For the time being, the bone belonged to Rock Collection John Doe,” Ramapo College said in a release. Traditional DNA tracking yielded no results, ...

Yager — who was long referred to as “Rock Collection John Doe” — died in a military training exercise in July 1951, according to Ramapo College.

Labeled “Rock Collection John Doe,” the bone remained unidentified until the sheriff’s office sought the help of a genetics lab at Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2023.