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Mel70
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Wonderful! Another UID finally identified.
Two decades later, man found shot to death in Indiana identified
After nearly two decades of being a John Doe, a man who was found shot to death behind an abandoned gas station in 2003 finally has a name.wgntv.com
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Princess Doe has been identified as Dawn Olanick.
"The mystery began exactly 40 years ago on July 15, 1982, when the body of a young female was found in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown Township, New Jersey. Her face, beaten, was unrecognizable. She was wearing distinct clothing and her nails on her right hand were painted red while her left hand had no nail polish. She was quickly named Princess Doe, her case gained national attention and the public took special interest in unraveling her story and finding answers.
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With the help of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Princess Doe’s molar and eyelash were submitted to Astrea Forensics in 2021, for possible DNA extraction. (...) This technology that would not have been possible 40 years ago was just the break that investigators had been hoping for to identify Princess Doe’s identity. Once Astrea finished the sequencing, Innovative Forensic Investigations (IFI) started to work on investigative genetic genealogy techniques to build a family tree. That would ultimately lead to the true identity of Princess Doe, who we now know as Dawn Olanick."
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Dawn Olanick's thread as Princess Doe:
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"The mystery began exactly 40 years ago on July 15, 1982, when the body of a young female was found in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown Township, New Jersey. Her face, beaten, was unrecognizable. She was wearing distinct clothing and her nails on her right hand were painted red while her left hand had no nail polish. She was quickly named Princess Doe, her case gained national attention and the public took special interest in unraveling her story and finding answers.
(...)
With the help of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Princess Doe’s molar and eyelash were submitted to Astrea Forensics in 2021, for possible DNA extraction. (...) This technology that would not have been possible 40 years ago was just the break that investigators had been hoping for to identify Princess Doe’s identity. Once Astrea finished the sequencing, Innovative Forensic Investigations (IFI) started to work on investigative genetic genealogy techniques to build a family tree. That would ultimately lead to the true identity of Princess Doe, who we now know as Dawn Olanick."
After 40 years, Princess Doe Identified
Sometimes the smallest things make the biggest impact. And for the case of Princess Doe that was...
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"Princess Doe" identified as Long Island teen 40 years after her remains were found in New Jersey cemetery; suspect charged
"For 40 years, law enforcement has not given up on Princess Doe," Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said.
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40 Years After Her Murder, ‘Princess Doe’ Has a Name
She was found dead in a New Jersey cemetery in 1982 and became known worldwide as Princess Doe. On Friday, she was identified as Dawn Olanick, 17.
Dawn Olanick's thread as Princess Doe:
NJ - PRINCESS DOE: WF, 14-18, found in Blairstown, NJ - 15 July 1982 *DAWN OLANICK*
Princess Doe was a teenager or young adult who was found brutally murdered in a cemetery in Blairstown, New Jersey. Her case is one of the most popular in the unidentified persons subculture. https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1513 *CLICK THE REPORT BUTTON IF YOU'D LIKE THIS CASE...
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GrandmaBear
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Wow. Haven't read the links yet but I continue to be amazed. An eyelash and a molar and genetics and building a family tree. It has all come so far.Princess Doe has been identified as Dawn Olanick.
"The mystery began exactly 40 years ago on July 15, 1982, when the body of a young female was found in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown Township, New Jersey. Her face, beaten, was unrecognizable. She was wearing distinct clothing and her nails on her right hand were painted red while her left hand had no nail polish. She was quickly named Princess Doe, her case gained national attention and the public took special interest in unraveling her story and finding answers.
(...)
With the help of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Princess Doe’s molar and eyelash were submitted to Astrea Forensics in 2021, for possible DNA extraction. (...) This technology that would not have been possible 40 years ago was just the break that investigators had been hoping for to identify Princess Doe’s identity. Once Astrea finished the sequencing, Innovative Forensic Investigations (IFI) started to work on investigative genetic genealogy techniques to build a family tree. That would ultimately lead to the true identity of Princess Doe, who we now know as Dawn Olanick."
After 40 years, Princess Doe Identified
Sometimes the smallest things make the biggest impact. And for the case of Princess Doe that was...
"Princess Doe" identified as Long Island teen 40 years after her remains were found in New Jersey cemetery; suspect charged
"For 40 years, law enforcement has not given up on Princess Doe," Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said.
