Overview
- Police recovered human bones, including a skull, in Sellers Park, Wilmington, in June 2011 and recorded a DNA profile that produced no immediate match.
- New Castle County’s Cold Case Squad reopened the file in 2019 and commissioned a 3D scan and facial reconstruction to help generate leads.
- Investigative genealogy produced a familial lead in January 2026 that linked the 2011 remains to the Kleitz family and to reports of a 2002 mausoleum break‑in.
- Officers exhumed the Riverview Cemetery mausoleum for DNA comparison with the Sellers Park bones, and investigators confirmed the remains belong to Hannah Graham Kleitz.
- Investigators returned Kleitz’s remains to the mausoleum in late August and stressed that no arrests have been made in the 2002 desecration while urging the public to share any tips.