memory of Melody Harrison

Subtitled by: Tim Coemans