40 Years After Her Murder, ‘Princess Doe’ Has a Name
She was found dead in a New Jersey cemetery in 1982 and became known worldwide as Princess Doe. On Friday, she was identified as Dawn Olanick, 17.
Dawn Olanick's thread as Princess Doe:
NJ - PRINCESS DOE: WF, 14-18, found in Blairstown, NJ - 15 July 1982 *DAWN OLANICK*
Princess Doe was a teenager or young adult who was found brutally murdered in a cemetery in Blairstown, New Jersey. Her case is one of the most popular in the unidentified persons subculture. https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1513 *CLICK THE REPORT BUTTON IF YOU'D LIKE THIS CASE...
GrandmaBear
Deputized Emu Slayer/Horse Thief Hunter
And they know her murderer. Wow. Already serving time for another murder. Just starting to read the links.
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Christmas Tree Lady has been identified as Joyce Marilyn Meyer Sommers.
"When a groundskeeper at a Virginia cemetery stumbled upon the body of a woman — and an eight-inch Christmas tree — near some infant graves in December 1996, Fairfax County investigators were left with an enduring mystery.
That mystery has been solved after genetic genealogists from Othram Inc. used DNA from the woman, who had taken her own life, to trace her family tree. On Thursday, Fairfax County Police Department cold case detectives announced that the woman known for more than 25 years as the “Christmas Tree Lady” has been identified. Joyce Marilyn Meyer Sommers, 69, had distanced herself from her family, detectives told The Washington Post. The oldest of five siblings, Sommers grew up in Davenport, Iowa."
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Joyce Meyer Sommers' thread as Christmas Tree Lady:
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"When a groundskeeper at a Virginia cemetery stumbled upon the body of a woman — and an eight-inch Christmas tree — near some infant graves in December 1996, Fairfax County investigators were left with an enduring mystery.
That mystery has been solved after genetic genealogists from Othram Inc. used DNA from the woman, who had taken her own life, to trace her family tree. On Thursday, Fairfax County Police Department cold case detectives announced that the woman known for more than 25 years as the “Christmas Tree Lady” has been identified. Joyce Marilyn Meyer Sommers, 69, had distanced herself from her family, detectives told The Washington Post. The oldest of five siblings, Sommers grew up in Davenport, Iowa."
Genealogists help solve mystery of ‘Christmas Tree Lady’ found dead in cemetery in 1996
When a groundskeeper at a Virginia cemetery stumbled upon the body of a woman — and an eight-inch Christmas tree — near some infant graves in December 1996, Fairfax County investigators were left with an enduring mystery. That mystery has been solved, authorities announced Thursday.
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After 25 years, "Christmas Tree Lady" Is Identified
Fairfax County Police Department Partners with Othram to Identify "Christmas Tree Lady"
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Crowdfunding Helps Police Identify 1996 Suicide Victim Dubbed ‘The Christmas Tree Lady’ | Oxygen Official Site
The mystery surrounding the identity of a woman who took her own life in a Virginia cemetery is finally over, thanks to genetic genealogy.
Joyce Meyer Sommers' thread as Christmas Tree Lady:
VA - ANNANDALE JANE DOE: WF, 50-70, found in Pleasant Valley Memorial Cemetery, VA - 18 Dec 1996 *JOYCE MEYER SOMMERS*
Date of Discovery: December 18, 1996 Location of Discovery: Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia Estimated Date of Death: Hours prior State of Remains: Recognizable face Cause of Death: Suicide Physical Description Estimated Age: 50-70 years old Race: White Gender: Female Height: 5'0"...
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GrandmaBear
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Astrea Forensics sounds amazing. Not up on them nor think I have ever heard of them.
She would be about my age, give or take a year. Sad. Awesome though there are answers now.
She would be about my age, give or take a year. Sad. Awesome though there are answers now.
The Coffeenator
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John Clinton Doe has been identified as Carl J. Isaacs, Jr.
"Skeletal remains discovered in a remote wooded area along Turtle Creek near Clinton, Wisconsin in 1995 have been positively identified as Carl J. Isaacs Jr. after comparison to the DNA from his deceased father.
The DNA Doe Project previously announced that the case had been solved in 2019, but withheld the name at the request of authorities.
