Body found in 1976 finally identified after DNA breakthrough | ABC NEWS

When police found the bodies of two men near a remote Northern Territory cattle station in 1976, they had no idea who they were or what they were doing there.

Fifty years after Trevor Wheeler vanished into the remote Northern Territory bush, DNA and a heart-shaped tattoo bearing a name led police straight to the woman who knew him as a teenager, creating a major breakthrough in the case. Jason Walls filed this report for ABC News Northern Territory.

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