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A young Olympia, Washington woman who was missing has been identified as remains located on a property while they were doing excavation. 
www.king5.com
Remains found in Tumwater identified as missing Olympia woman
Tumwater police are asking for the public's help after remains found in 2019 were identified as Danielle J. Griffith, a missing woman from Olympia.
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No1likeme
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Prayers going up for the family to cope with thisA young Olympia, Washington woman who was missing has been identified as remains located on a property while they were doing excavation.
Remains found in Tumwater identified as missing Olympia woman
Tumwater police are asking for the public's help after remains found in 2019 were identified as Danielle J. Griffith, a missing woman from Olympia.
KareBear
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” Gandhi
Glad she was identified!
. Prayers for her loved ones
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The Coffeenator
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Manorville Jane Doe, AKA Jane Doe No. 6, has been identified.
www.longislandpress.com
"Police and the FBI have positively identified the woman known as Manorville Jane Doe, also referred to as Jane Doe No. 6. Her mutilated torso was found in Manorville in 2000 and her skull was found off Ocean Parkway in 2011.
“The department announced the utilization of DNA techniques earlier this year in our ongoing effort to advance the investigation,” the department said in a statement. “Using this technology, the department has successfully identified Manorville Jane Doe.”
The department said it will release the identity on its new website, gilgonews.com in the near future."
www.dailymail.co.uk
Suffolk Police ID Another Long Island Serial Killer Victim
Detectives investigating the Gilgo Beach murders have identified another woman whose remains were found scattered along Ocean Parkway and in nearly 50 miles away in Manorville, Suffolk County police said Friday.
www.longislandpress.com
"Police and the FBI have positively identified the woman known as Manorville Jane Doe, also referred to as Jane Doe No. 6. Her mutilated torso was found in Manorville in 2000 and her skull was found off Ocean Parkway in 2011.
“The department announced the utilization of DNA techniques earlier this year in our ongoing effort to advance the investigation,” the department said in a statement. “Using this technology, the department has successfully identified Manorville Jane Doe.”
The department said it will release the identity on its new website, gilgonews.com in the near future."
Gilgo Beach victim identified nearly two decades after remains found
A previously unidentified victim of the Gilgo Beach killer has been named, Suffolk County Police announced Friday. Police said they will announce the name in the near future.
The Coffeenator
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Valentine Doe has been identified as Wanda Deann Kirkum.
She was 18 years old and from Hornell, New York. She wasn't reported missing and both her parents has since passed away.
Wanda was murdered by Robert Lynn Bradley in Florida Keys and discovered by windsurfers on February 15th 1991. Bradley was killed in a homicide in Tarrant County, Texas, in April 1992, at the age of 31.
Wanda's CW thread:
www.crimewatchers.net
Sources:
www.orlandosentinel.com
She was 18 years old and from Hornell, New York. She wasn't reported missing and both her parents has since passed away.
Wanda was murdered by Robert Lynn Bradley in Florida Keys and discovered by windsurfers on February 15th 1991. Bradley was killed in a homicide in Tarrant County, Texas, in April 1992, at the age of 31.
Wanda's CW thread:
FL - VALENTINE DOE: F, 16-25, strangled on Valentine's Day in Big Coppitt Key, FL - 15 February 1991 *WANDA DEANN KIRKUM*
Witnesses saw Jane Doe hitchhiking the day of her murder. She was last seen near mile marker 17 on U.S. Highway 1, about 18 miles from where her body was discovered in an area known as “the horseshoe,” in the Florida Keys...
www.crimewatchers.net
Sources:
‘Valentine Jane Doe Homicide’ cold case solved 29 years after teen girl found dead in Florida
New DNA technology has helped detectives solve a cold-case murder 29 years after a teen girl was found dead in the Florida Keys. Robert Lynn Bradley beat and raped Wanda Deann Kirkum, 18, and then …
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The Coffeenator
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Princess Blue has been identified as Julie Gwenn Davis.
(...)"Meanwhile, about 130 miles east of Manvel in Orange, Texas, Danny Davis had just given his DNA to a Texas Ranger, in hopes of finding his sister, Julie Davis, who went missing 33 years ago. The Texas Ranger was investigating the possibility Julie might have been a missing woman found dead in another part of the state.
But when Danny's DNA went into the state database, it matched Princess Blue's DNA. Investigators say with 99.9% certainty, Princess Blue is Julie Davis.
