Claim: The University of Leicester discovered and identified the remains of a king in 1955.
Evidence: The university is most famous for the invention of genetic fingerprinting and contributing to the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III.
The exhumation and reburial of Richard III began with the discovery of the king 's remains within the site of the former Greyfriars Friary Church in Leicester , England , in September 2012.
Following extensive anthropological and genetic testing , the remains of Richard III , the last English king killed in battle , were ultimately reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015.