Test rules out man who said he might be missing Michigan boy
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LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) â A DNA sample from a man hasn t solved the disappearance of a 4-year-old boy at a suburban Detroit shopping mall nearly 30 years ago.
Police in Livonia say tests have ruled out a man who stepped forward in 2019 and said he could be D wan Sims. D wan s mother claimed they were shopping at Wonderland Mall in Livonia when he disappeared, two weeks before Christmas in 1994.
But police were skeptical and continue to have doubts. In 1994, hundreds of tips poured in as state police and the FBI joined the investigation. Dwanna Wiggins moved to Durham, North Carolina, where she died last December.
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December 11, 2020 GMT
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) A funeral is planned for Saturday for a woman who claimed her 4-year-old son disappeared at a suburban Detroit shopping mall in 1994.
Dwanna Wiggins eventually moved to Durham, North Carolina, where she died Monday, according to Burthey Funeral Services.
Wiggins told police that D’Wan Sims disappeared while they were shopping at Wonderland Mall in Livonia, two weeks before Christmas in 1994. Surveillance video showed the Detroit woman inside the mall but not her son, police said.
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Hundreds of tips poured in as state police and the FBI joined the investigation. Dogs, horses and all-terrain vehicles were used to search for D’Wan, who wasn’t found.