"I'm still trying to process that they found her. That it took so long," Danny told ABC13 over the phone from his home in Orange. "I wouldn't have believed it's her if that detective didn't tell me the DNA matched."
He said he had never heard of the Princess Blue case."
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Julie Gwenn Davis' Charley Project page was added in 2018 (!)
(...)"Meanwhile, about 130 miles east of Manvel in Orange, Texas, Danny Davis had just given his DNA to a Texas Ranger, in hopes of finding his sister, Julie Davis, who went missing 33 years ago. The Texas Ranger was investigating the possibility Julie might have been a missing woman found dead in another part of the state.
But when Danny's DNA went into the state database, it matched Princess Blue's DNA. Investigators say with 99.9% certainty, Princess Blue is Julie Davis.
"I'm still trying to process that they found her. That it took so long," Danny told ABC13 over the phone from his home in Orange. "I wouldn't have believed it's her if that detective didn't tell me the DNA matched."
He said he had never heard of the Princess Blue case."
13 UNSOLVED: 'Princess Blue' found dead on gravel road in Manvel 30 years ago finally identified
The family of Julie Davis, who was known as 'Princess Blue' before her identity was discovered, has been looking for her since 1990.
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Julie Gwenn Davis' Charley Project page was added in 2018 (!)
Julie Gwenn Davis – The Charley Project
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Wow! I don't think that drawing looked like her at all. It's been awhile since I looked at princess blues case, did Carl do a recon of her?Princess Blue has been identified as Julie Gwenn Davis.
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(...)"Meanwhile, about 130 miles east of Manvel in Orange, Texas, Danny Davis had just given his DNA to a Texas Ranger, in hopes of finding his sister, Julie Davis, who went missing 33 years ago. The Texas Ranger was investigating the possibility Julie might have been a missing woman found dead in another part of the state.
But when Danny's DNA went into the state database, it matched Princess Blue's DNA. Investigators say with 99.9% certainty, Princess Blue is Julie Davis.
"I'm still trying to process that they found her. That it took so long," Danny told ABC13 over the phone from his home in Orange. "I wouldn't have believed it's her if that detective didn't tell me the DNA matched."
He said he had never heard of the Princess Blue case."
13 UNSOLVED: 'Princess Blue' found dead on gravel road in Manvel 30 years ago finally identified
The family of Julie Davis, who was known as 'Princess Blue' before her identity was discovered, has been looking for her since 1990.
Julie Gwenn Davis' Charley Project page was added in 2018 (!)
Julie Gwenn Davis – The Charley Project
charleyproject.org
The Coffeenator
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I think it was only that one recon with long and shorter hair. I can't find any other renderings of her.
Working in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Justice (WDJ), the DNA Doe Project (DDP) has identified the remains recovered from a wooded area south of Barron, Wisconsin in December 2017 as those of Gary Albert Herbst, who was believed to be a homicide victim based on evidence of a gunshot wound to the head.
The Coffeenator
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Might as well update this thread too with the good news:
Precious Jane Doe has been identified as Elizabeth 'Lisa' Roberts.
Elizabeth Ann Roberts in the 1976 Roseburg High yearbook.
www.heraldnet.com
Her thread:
www.crimewatchers.net
Precious Jane Doe has been identified as Elizabeth 'Lisa' Roberts.
Elizabeth Ann Roberts in the 1976 Roseburg High yearbook.
Solved: For 43 years, she was ‘Precious’ Jane Doe | HeraldNet.com
She was murdered near Everett in 1977. Years of detective work finally revealed her name: Lisa Roberts, 17.
www.heraldnet.com
Her thread:
WA - SNOHOMISH COUNTY JANE DOE: WF, 15-22, found in woods near Everett, WA - 14 Aug 1977 *ELIZABETH "LISA" ROBERTS*
516UFWA - Unidentified Female Artistic renderings by Natalie Murry and Carl Koppelman, sketch, reconstruction (1992), and original sketch of the victim; Enhanced images of clothing and watch. Date of Discovery: August 14, 1977 Location of Discovery: Everett, Snohomish County...
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Wow! Bushkill Jane Doe
www.crimewatchpa.com
CASE: UPDATE!! IDENTIFICATION OF 1987 REMAINS - JANE DOE- BUSHKILL TOWNSHIP - NORTHAMPTON
UPDATE!! June 2020 – Jane Doe has been identified! The female has been identified as Donna Kay Griffin who was 37 years of age at the time of her death. A native of the Dalton, Georgia area; Griffin reportedly relocated to Philadelphia,...
