Houston Mom
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I used to work in a DNA lab, not forensic. We always used blood or bone marrow. Tissue samples were difficult. No experience with hair. JMO
Until we have more information it is hard to tell. African/Caucasian mix is very vague. Many of the Island nations is the world, South America, Australia. etc have similar genetic make up, yet would not look "African/White American" in the sense we think. Many people from Asia also have certain features due to the close proximity to African nations. I don't know, even Hispanics and those from Cuba, Haiti, etc have some African ancestry due to the slave trades years ago.
Anyway...an example is Hanan Al-Nahardy.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/show/15239 She is of Indian (India) ethnicity, yet to many people in the USA we would stereotype her phenotypically as Mixed African American/ Caucasian looking. :twocents:
That is a great question! Especially if the isotopes come from the hair! If it is extensions, we could totally be looking at at a hair donor from a certain part of the country, not the victim. I still think expensive extensions coupled with really bad teeth don't make sense, but, who knows. I am really curious about the testing! Is it teeth/bones/etc as well? Anyone?
Definate overbite. Unusual face shape. Should be an easy rule out. 12 year old missing in 2007 That would make her 18.
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/12299/32?current_page=photos
Casey Egbers
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/show/18234
Caucasian female. Missing from euless texas since late august 2012. Height is good. Age is off, dr Derrick gave a maximum age of 24 Casey is 26. Dark brown hair.
There is some information that is only available to police..
Any thoughts?
There are sooooooo many endagered runaways out there, it is making me sick! I'll find a missing young girl on one site, but no mention of her anywhere else in internetland. Are they still misiing? Has society just given up on them? Did media need a filler that day, but didn't see any reason to follow up? AAARRRGGGHHH
If the ME could just give us a picture of your teeth or skull, we websleuthers would have something to go on. Not giving up on you Smurfette, NOT EVER!!!!
Danica Childs. Missing since December 2007. Danica is biracial, white and black. She would be 22 now. Height is good. Weight is good. Her mother believes she may have been trafficked. I can't find a picture of her with her showing her teeth, she seems to hide them. Wonder if that could be due to an overbite that Danica doesn't like showing off??
http://www.missingkids.com/missingk...NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/5944/20/
If you look at the namus link in the clothing section she was last seen wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt, could smurfette have been a childhood favorite of Danica?? Hmmm