As I have said, San Bernadino County Coroner should be very proud of themselves!! They use every tool they have available, and spend hours of their own personal time to finding the identities of the unknown. I wish every LE office I had dealt with was half as interested as them.
Here's the thing- ALL OF US CAN MAKE MATCHES! All it takes is DEDICATION, PERSISTANCE, and an ok memory dosen't hurt either. There are thousands of cases, waiting for that one person to make that spark. Remembering a little detail here, remembering a date there, and just checking the available databases- most of the time when we present a potential match, it won't be one, but that isn't a bad thing. I see it as increasing the odds for the next potential match. I always say when a match happens it's a victory for every researcher. Tommorrow it could be you who gets that spark, and that in no way diminishes what others have done previous to that. If they have submitted and it was a rule out, that is important. It gives others valuable information to work with- including LE.
Websleuths has some great researchers and is full of information, everyone who is reading this should be inspired to work on the cases that touch them. It's because of ALL OF US this is a great site, let's use our collective brains, and solve a mystery!!!!
Dawn was and is special to me, I have searched for her for years. I may never make that spark again, but I know in my soul- that the effort is still worthwile. Find the case that touches you, you may be the thing that is needed to solve that case.