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RARE PHOTOS: Dna advances help identify man missing for 24 years | Rare Historical Photos

DNA testing has helped police identify the remains of a man missing in the Outback for 24 years. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Northern Territory man missing in the Outback for 24 years has been identified thanks to new police forensic techniques.

The NT Police Missing Persons Unit and Forensic Science Branch and the AFP's National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons teamed up to match unidentified human remains to long-term missing man Owen Ryder.

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