Investigators continue to identify two women 33 years later
http://www.wlox.com/story/24708496/investigators-continue-to-identify-women-33-years-later
Promising news.
I am a high school friend of Arrilla Webb-Vaul's and posted information I had on her a while back.
This is the time of year I think about her for obvious reasons. I am very interested in the DNA testing and very happy to see that she is still looked for.
I found another photo of her that might be of use, attaching it here. Maybe it will of use if you don't already have it.
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I talked to Helen at LSU this morning by telephone. She says that they have been unable to locate identifiers of any kind for Arrilla Webb-Vaul. There was supposed to be a "clump of hair" that belonged to her, but when they located it, there was only a single strand, and they were unable to extract any DNA from it.
Furthermore, as far as I can tell, she has no children, no siblings, and her parents are likely deceased. I found a woman listed in Ancestry who might be her maternal aunt, but she is likely deceased too. The best that we can probably hope for is to locate any descendants of that maternal aunt, who would be able to provide a mtDNA-compatible FRS.
Here is an article about the efforts of the State of Mississsippi to identify several long-term UID cases.
http://www.wlox.com/story/24821744/wlox-special-report-identifying-john-jane-doe
It's interesting that Kristi Johnson's computer monitor is visible on her desk, showing a side-by-side of Arrilla Webb-Vaul and the Biloxi Jane Doe. So obviously, they are interested in this possible match.
Hopefully they can find a way to compare them.
Who is Identitiyfinders? A facebook group or a new genetic genealogy company? If the latter, I wish them a lot of success and that they can bring her name back.
Wow yeah..! When you put them right beneath each other like that. They are, really dang close.