Offbeat, U.S.: Yesterday’s feel-good story doesn’t feel so good anymore
- DNA proves the break in the 1955 missing child case isn’t true. Poor John Robert Barnes. Yesterday, Barnes came out in the press to talk about his belief that he was Steven Damman, a kid plucked from the mean streets of Long Island in 1955. Beyond creating lots of attention for himself, it was fodder for the FBI to compare the DNA. Which they did today. Which they confirmed was not a match. Sadly. By the way, Barnes’ dad is still alive and calls his story BS. Good luck patching that one up, dude. source