[Verse 1]
In Bear Brook forest, barrels found
Four bodies there without a name
Nineteen eighty-five, the first was found
Then fifteen years brought more the same
A woman and three children small
No missing persons matched at all
[Chorus]
Three algorithms solved the case
Genetic genealogy traced their place
Isotopes tell where they lived before
Facial reconstruction opened the door
DNA, chemicals, and digital art
Put the pieces back together, part by part
[Verse 2]
Genetic genealogy took the lead
Building family trees from DNA
Distant cousins planted the seed
To find their names from yesterday
Marlyse Honeychurch was revealed
Her daughters' identities unsealed
[Chorus]
Three algorithms solved the case
Genetic genealogy traced their place
Isotopes tell where they lived before
Facial reconstruction opened the door
DNA, chemicals, and digital art
Put the pieces back together, part by part
[Verse 3]
Isotope analysis read the clues
In tooth enamel, water's trace
Chemical signatures give us news
Of drinking water's native place
Algorithms mapped where they had been
From chemistry beneath their skin
[Chorus]
Three algorithms solved the case
Genetic genealogy traced their place
Isotopes tell where they lived before
Facial reconstruction opened the door
DNA, chemicals, and digital art
Put the pieces back together, part by part
[Bridge]
Facial reconstruction algorithms drew
What these victims looked like then
Computer models brought into view
Faces lost, but found again
Tips came in from those who knew
The mystery was breaking through
[Verse 4]
The same DNA techniques that caught
The Golden State Killer years before
Found Terry Rasmussen, the man they sought
A serial killer, now no more
He'd died in prison, name unknown
But algorithms brought him home
[Final Chorus]
Three algorithms solved the case
Genetic genealogy traced their place
Isotopes tell where they lived before
Facial reconstruction opened the door
When bodies have no names to tell
Code can break through mystery's spell
[Outro]
From Bear Brook forest to the truth
Algorithms gave them back their names
Science serves to find the proof
When cold cases play their games