Genetic genealogy helps identify 28-year-old man who drowned over 50 years ago in Spokane River

Sep. 17—A man who drowned more than 50 years ago in the Spokane River was recently identified by the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office, thanks to forensic genetic genealogy. A marina employee discovered the body, now identified as 28-year-old Bruce Frank Sherman, on Sept. 2, 1971, near the Division Street Bridge, according to a Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office news release …