Carl J. Isaacs, Jr. was identified after only two weeks of investigative genetic genealogy work, but confirmation of the identification would have to wait until this year when his DNA was compared to a close family member by the University of North Texas School of Biological Science Forensic Unit."
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"Skeletal remains discovered in a remote wooded area along Turtle Creek near Clinton, Wisconsin in 1995 have been positively identified as Carl J. Isaacs Jr. after comparison to the DNA from his deceased father.
The DNA Doe Project previously announced that the case had been solved in 2019, but withheld the name at the request of authorities.
Carl J. Isaacs, Jr. was identified after only two weeks of investigative genetic genealogy work, but confirmation of the identification would have to wait until this year when his DNA was compared to a close family member by the University of North Texas School of Biological Science Forensic Unit."
John Clinton Doe - DNA Doe Project Cases
John Clinton Doe or JCD is the name given to an unidentified teen found by hunters on November 26, 1995 in a remote wooded area along Turtle Creek in Bradford Township, Rock County, near Clinton, Wisconsin. The 97% decomposed skeleton was discovered fully clothed with distinctive...
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Death of Carl Isaacs Jr. - Wikipedia
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Delavan man identified 27 years after discovery in Rock County
Over 27 years ago, sheriff's deputies discovered the remains of Carl Junior Isaacs, Jr. in rural Rock County.
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GrandmaBear
Deputized Emu Slayer/Horse Thief Hunter
And so he confessed years ago in '05. Tried to lure her into prostitution but she refused. What an evil SOB. He is serving 20 to life for two first degree murders? What kind of sentence is THAT?Princess Doe has been identified as Dawn Olanick.
"The mystery began exactly 40 years ago on July 15, 1982, when the body of a young female was found in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown Township, New Jersey. Her face, beaten, was unrecognizable. She was wearing distinct clothing and her nails on her right hand were painted red while her left hand had no nail polish. She was quickly named Princess Doe, her case gained national attention and the public took special interest in unraveling her story and finding answers.
(...)
With the help of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Princess Doe’s molar and eyelash were submitted to Astrea Forensics in 2021, for possible DNA extraction. (...) This technology that would not have been possible 40 years ago was just the break that investigators had been hoping for to identify Princess Doe’s identity. Once Astrea finished the sequencing, Innovative Forensic Investigations (IFI) started to work on investigative genetic genealogy techniques to build a family tree. That would ultimately lead to the true identity of Princess Doe, who we now know as Dawn Olanick."
After 40 years, Princess Doe Identified
Sometimes the smallest things make the biggest impact. And for the case of Princess Doe that was...
"Princess Doe" identified as Long Island teen 40 years after her remains were found in New Jersey cemetery; suspect charged
"For 40 years, law enforcement has not given up on Princess Doe," Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said.
40 Years After Her Murder, ‘Princess Doe’ Has a Name
She was found dead in a New Jersey cemetery in 1982 and became known worldwide as Princess Doe. On Friday, she was identified as Dawn Olanick, 17.
Dawn Olanick's thread as Princess Doe:
NJ - PRINCESS DOE: WF, 14-18, found in Blairstown, NJ - 15 July 1982 *DAWN OLANICK*
Princess Doe was a teenager or young adult who was found brutally murdered in a cemetery in Blairstown, New Jersey. Her case is one of the most popular in the unidentified persons subculture. https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1513 *CLICK THE REPORT BUTTON IF YOU'D LIKE THIS CASE...
The Coffeenator
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Rising Fawn Pamela Doe has been identified as Stacy Lyn Chahorski
"In December 1988, the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI responded to the scene of a body located about five miles from the Alabama Stateline on I-59 northbound lane, near Rising Fawn, in Dade County, Georgia. The body belonged to an unidentified female homicide victim. (...)
After successfully building a comprehensive genealogical profile, Othram scientists returned the profile to agents from the Atlanta and Baltimore FBI offices and the FBI genealogy team performed a genealogical search and did the necessary research and tree building to identify distant relatives that eventually traced back to the female homicide victim's identity.
Additional investigative work confirmed the identity of Rising Fawn Jane Doe as Stacy Lyn Chahorski. Stacy had been reported missing since September 15, 1988. It was reported that the last time Stacy spoke to her Mother by telephone she told her she was in North Carolina and was going to be traveling to Flint, Michigan and then to Muskegon, Michigan. She would have been 52 today."
