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How records of life's milestones help solve cold cases, pinpoint health risks and allocate public resources

  • Written by Paula Fomby, Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in Population Studies, University of Pennsylvania
How records of life's milestones help solve cold cases, pinpoint health risks and allocate public resourcesCivil registries in the U.S. are spread across different local jurisdictions.eric1513/iStock via Getty Images Plus

After 65 years, Philadelphia police announced in December 2022 that they had identified the remains of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, a 4-year-old boy who was murdered in 1957. Because no one had ever come forward to reliably identify...

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