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How forensic science solved an outback mystery
 
																								
												
												
											
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Spider Kalbybidi grew up in the Great Sandy Desert south-east of Broome. (Supplied: Karajarri Rangers)
It took world-leading forensic techniques to bring Old Man Spider home. Other families with missing loved ones hope a national DNA database can do the same.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains images of people who have died
When Spider Kalbybidi went missing, the people searched out into the desert and along the shifting, shell-lined beaches.
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