加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县警局验尸官11月10日公布：1974年贝克车祸无名死者经基因家谱确认身份、为20岁印第安纳州人罗恩科
加利福尼亚州圣贝纳迪诺县 — 圣贝纳迪诺县警局验尸官部门 11 月 10 日公布，1974 年在贝克附近 15 号州际公路车祸中死亡的一名无名男子，已通过调查性基因家谱确认身份，为来自印第安纳州瓦尔帕莱索的 20 岁男子特伦斯·李·罗恩科。
县警局写明，1974 年 11 月 8 日，一辆厢式车在贝克附近与一辆卡车相撞起火，司机与三名乘客中的一名搭便车者死亡。司机身份当时已确认，搭便车者身份不明逾五十年，当时估计其年龄在 20 至 30 岁之间。
县警局表示，多年来验尸官办公室曾以牙科 X 光比对失踪与无名人员系统、把 DNA 样本送检并上传 combined DNA index system、并把案件录入全国失踪与无名人员系统，均未确认身份。罗恩科从未被报失踪，是当年查证的一大难点。
2026 年 2 月，县警局与 DNA Doe Project 合作，并在全国失踪与受剥削儿童中心支持下开展基因家谱研究。志愿家谱研究人员在四天内锁定罗恩科为候选人，其家族线索指向印第安纳州与芝加哥地区，副验尸官调查员随后确认了身份。
县警局表示，罗恩科是一名退伍军人，生前与家人失联数十年，这解释了其失踪为何从未与失踪调查关联。
San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner Identifies 1974 Baker Crash John Doe on November 10: Terrance Lee Ronco, Age 20 from Indiana, Named through Genetic Genealogy
San Bernardino County, California — The San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner Division announced on November 10 that a man who died in a 1974 collision on Interstate 15 near Baker has been positively identified through investigative genetic genealogy as Terrance Lee Ronco, a 20 year old native of Valparaiso, Indiana.
The department said that on November 8, 1974, a van traveling near Baker collided with a truck and caught fire. The driver and one of three passengers, a hitchhiker picked up along the way, died. The driver was identified, but the hitchhiker remained unidentified for more than five decades and was believed to be between 20 and 30 years old.
Over the years, the coroner office entered dental records into the Missing and Unidentified Persons System, submitted DNA for forensic analysis and upload to the Combined DNA Index System, and entered the case into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, without an identification. Ronco had never been reported missing.
In February 2026, the Sheriff Department partnered with the DNA Doe Project, with support from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Volunteer genealogists identified Ronco as a candidate after four days of research, with family connections to Indiana and the greater Chicago area, and deputy coroner investigators then confirmed the identification.
The department said Ronco, a military veteran, had been out of contact with his family for decades.
来源链接：圣贝纳迪诺县警局验尸官新闻发布页11月10日条目（县警局） https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/media-center/coroner-press-release/
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