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Stacy Lyn Chahorski's thread as Rising Fawn Pamela Doe:
www.crimewatchers.net
"In December 1988, the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI responded to the scene of a body located about five miles from the Alabama Stateline on I-59 northbound lane, near Rising Fawn, in Dade County, Georgia. The body belonged to an unidentified female homicide victim. (...)
After successfully building a comprehensive genealogical profile, Othram scientists returned the profile to agents from the Atlanta and Baltimore FBI offices and the FBI genealogy team performed a genealogical search and did the necessary research and tree building to identify distant relatives that eventually traced back to the female homicide victim's identity.
Additional investigative work confirmed the identity of Rising Fawn Jane Doe as Stacy Lyn Chahorski. Stacy had been reported missing since September 15, 1988. It was reported that the last time Stacy spoke to her Mother by telephone she told her she was in North Carolina and was going to be traveling to Flint, Michigan and then to Muskegon, Michigan. She would have been 52 today."
Rising Fawn Jane Doe is Identified
GBI, FBI, and Dade County Sheriff’s Investigators Leverage Othram's FGGS Platform to Identify Rising Fawn Jane Doe
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Remains of a woman who went missing 33 years ago are identified. Now authorities will look for her killer | CNN
For more than 33 years, investigators in Norton Shores, Michigan, tried to figure out what happened to Stacey Lyn Chahorski, a young woman who left home to travel the country and last spoke to her mother in September 1988.
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Strangulation Victim Found in Georgia in 1988 Now Has a Name
It turns out she had called her mom in Michigan in 1988 and said she was on her way home.
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Stacy Lyn Chahorski's thread as Rising Fawn Pamela Doe:
GA - RISING FAWN JANE DOE: WF, 16-35, found east side of Interstate 59 in Fawn Rising, GA - 16 Dec 1988 *STACY LYN CHAHORSKI*
26UFGA - Unidentified Female Reconstructions of the victim by Kelly and Marla Lawson. Date of Discovery: December 16, 1988 Location of Discovery: Rising Fawn, Dade County, Georgia Estimated Date of Death: 1988 State of Remains: Decomposed Cause of Death: Homicide by strangulation Physical...
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Weeki Wachee Jane Doe has been identified as Theresa Caroline Fillingim
"It’s been 41 years since Hernando County sheriff’s deputies descended on a 6-acre junkyard in Spring Hill’s Weeki Wachee Acres neighborhood, ready to start digging around the home neighbors now call the “House of Horrors.” But on March 16, 1981, the day excavators and deputies started digging, it was simply the family home of Billy Mansfield Jr., the eldest son of a convicted child molester who took after his father in ways beyond their shared name. In just a few weeks of digging, deputies unearthed the remains of four women on Mansfield’s property. Two were quickly identified but, year after year, the other two women have remained nameless.
That changed Wednesday afternoon, when the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office issued a formal announcement that one of the two victims has been positively identified as Theresa Caroline Fillingim. Fillingim was just a week away from her 17th birthday when her sister, Margaret Johns, reported her missing to Tampa police on May 16, 1980.
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Theresa Fillingim seemingly did not have her own thread as Weeki Wachee Jane Doe, but the other Jane Doe, still unidentified, has one.
"It’s been 41 years since Hernando County sheriff’s deputies descended on a 6-acre junkyard in Spring Hill’s Weeki Wachee Acres neighborhood, ready to start digging around the home neighbors now call the “House of Horrors.” But on March 16, 1981, the day excavators and deputies started digging, it was simply the family home of Billy Mansfield Jr., the eldest son of a convicted child molester who took after his father in ways beyond their shared name. In just a few weeks of digging, deputies unearthed the remains of four women on Mansfield’s property. Two were quickly identified but, year after year, the other two women have remained nameless.
That changed Wednesday afternoon, when the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office issued a formal announcement that one of the two victims has been positively identified as Theresa Caroline Fillingim. Fillingim was just a week away from her 17th birthday when her sister, Margaret Johns, reported her missing to Tampa police on May 16, 1980.
After 4 decades, DNA identifies Tampa teen as victim of serial killer Billy Mansfield
Investigators say Theresa Fillingim, 16, was one of two unidentified women buried at Mansfield Jr.’s home in Spring Hill.
