CHICAGO - After nearly four decades, a body found in Lake Michigan has been identified as a missing Chicago woman.

The backstory:

Dorothy Glanton, 71, disappeared on Dec. 9, 1987. Her body was recovered four months later near the shoreline of New Buffalo, Michigan, just north of the Indiana border.

However, investigators couldn’t identify her. They believed she was a white woman in her 40s or 50s.

Dig deeper:

In 2023, Michigan State Police partnered with the DNA Doe Project, which built a genetic family tree from her DNA profile. The team discovered Glanton was African American and in her 70s.

"At first, we thought we were looking for a daughter of Dorothy, based on the expected age of the deceased," said team leader Lisa Needler.

During their research, the team also found an Augu

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