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KareBear
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” Gandhi
FRANKLYN COUNTY JANE DOE-
Namus UP 17866- Identified
Karen Kaye Frank, 52
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...s-id-bodies-of-2-women-found-dead-decades-ago
Namus UP 17866- Identified
Karen Kaye Frank, 52
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...s-id-bodies-of-2-women-found-dead-decades-ago
The Coffeenator
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Huntington Beach Jane Doe from 1968 has been identified as Anita Louise Piteau.
She has been known as “Jane Doe” or by the coroner’s code “68-00745-C.” She was raped, killed and dumped out the passenger’s side of a car.
And now, after 52 years, thanks to some slick genealogical work, both the victim and the alleged killer have been identified.
In June, Huntington Beach detectives, using familial DNA analysis, informed a family in Maine that a missing runaway from 1968 was the answer to the oldest Jane Doe homicide case in Orange County.
The woman was identified as Anita Louise Piteau, whose family tree runs through Augusta and Lewiston, Maine. Police on Wednesday, July 22 said they believe she was killed by a man named Johnny Chrisco, who died at age 71 in 2015. Very little is known about him
Sources:
Huntington Beach police identify oldest Jane Doe in Orange County
www.mercurynews.com
She has been known as “Jane Doe” or by the coroner’s code “68-00745-C.” She was raped, killed and dumped out the passenger’s side of a car.
And now, after 52 years, thanks to some slick genealogical work, both the victim and the alleged killer have been identified.
In June, Huntington Beach detectives, using familial DNA analysis, informed a family in Maine that a missing runaway from 1968 was the answer to the oldest Jane Doe homicide case in Orange County.
The woman was identified as Anita Louise Piteau, whose family tree runs through Augusta and Lewiston, Maine. Police on Wednesday, July 22 said they believe she was killed by a man named Johnny Chrisco, who died at age 71 in 2015. Very little is known about him
Sources:
Huntington Beach police identify oldest Jane Doe in Orange County
Huntington Beach police identify oldest Jane Doe in Orange County
Anita Louise Piteau, who was raped and had her throat slashed in 1968, is identified through familial DNA, as was her alleged killer.
www.mercurynews.com
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Huntington Beach Jane Doe from 1968 has been identified as Anita Louise Piteau.
She has been known as “Jane Doe” or by the coroner’s code “68-00745-C.” She was raped, killed and dumped out the passenger’s side of a car.
And now, after 52 years, thanks to some slick genealogical work, both the victim and the alleged killer have been identified.
In June, Huntington Beach detectives, using familial DNA analysis, informed a family in Maine that a missing runaway from 1968 was the answer to the oldest Jane Doe homicide case in Orange County.
The woman was identified as Anita Louise Piteau, whose family tree runs through Augusta and Lewiston, Maine. Police on Wednesday, July 22 said they believe she was killed by a man named Johnny Chrisco, who died at age 71 in 2015. Very little is known about him
Sources:
Huntington Beach police identify oldest Jane Doe in Orange County
Huntington Beach police identify oldest Jane Doe in Orange County
Anita Louise Piteau, who was raped and had her throat slashed in 1968, is identified through familial DNA, as was her alleged killer.
Wow, that is one interesting read. It is beyond fortunate these answers came. Kudos to all involved. So sad to read what her passed loved ones went through and that they died without answers. What an effort though and so easily this could have never had answers, even now.
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I'm glad she has her identity back. Hopefully they will catch the scumbag who did it.A young Olympia, Washington woman who was missing has been identified as remains located on a property while they were doing excavation.
Remains found in Tumwater identified as missing Olympia woman
Tumwater police are asking for the public's help after remains found in 2019 were identified as Danielle J. Griffith, a missing woman from Olympia.
The Coffeenator
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Miss Molly from 1986 has been identified as Robin Ann Green.
The Saline County Sheriff has identified a woman found in a creek along I-70, known only as “Miss Molly,” as 28-year-old Robin Green of Los Angeles.
It has taken 34 years to identify Green and bring closure to her family.
Sheriff Roger Soldan said Green was last seen on Dec. 28, 1985 with Michael Green. He said the couple had been together for some time and had a home together. After 10 years, Green’s ex-husband had her declared dead.
Soldan said the investigation into Green’s death continues.
www.kwch.com
Her body was found in a creek along Interstate 70 in Saline County on Jan. 25, 1986. She was last seen on Dec. 28, 1985 after visiting family members in Minnesota, according to the sheriff.
Green and her husband had lived in southern California. The house they lived in was seized as part of a drug investigation, according to Soldan.
