DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #2

[djanga]

Weird. The quality of their updates and news releases seems to have really gone down over the last few months, with conflicting info in different places.

It was the DDP’s case in the end
According to their website:

“The expertise of a DNA Doe Project genealogist was able to quickly narrow down the Doe’s place in his family tree and identify him.”

Rosemount John Doe 2014 - DNA Doe Project Cases

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...

dnadoeproject.org

I think they did not add him to the list of cases, as they were asked to assist already in genealogy research stage

 

[djanga]

Gregg Co Jane Doe 2002 - DNA Doe Project

Follow the progress of Gregg Co Jane Doe 2002. Skeletal bones found in Gregg, County Texas. This is a DDP funded case.

dnadoeproject.org

I am so happy Pamela has been identified! She had very good matches, so I was sure sooner or later DDP will find her name! Good job, team

 

[doggybag2355]

Metson Lake John Doe 2021 - DNA Doe Project Cases Metson Lake John Doe and James Everett are on the site now too

 

[doggybag2355]

Metson Lake John Doe 2021 - DNA Doe Project Cases Metson Lake John Doe and James Everett are on the site now too

That means they’re out of that batch with Bayonne JD and Saginaw JD, so likely they’ll add the Sonoma County or Maricopa county cases soon too

 

[doggybag2355]

Also after their work with James Everett it’ll be interesting if they work more with Hennepin County, Hennepin county is odd on NamUs, they have 1-2 dozen cases that have such vague details that they don’t even list the date of discovery, only the year

 

[djanga]

That means they’re out of that batch with Bayonne JD and Saginaw JD, so likely they’ll add the Sonoma County or Maricopa county cases soon too

I think there is also Temple girl on the same batch But also there are two other cases that meanwhile became active Woodlawn cemetery Jane Doe 2017 (Maine) and Downtown Phoenix John Doe 2004.


I cant’ find anything about Woodlawn cemetery Jane Doe, she is not on Namus

 

[djanga]

I am hoping for Ramsey County Jane Doe identification and announcement, it was 45 years on July 20, since she was found. Too long for somebody to be without a name.

Also hoping for Chattanooga County John Doe, Michigan Lake Jane Doe and Nation River lady, they all have good chances to have their names back by now. And wondering about Vernon County Jane Doe if there are any developments in her case, as the DDP started to work on her identification back in 2018.

 

[ntt1]

Hopefully this one is also on their radar for Minnesota cases.

3363UMMN

 

[doggybag2355]

Hopefully this one is also on their radar for Minnesota cases.

3363UMMN

That one might be very difficult since he had died in a fire. IIRC there’s no DNA on file for him right now

 

[ntt1]

That one might be very difficult since he had died in a fire. IIRC there’s no DNA on file for him right now

You sure you're not confusing this with another UID? This guy's body was found frozen in an abandoned building (quite clearly judging by the PM photo, too).

 

[doggybag2355]

You sure you're not confusing this with another UID? This guy's body was found frozen in an abandoned building (quite clearly judging by the PM photo, too).

I might be actually

 

[djanga]

Wow, interesting:

Your DNA could help identify Jane and John Doe’s nationwide– here’s how

TROY, Ohio (KETK) – On April 24, 1981 three young men discovered the body of a young woman in a ditch alongside Greenlee Road in Newton Township, Troy, Ohio. At first the boys only saw a dist…

www.ketk.com

“To date, the DNA Doe Project has been able to identify approximately 100 unidentified persons”

According to the pin post 66 being announced so far

 

[doggybag2355]

Downtown Phoenix John Doe 2004 - DNA Doe Project

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Tempe Girl 2002 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On April 27, 2002, the body of a young woman was discovered behind a business on East University Drive in Tempe, Arizona. She is believed to have been between 15 and 19 years old and possibly of Hispanic, Latino or Native American descent. The young woman was approximately 5’1” and...

dnadoeproject.org

Tempe girl and one of the Phoenix cases are on site now, both as donation cases

 

[doggybag2355]

Wow, interesting:

Your DNA could help identify Jane and John Doe’s nationwide– here’s how

TROY, Ohio (KETK) – On April 24, 1981 three young men discovered the body of a young woman in a ditch alongside Greenlee Road in Newton Township, Troy, Ohio. At first the boys only saw a dist…

www.ketk.com

“To date, the DNA Doe Project has been able to identify approximately 100 unidentified persons”

According to the pin post 66 being announced so far

Has that information moved? The last update I see on the typical pinned post is still from the 13th

 

[djanga]

Has that information moved? The last update I see on the typical pinned post is still from the 13th

No, the same post, it was last updated on 13th, 64 cases solved, my mistake.

I am wondering if Woodlawn Jane Doe is an old burial, as I can not find any article about this uid

 

[doggybag2355]

No, the same post, it was last updated on 13th, 64 cases solved, my mistake.

I am wondering if Woodlawn Jane Doe is an old burial, as I can not find any article about this uid

Possibly, or an undocumented one like Porter County JD

 

[djanga]

I found an article from 2017 which says that a Victorian era coffin with human remains was found on May 4 2017 in the northeast corner of the former Woodlawn Cemetery, Maine. The remains belonged to a child. I guess in this case the DDP could still have taken the case as it is more than a century old, moreover it was clearly not a homicide but an old historical burial

Human remains found at Sanford construction site belong to a child

The bones and remains of a coffin were found last week by workers building a Cumberland Farms store on the site of a former cemetery.

www.centralmaine.com

Remains at Emerson School site are those of a child

SANFORD - The Sanford-Springvale Historical Society has confirmed that the skeletal remains recently discovered on the grounds of the former Emerson School are those of a child. Foreman Scott Reine…

eu.fosters.com

 

[djanga]

The pin post was updated, Gregg County was added to solved cases, now there are 65 solves.
Hopefully the article which says there are around 100 solves is correct and there are around 35 cases solved but not announced: Hopefully some old cases were solved this year as well, hoping for difficult ones like Grundy County JD, Apache Junction JD, Mowry Avenue JD, Ventura County JD and ST Tammany Parish JD

 

[summergirl1]

Is there a thread on here for Downtown Phoenix John Doe 2004? I couldn't seem to find one. His death could have been an accident or suicide. He was apparently homeless. It doesn't sound like it was a murder, but maybe he was murdered by another transient. That happens sometimes. He has a story. Cases like his tend to be obscure, but are worth solving.

 

[djanga]

Is there a thread on here for Downtown Phoenix John Doe 2004? I couldn't seem to find one. His death could have been an accident or suicide. He was apparently homeless. It doesn't sound like it was a murder, but maybe he was murdered by another transient. That happens sometimes. He has a story. Cases like his tend to be obscure, but are worth solving.

Unfortunately not all the Does have threads You can always create one if you can’t find it with the Namus number.