CALGARY - The body of a missing man has been identified through the national missing persons DNA databank in what Calgary police say is a first in Canada.
The database is operated by the RCMP and was established last year to help investigations into missing persons and unidentified remains.
Calgary police say the body of a homeless man was found in a tent at an encampment in 2017.
His death was not considered to be suspicious.
They say it took a year for a DNA sample to be prepared, and there was a match once it was submitted to the databank and compared with 500,000 profiles.
The man hasn't been publicly identified but was originally from eastern Canada.