Robin Green's family made a request that they not identify them. They traveled to Saline County last weekend to visit her grave, according to Soldan.
This is still an open homicide investigation, according to Soldan. Investigators don't know how she came to Kansas.
Her thread:
www.crimewatchers.net
The Saline County Sheriff has identified a woman found in a creek along I-70, known only as “Miss Molly,” as 28-year-old Robin Green of Los Angeles.
It has taken 34 years to identify Green and bring closure to her family.
Sheriff Roger Soldan said Green was last seen on Dec. 28, 1985 with Michael Green. He said the couple had been together for some time and had a home together. After 10 years, Green’s ex-husband had her declared dead.
Soldan said the investigation into Green’s death continues.
‘Miss Molly’ identified in 34-year-old Kansas cold case
New details are coming to light concerning the unsolved murder of a woman whose body was found beside a Saline County, Kan. road in 1986.
www.kwch.com
Her body was found in a creek along Interstate 70 in Saline County on Jan. 25, 1986. She was last seen on Dec. 28, 1985 after visiting family members in Minnesota, according to the sheriff.
Green and her husband had lived in southern California. The house they lived in was seized as part of a drug investigation, according to Soldan.
Robin Green's family made a request that they not identify them. They traveled to Saline County last weekend to visit her grave, according to Soldan.
This is still an open homicide investigation, according to Soldan. Investigators don't know how she came to Kansas.
Sheriff IDs Kan. cold case victim as California woman
Sheriff Roger Soldan made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. SALINE C
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Her thread:
KS - MISS MOLLY: WF, 20-35, found in creek under I-70 bridge in Salina, KS - 25 Jan 1986 *ROBIN GREEN*
184UFKS - Unidentified Female Artistic renderings of the victim by Carl Koppelman and Wesley Neville; initial police sketches. To view a postmortem photograph, please click here. Date of Discovery: January 25, 1986 Location of Discovery: Salina, Saline County, Kansas Estimated Date of...
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The Coffeenator
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Chesterfield County Jane Doe from 1986 has been identified as Christy Lynn Floyd.
Police have identified human remains found in a Chesterfield landfill in 1986 as a 16-year-old girl after using DNA from a family member of the victim.
Now, investigators are hoping photos of the victim help solve the mystery of how she died.
On Aug. 7, 1986, workers were unloading trash from the School Street transfer station in Richmond at a Chesterfield landfill, when they noticed human remains.
Chesterfield police conducted a thorough search and recovered what appeared to be the remains of a woman. Her cause of death was determined to be a homicide, according to the medical examiner.
Recently, using DNA extractions from the remains, police were able to track down a potential family member who voluntarily provided DNA to compare.
The testing identified the remains as Christy Lynn Floyd, who was 16 years old and lived in the 2300 block of West Grace Street when she disappeared.
Investigators are now releasing photos of Floyd, including one with an unknown male friend, in hopes of finding more information on her death.
www.nbc12.com
Her thread:
www.crimewatchers.net
Police have identified human remains found in a Chesterfield landfill in 1986 as a 16-year-old girl after using DNA from a family member of the victim.
Now, investigators are hoping photos of the victim help solve the mystery of how she died.
On Aug. 7, 1986, workers were unloading trash from the School Street transfer station in Richmond at a Chesterfield landfill, when they noticed human remains.
Chesterfield police conducted a thorough search and recovered what appeared to be the remains of a woman. Her cause of death was determined to be a homicide, according to the medical examiner.
Recently, using DNA extractions from the remains, police were able to track down a potential family member who voluntarily provided DNA to compare.
The testing identified the remains as Christy Lynn Floyd, who was 16 years old and lived in the 2300 block of West Grace Street when she disappeared.
Investigators are now releasing photos of Floyd, including one with an unknown male friend, in hopes of finding more information on her death.
Police identify remains found at Chesterfield landfill in 1986 as 16-year-old girl
Police have identified human remains found in a Chesterfield landfill in 1986 as a 16-year-old girl after using DNA from a family member of the victim.
www.nbc12.com
Her thread:
VA - CHESTERFIELD CO JANE DOE: WF, 20-35, found at Shoosmith landfill in Chesterfield Co, VA - 7 Aug 1986 *CHRISTY FLOYD*
Case File: 900UFVA Black rubber bracelet worn on victim's foot Unidentified Female Date of Discovery: August 7, 1986 Location of Discovery: Chesterfield County, Virginia Estimated Date of Death: June 1, 1986 State of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues Cause of...
