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Office (ECSO) to submit to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for DNA analysis. The District One Medical Examiner's Office contacted ECSO in October 2020, discovering that the rib bone had not yet been submitted to FDLE; after formal request from the District 1 Medical Examiner's Office, the rib bone was immediately sent by ECSO to FDLE. Unfortunately, FDLE was not conducting testing of mitochondrial DNA at this time and the District 1 Medical Examiner's Office was referred to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification. In April 2021, the District 1 Medical Examiner's Office was advised that LINT was no longer accepting new cases. In March 2023, a NamUs database search of local missing persons from the area was conducted and compared to all District 1 Medical Examiner's Office unidentified cases. A potential match was identified. The "believed to be" (antemortem) radiographs (x-rays) and the postmortem radiographs of the unidentified skeletal remains were compared and reviewed by Dr. Oleske, Interim District Medical Examiner. Following additional consultation with Dr. Winburn, it was determined this case was a good candidate for identification using the Rapid DNA ANDE identification system recently brought into service by the District 1 Medical Examiner's Office. Familial DNA comparison was made using a buccal swab submitted by the missing person's family and the unidentified skeletal remains. The results confirmed the familial relationship with 99.99% certainty, and skeletal features support that the identification of the remains as that of Amber Guzman. The District 1 Medical Examiner's Office, after so many fruitless efforts, was able to provide long-awaited closure to the decedent's family. District 7 • On April 23, 1990, the District 7 medical examiner responded to a wooded area east of Clyde Morris Blvd., in Ormond Beach, Florida, where a decedent's lower appendicular skeleton was located by a passerby. The medical examiner and the Volusia Sheriff's Office (VSO) conducted a search of the area. They were able to locate the upper portion of the decedent's skeleton 20 feet south of the first set of remains, and the skull and mandible were located 30 feet south of the first set of remains. The decedent was found with rope wrapped around the wrists and cervical vertebrae. The death was ruled a homicide. On April 26, 1990, a Forensic Odontology examination was completed and determined that the decedent was likely a female between 20-30 years old. In April of 1990, the remains were sent out for anthropologic examination, and the report was received on June 17th of, 1990. The report concluded the decedent was a female aged 25 to 40 years old, and she was approximately 64 inches tall. On November 26, 2008, samples were sent to the New Jersey State Police Office of Forensic Science and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Forensic lab, where they were able to extract an mtDNA profile and develop a nuclear DNA profile, respectively. On July 22, 2016, the remains were sent to the University of South Florida for Chemical and Elemental Isotopic Analysis. In June of 2023, the report was received indicating that the decedent was born in the United States and likely spent the first part of her life in the southeastern United States. In June of 2023, a petrous bone was sent to Othram Inc. for Forensic Genealogy testing. The lab was able to develop a genealogic profile and identify possible relatives of the decedent. The Volusia Sheriff's Office approached the potential relatives and were able to gather DNA samples for comparison. Those comparisons resulted in the positive identification of the decedent as Roberta Weber on September 28, 2023. 398