![]() ![]() She is thought to have briefly attended Frankford High School and dropped out in her freshman year. Investigators believe Todd had a 2-year-old child at the time of her death. When Bensalem detectives reached out to Todd's living relatives in Philadelphia, genealogists were able to construct a family tree. DNA was first extracted from the skeletal remains in 2007 and later from fetal bones in 20. The DNA testing took place over the course of several years. "Pregnant ladies don’t just fall into wells and die," Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said a press conference. On Tuesday night, Bucks County prosecutors presented the genome sequencing and DNA test results that they used to positively identify the victim as Todd, who was 17 when she died, 6ABC reported.Īn investigation that began with a forensic sculpture in 1988 took leaps forward with the aid of DNA analysis, enabling authorities to raise new questions about the circumstances that led to Todd's death. Villanova student charged with attempted sexual assault.North Philly 'pill mill' doctor gets prison in sex-for-drugs case.New Jersey Amtrak employee allegedly stole, sold $50,000 in chainsaws, parts.Nikki Toole suggested the winning name, chosen from dozens of entries by wells shop owners Steven Jones and Sarah Orton. Investigators determined the Todd was about six months pregnant when she died. The winning entry in the Roly's Fudge Pantry name-the-calf competition is Sweet Cowaline. A uthorities were unable to identify the victim, who was believed to be between 17-23 years old. In 1988, skeletal remains were found inside a well at the former Publicker Distillery on State Road in Bensalem, now a trucking depot. ![]() ![]() Human remains found in a Bensalem well more than 30 years ago have been identified as Lisa Todd, a Philadelphia teenager who was pregnant at the time she went missing in October 1985, investigators revealed Tuesday night. ![]()
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