Victim Of Florida Serial Killer Identified As Tampa Teen Who Disappeared In 1980 | Oxygen Official Site
DNA helps Florida investigators ID victim 41 years later
Hernando County Sheriff’s investigators said Wednesday that they identified the remains of Theresa Caroline Fillingim as the third of four bodies unearthed at a junkyard north of Tampa in 1981.
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Theresa Fillingim seemingly did not have her own thread as Weeki Wachee Jane Doe, but the other Jane Doe, still unidentified, has one.
GrandmaBear
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Wow. I HOPE her killer is alive and sweating bullets.Rising Fawn Pamela Doe has been identified as Stacy Lyn Chahorski
"In December 1988, the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI responded to the scene of a body located about five miles from the Alabama Stateline on I-59 northbound lane, near Rising Fawn, in Dade County, Georgia. The body belonged to an unidentified female homicide victim. (...)
After successfully building a comprehensive genealogical profile, Othram scientists returned the profile to agents from the Atlanta and Baltimore FBI offices and the FBI genealogy team performed a genealogical search and did the necessary research and tree building to identify distant relatives that eventually traced back to the female homicide victim's identity.
Additional investigative work confirmed the identity of Rising Fawn Jane Doe as Stacy Lyn Chahorski. Stacy had been reported missing since September 15, 1988. It was reported that the last time Stacy spoke to her Mother by telephone she told her she was in North Carolina and was going to be traveling to Flint, Michigan and then to Muskegon, Michigan. She would have been 52 today."
Rising Fawn Jane Doe is Identified
GBI, FBI, and Dade County Sheriff’s Investigators Leverage Othram's FGGS Platform to Identify Rising Fawn Jane Doe
Remains of a woman who went missing 33 years ago are identified. Now authorities will look for her killer | CNN
For more than 33 years, investigators in Norton Shores, Michigan, tried to figure out what happened to Stacey Lyn Chahorski, a young woman who left home to travel the country and last spoke to her mother in September 1988.
Strangulation Victim Found in Georgia in 1988 Now Has a Name
It turns out she had called her mom in Michigan in 1988 and said she was on her way home.www.thedailybeast.com
Stacy Lyn Chahorski's thread as Rising Fawn Pamela Doe:
GA - RISING FAWN JANE DOE: WF, 16-35, found east side of Interstate 59 in Fawn Rising, GA - 16 Dec 1988 *STACY LYN CHAHORSKI*
26UFGA - Unidentified Female Reconstructions of the victim by Kelly and Marla Lawson. Date of Discovery: December 16, 1988 Location of Discovery: Rising Fawn, Dade County, Georgia Estimated Date of Death: 1988 State of Remains: Decomposed Cause of Death: Homicide by strangulation Physical...
I don't know that I knew the world was so evil in the 80s. I was aware of plenty in the 70s.
The advancements in DNA and the fact things were preserved is amazing. Authorities nowadays have no reason to not preserve everything they can for evidence in current crimes as it changes by leaps and bounds and rapidly it seems anymore.
The Coffeenator
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The Harris County Does has been identified as Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Gail Linn Clouse
"The couple, Harold Dean Clouse, 21, and Tina Gail Clouse, 17, vanished after they left their home in Volusia County, Florida, for Texas, Identifinders International, a California-based organization that performs genetic genealogy for law enforcement (...) In January 1981, a dog came upon the couple's remains in some woods in Houston. Harold Clouse had been beaten, bound and gagged. Tina Clouse had been strangled. At the time, their identities were a mystery. No one has ever been arrested in their deaths."
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Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Linn Clouse's thread as The Harris County Does:
www.crimewatchers.net
"The couple, Harold Dean Clouse, 21, and Tina Gail Clouse, 17, vanished after they left their home in Volusia County, Florida, for Texas, Identifinders International, a California-based organization that performs genetic genealogy for law enforcement (...) In January 1981, a dog came upon the couple's remains in some woods in Houston. Harold Clouse had been beaten, bound and gagged. Tina Clouse had been strangled. At the time, their identities were a mystery. No one has ever been arrested in their deaths."
Couple murdered in Houston in 1981 identified; daughter, now 41, still missing
Harold Dean Clouse, 21, and his wife, Tina Gail Clouse, 17, vanished after they left their home in Florida for Texas.
