How forensic science is helping to solve outback mysteries | ABC News

Each year 38,000 people are reported missing in Australia. Most are found quickly, but more than 2,500 have been missing for at least three months. Indigenous people are overrepresented. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3gL0gA6 In Western Australia, Aboriginal people make up 17.5 per cent of missing persons cases, despite being just 3 per cent of the population. But a new national DNA database is helping solve some of these mysteries for families in remote parts of the country. Erin Parke has this special report from the Kimberley. WARNING: This report contains images of Aboriginal people who have died. ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia