New York aims to help police ID unknown remains

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Police in New York state are getting a new tool to help them identify the remains of unnamed people.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed a new law directing the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Statistics to provide descriptions of unidentified bodies to every law enforcement agency in the state.

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