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The missing daughter of a couple killed in 1981 has been found alive more than 40 years later
The missing infant daughter of a man and woman whose bodies were discovered in Texas in 1981 has been found "alive and well" more than four decades later, according to the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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42 years later, a murdered Texas couple's missing baby has finally been found
More than 40 years ago, a Houston couple was brutally murdered. Their baby has been...
Texas official gives details on cold case killings of Holly Clouse's parents
Authorities have located a woman who has been missing since her parents were found murdered in a wooded area in Houston in 1981. The investigation into the killing of Holly Clouse's parents, Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Gail Linn Clouse, remains open, and authorities are asking the public for...
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Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Linn Clouse's thread as The Harris County Does:
TX - HARRIS COUNTY DOES: W/NF & W/NM, 15-25 & 18-30, found in wooded area in Houston, TX - 12 Jan 1981 *TINA LINN & HAROLD CLOUSE*
476UFTX - Unidentified Female Reconstruction of the victim by Mary Mise. Date of Discovery: January 12, 1981 Location of Discovery: Houston, Harris County, Texas Estimated Date of Death: 8 weeks to 2 months prior (or as short as 1-6 weeks) State of Remains: Not recognizable -...
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Singer Island Jane Doe has been identified as Suzanne 'Susan' Gale Poole
"In 1974, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators were called to the Burnt Bridge area where they found skeletal remains of a young girl.(...) Only partial remains were found and her clothes were mostly deteriorated, making it challenging to collect any clues as to what might have happened. (...) Ultimately, investigators were unable to confirm cause of death but it is considered suspicous. There is evidence that she was tied up before her death.
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In December 2021, The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office sent skeletal remains belonging to the young girl to Othram in order to develop a DNA profile that could be used to identify her. Othram built the profile and in March 2022, Othram’s in-house genealogy team returned investigative leads to agency. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office continued their investigation and contacted potential family members. Additional DNA testing of family members confirmed her identity as 15-year-old Suzanne Gale Poole, who had been reported missing in 1972, right before Christmas. She was born February 12, 1957. It is possible that Susan Poole might have been a victim of Gerard John Schaefer, a serial killer who worked as a sheriff’s deputy in Martin County, Florida."
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Susan Poole's thread as Singer Island Jane Doe:
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"In 1974, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators were called to the Burnt Bridge area where they found skeletal remains of a young girl.(...) Only partial remains were found and her clothes were mostly deteriorated, making it challenging to collect any clues as to what might have happened. (...) Ultimately, investigators were unable to confirm cause of death but it is considered suspicous. There is evidence that she was tied up before her death.
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In December 2021, The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office sent skeletal remains belonging to the young girl to Othram in order to develop a DNA profile that could be used to identify her. Othram built the profile and in March 2022, Othram’s in-house genealogy team returned investigative leads to agency. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office continued their investigation and contacted potential family members. Additional DNA testing of family members confirmed her identity as 15-year-old Suzanne Gale Poole, who had been reported missing in 1972, right before Christmas. She was born February 12, 1957. It is possible that Susan Poole might have been a victim of Gerard John Schaefer, a serial killer who worked as a sheriff’s deputy in Martin County, Florida."
After 44 years, Singer Island Jane Doe is Identified
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Teams with Othram to Identify 1974 Teen Homicide Victim
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Remains of Broward teen found on Singer Island in 1974 identified – 850 WFTL
WEST PALM BEACH- In a press conference held Thursday morning, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced they had determined the identity of skeletal rema
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Remains Of Teen Missing Since 1972 ID'd, May Have Been Murdered By Serial Killer Cop | Oxygen Official Site
The remains of a Florida teen killed nearly a half-century ago have finally been identified and investigators believe a serial killer cop could be responsible.
Remains Identified as Broward Teen Missing Nearly 50 Years May Be Victim of Serial Killer
Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office have successfully identified human remains found as those of a teen missing from Broward County for nearly a half century. PBSO said the remains were found the morning of June 16, 1974, in a swampy area of Singer Island, located in North...
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PBSO identifies remains found as teen who vanished around Christmas in 1972
Skeletal remains discovered in June of 1974 have been identified nearly 50 years later, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. At a news conference Thursday morning, a detective said the remains were those of Susan Poole, 15. Detectives say the teen's remains were found tied to a tree...