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Rainbow Falls Jane Doe from 1993 has been identified as Rebecca 'Becky' Redecker.
A body found in the forest nearly 30 years ago has finally been identified as Rebecca “Becky” Redecker, a 20-year-old woman who spent most of her life in Colorado Springs. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating her death and wants to speak to anyone who knew her.
On June 15, 1993, deputies were called to an area between Woodland Park and Deckers in the Pike San Isabel National Forest on a report of a body at a makeshift campsite. Unable to identify the remains, she was buried as Jane Doe at a cemetery in Castle Rock.
“Over the years the case had been looked at several times to see if any new investigative tools may assist in identifying the remains,” the sheriff’s office stated. Back in 2012, investigators unearthed her grave and exhumed her remains to extract DNA. It was entered into a national database, but there were no results. In July 2020, the cold case detective received information that finally lead to her identification.
Undersheriff Holly Nichols was originally assigned to the case in 1993.
“As a new detective in 1993 I had no idea that this case would haunt me for 27 years,” Nichols said during a news conference Thursday. “I’m just so thankful that this part has been solved, that over all of this time there’s now a family that we know this girl belong to, and she is someone she’s no longer are Jane Doe. So thank God for that.”
“Although we now have an identity, we are still actively working a death investigation case,” officials stated. “We are still attempting to gather information from anyone who may have known her.”
Becky went to high school in Manitou Springs from 1985 to 1988 and attended Coronado High School in Colorado Springs in 1989. Detectives want to talk to anyone who knew her and who she may have been spending time with in the summer of 1993.
“I cannot stress enough that if you knew anyone, or you knew Becky, or you had anything connected in Becky’s life, please call our office, and help us identify the suspect, or suspects that were responsible for her death, and leaving her body, in the National Forest, without a name for all these years,” Sheriff Tony Spurlock said Thursday.
The cause of death remains undetermined.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of her killer.
denver.cbslocal.com
Her thread:
www.crimewatchers.net
A body found in the forest nearly 30 years ago has finally been identified as Rebecca “Becky” Redecker, a 20-year-old woman who spent most of her life in Colorado Springs. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating her death and wants to speak to anyone who knew her.
On June 15, 1993, deputies were called to an area between Woodland Park and Deckers in the Pike San Isabel National Forest on a report of a body at a makeshift campsite. Unable to identify the remains, she was buried as Jane Doe at a cemetery in Castle Rock.
“Over the years the case had been looked at several times to see if any new investigative tools may assist in identifying the remains,” the sheriff’s office stated. Back in 2012, investigators unearthed her grave and exhumed her remains to extract DNA. It was entered into a national database, but there were no results. In July 2020, the cold case detective received information that finally lead to her identification.
Undersheriff Holly Nichols was originally assigned to the case in 1993.
“As a new detective in 1993 I had no idea that this case would haunt me for 27 years,” Nichols said during a news conference Thursday. “I’m just so thankful that this part has been solved, that over all of this time there’s now a family that we know this girl belong to, and she is someone she’s no longer are Jane Doe. So thank God for that.”
“Although we now have an identity, we are still actively working a death investigation case,” officials stated. “We are still attempting to gather information from anyone who may have known her.”
Becky went to high school in Manitou Springs from 1985 to 1988 and attended Coronado High School in Colorado Springs in 1989. Detectives want to talk to anyone who knew her and who she may have been spending time with in the summer of 1993.
“I cannot stress enough that if you knew anyone, or you knew Becky, or you had anything connected in Becky’s life, please call our office, and help us identify the suspect, or suspects that were responsible for her death, and leaving her body, in the National Forest, without a name for all these years,” Sheriff Tony Spurlock said Thursday.
The cause of death remains undetermined.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of her killer.
Cold Case Update: Body Found In 1993 Identified As Rebecca 'Becky' Redeker
Detectives want to talk to anyone who knew Becky and who she may have been spending time with in the summer of 1993.
denver.cbslocal.com
Her thread:
CO - CASTLE ROCK JANE DOE: WF, 13-25, found in Pike San Isabel National Forest in Castle Rock, CO - 15 Jun 1993 *REBECCA REDECKER*
154UFCO - Unidentified Female Artistic renderings of the victim; victim's T-shirt and jewelry Date of Discovery: June 15, 1993 Location of Discovery: Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado Estimated Date of Death: 2-3 Days prior State of Remains: Decomposed Cause of Death: Homicide...
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