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Chess icon's body exhumed in paternity caseBy the CNN Wire Staff
July 5, 2010 12:18 p.m. EDT
<span style="font-weight: bold">Fischer's alleged daughter, Jinky Young, requested a DNA test
His body was exhumed just long enough to take a DNA sample
A doctor and a priest were among those present</span>
(CNN) -- The body of chess legend Bobby Fischer was exhumed Monday in Iceland, law enforcement officials have told CNN. His body was reburied shortly after DNA samples were taken, the officials said.
Iceland's supreme court ruled last month in favor of a request by Jinky Young, Fischer's alleged daughter, to exhume his remains in order to settle a paternity question.
A doctor, a priest and other officials were present during the procedure, according to the police department in Selfoss, Iceland.
Fischer died in January 2008.
July 5, 2010 12:18 p.m. EDT
<span style="font-weight: bold">Fischer's alleged daughter, Jinky Young, requested a DNA test
His body was exhumed just long enough to take a DNA sample
A doctor and a priest were among those present</span>
(CNN) -- The body of chess legend Bobby Fischer was exhumed Monday in Iceland, law enforcement officials have told CNN. His body was reburied shortly after DNA samples were taken, the officials said.
Iceland's supreme court ruled last month in favor of a request by Jinky Young, Fischer's alleged daughter, to exhume his remains in order to settle a paternity question.
A doctor, a priest and other officials were present during the procedure, according to the police department in Selfoss, Iceland.
Fischer died in January 2008.
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