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Susan Poole's thread as Singer Island Jane Doe:
FL - SINGER ISLAND JANE DOE: WF, 14-15, found in North Palm Beach, FL - 16 June 1974 *SUSAN POOLE*
NamUs UP16314 https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16314 Unidentified Body/Remains (White Female) Found April 15, 2014 in Palm Beach County, FL Body Condition: Not recognizable - partial skeletal parts only Probable year of death: 1973 to 1974 Vital Statistics Estimated age: 14-15...
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GrandmaBear
Deputized Emu Slayer/Horse Thief Hunter
Just wow. So many identified. I lack the words. I just know that it brought many families answers and gave many their identities/names back. Superb job.
Mel70
I miss you Oreo.
Billy Mansfield's father, A convicted child molester went to prison in 1980. The same year Theresa went missing. He was sentenced to 30 years. Served 10! His father was probably his partner in crime. Both predators of girls. I think Billy heard and saw alot at a young age and followed dad's example. Complete garbage. Not worthy of breathing.Weeki Wachee Jane Doe has been identified as Theresa Caroline Fillingim
"It’s been 41 years since Hernando County sheriff’s deputies descended on a 6-acre junkyard in Spring Hill’s Weeki Wachee Acres neighborhood, ready to start digging around the home neighbors now call the “House of Horrors.” But on March 16, 1981, the day excavators and deputies started digging, it was simply the family home of Billy Mansfield Jr., the eldest son of a convicted child molester who took after his father in ways beyond their shared name. In just a few weeks of digging, deputies unearthed the remains of four women on Mansfield’s property. Two were quickly identified but, year after year, the other two women have remained nameless.
That changed Wednesday afternoon, when the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office issued a formal announcement that one of the two victims has been positively identified as Theresa Caroline Fillingim. Fillingim was just a week away from her 17th birthday when her sister, Margaret Johns, reported her missing to Tampa police on May 16, 1980.
After 4 decades, DNA identifies Tampa teen as victim of serial killer Billy Mansfield
Investigators say Theresa Fillingim, 16, was one of two unidentified women buried at Mansfield Jr.’s home in Spring Hill.
Victim Of Florida Serial Killer Identified As Tampa Teen Who Disappeared In 1980 | Oxygen Official Site
DNA helps Florida investigators ID victim 41 years later
Hernando County Sheriff’s investigators said Wednesday that they identified the remains of Theresa Caroline Fillingim as the third of four bodies unearthed at a junkyard north of Tampa in 1981.
Theresa Fillingim seemingly did not have her own thread as Weeki Wachee Jane Doe, but the other Jane Doe, still unidentified, has one.
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Schaefer met a fitting end in 1995. IDK If he was the perpetrator. I hope they can find out. I know it's a long shot. All of these old cases where the victim is finally identified is wonderful. They still deserve justice. Even if the perpetrator is deceased, At least they know.Singer Island Jane Doe has been identified as Suzanne 'Susan' Gale Poole
"In 1974, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators were called to the Burnt Bridge area where they found skeletal remains of a young girl.(...) Only partial remains were found and her clothes were mostly deteriorated, making it challenging to collect any clues as to what might have happened. (...) Ultimately, investigators were unable to confirm cause of death but it is considered suspicous. There is evidence that she was tied up before her death.
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In December 2021, The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office sent skeletal remains belonging to the young girl to Othram in order to develop a DNA profile that could be used to identify her. Othram built the profile and in March 2022, Othram’s in-house genealogy team returned investigative leads to agency. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office continued their investigation and contacted potential family members. Additional DNA testing of family members confirmed her identity as 15-year-old Suzanne Gale Poole, who had been reported missing in 1972, right before Christmas. She was born February 12, 1957. It is possible that Susan Poole might have been a victim of Gerard John Schaefer, a serial killer who worked as a sheriff’s deputy in Martin County, Florida."
After 44 years, Singer Island Jane Doe is Identified
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Teams with Othram to Identify 1974 Teen Homicide Victim
Remains of Broward teen found on Singer Island in 1974 identified – 850 WFTL
WEST PALM BEACH- In a press conference held Thursday morning, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced they had determined the identity of skeletal rema
Remains Of Teen Missing Since 1972 ID'd, May Have Been Murdered By Serial Killer Cop | Oxygen Official Site
The remains of a Florida teen killed nearly a half-century ago have finally been identified and investigators believe a serial killer cop could be responsible.
Remains Identified as Broward Teen Missing Nearly 50 Years May Be Victim of Serial Killer
Detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office have successfully identified human remains found as those of a teen missing from Broward County for nearly a half century. PBSO said the remains were found the morning of June 16, 1974, in a swampy area of Singer Island, located in North...
PBSO identifies remains found as teen who vanished around Christmas in 1972
Skeletal remains discovered in June of 1974 have been identified nearly 50 years later, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. At a news conference Thursday morning, a detective said the remains were those of Susan Poole, 15. Detectives say the teen's remains were found tied to a tree...
Susan Poole's thread as Singer Island Jane Doe:
FL - SINGER ISLAND JANE DOE: WF, 14-15, found in North Palm Beach, FL - 16 June 1974 *SUSAN POOLE*
NamUs UP16314 https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16314 Unidentified Body/Remains (White Female) Found April 15, 2014 in Palm Beach County, FL Body Condition: Not recognizable - partial skeletal parts only Probable year of death: 1973 to 1974 Vital Statistics Estimated age: 14-15...
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Remains found 37 years ago in New Mexico identified as missing Wichita teen
A sheriff’s office in New Mexico on Tuesday, Aug. 9, identified remains found 37 years ago as those of a 16-year-old reported missing from Wichita.
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Wow. So happy remains are identified and a long missing child "found". And I did go read the article and link. But the story throws me into a what and how?Remains found 37 years ago in New Mexico identified as missing Wichita teen
A sheriff’s office in New Mexico on Tuesday, Aug. 9, identified remains found 37 years ago as those of a 16-year-old reported missing from Wichita.
I graduated in 1982. She was 16 and went missing in 1984. But even prior to that it was said she was known to be gone for weeks at a time but law enforcement always found her and brought her back so prior to 16 even I take it. And then on this last occasion, she called family from California, then Texas and then wherever and said she'd be home soon, etc. (paraphrasing).
That almost would make one think family didn't care or let her run and go but if law enforcement always found her and brought her back home it sounds to me like family cared and reported any time she did go missing and cared very much.
It would be one thing nowadays but in the 80s to be going like that? I mean there always have been runaways etc. but this sounds different, she checks in. And traveling out of state with strangers, etc.? This is before internet by a long shot.
I don't quite get it, reading between the lines sounds like a caring family but it sounds like it was normal for her to take off and be gone for weeks on end prior to 16.
Regardless, what another win for answers for a family and DNA doing that!
DNA Doe project identifies two men who died in Tucson in 2019
Working with Tucson police and the Pima County Sheriff's Department, the DNA Doe Project identified two previously-unknown men who died in Tucson in 2019.
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DNA Doe project identifies two men who died in Tucson in 2019
Working with Tucson police and the Pima County Sheriff's Department, the DNA Doe Project identified two previously-unknown men who died in Tucson in 2019.The project identified 61-year-old Tommy Gayle Pool Jr. on June 21. He was found dead in the 1500 block of North Frontage Road Feb. 26, 2019.
On July 1, the project identified 63-year-old James "Mark" Chaparro, who died in the hospital after a cardiac event at Banner-University Medical Center in July 2019.
Researchers identified the men by building family trees from their genetic matches and confirmed the IDs with the Pima County Medical Examiner, using corroborating data.
Rosemount John Doe 2014 - DNA Doe Project
The DNA Doe Project was honored to assist the Rosemount, Minnesota Police Department with this case. Julie Pulkrabek of Rosemount PD had already done most of the work to obtain the DNA profile as well as the preliminary genetic genealogy tree-building to try to learn how the Doe’s matches were...
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After years of investigating and tracking down hundreds of leads, law enforcement has identified “John Doe,” who was found deceased in Rosemount in 2014.
Thanks to DNA science and law enforcement partnerships across the state and county, we now know that his name is James Everett. He was 48 years old at the time of his death and was from Cohocton, New York. His wife, Patricia Everett, described him as an intelligent man, computer geek, accomplished cook, self-taught acoustic guitar player and sports fan.
“We, especially me, never gave up searching. We were always on the lookout for him when out and about and frequently did a lot of online searching for any indication of activity or other clues as to his whereabouts…” Everett said. “Although this has not been the expected nor desired outcome in our search for him, we are all grateful and blessed to at least have this opportunity for closure, which many are not as fortunate to get.”
