DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #3

[doggybag2355]

2 new cases, one from PA and one from Nebraska, a new state for them. Also Atlanta Cemetery Doe is listed on the site now:

Elizabethtown John Doe 2012 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On November 1, 2012, a hunter discovered the skeletal remains of a Caucasian man by a tree in the woods near the Masonic Village property in Elizabethtown, PA. Estimated to be between 30 and 60 years old and between 5’7’ and 5’11” tall, the man had extensive dental work and may...

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Lincoln County Rail Car John Doe 1961 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On October 31, 1961, an unidentified man was found inside a train car in North Platte, Nebraska under 2500 pounds of ice. The train originated from Roseville, California earlier that month. No identification was found on this man and he was buried in Lincoln County, Nebraska. NamUs...

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Atlanta Cemetery Doe - DNA Doe Project

Description: In 2019, during construction at a cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, workers located the remains of 6 people who were interred beneath an outbuilding. The cemetery was unable to locate records of the burial, but it is thought that the remains had been relocated from their original...

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[doggybag2355]

The site's main case page keeps going down, I'm not sure if they're adding more cases or doing maintenance.

 

[djanga]

DNA Doe Project October 2023 Newsletter

Two Identifications + Four New Cases + SEVEN Featured Cases! DNA DOE PROJECT NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2023 DNA Doe Project identifies human remains through community collaboration and cutting-edge investig

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The October 2023 Newsletter has a lot of information about Latin cases, many of them are relatively new

 

[djanga]

Updating the list of Does whose Namus profiles were removed, the first one Mercer Island John Doe’s Namus was removed more then a year ago, the last one a few months only.

1. Mercer Island John Doe 2018 (WA)

Mercer Island John Doe 2018 - DNA Doe Project

Description On May 6, 2018 the body of a man in his 50’s to 60’s was found floating in Lake Washington off the shore on the south end of Mercer Island, Washington. The deceased wore only black socks. An autopsy conducted by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office established the man to be...

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2.Peter Kalama Ln Jane Doe 2013 (WA)
Peter Kalama Ln Jane Doe 2013 - DNA Doe Project

Peter Kalama Ln Jane Doe 2013 - DNA Doe Project

New pending case announcement from DNA Doe for human body parts found out of Yelm, Washington. Please visit our page to learn more.

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3. Travis County John Doe 2021 (TX)

Travis County John Doe 2021 - DNA Doe Project

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4. Suzanne Jane Doe 1994 (FL). She is a victim of serial killer Keith Jesperson, otherwise known as the Happy Face Killer

Suzanne Jane Doe 1994 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On September 15, 1994, the skeletonized remains of a white woman were located off Interstate 10 in Holt, Florida. The woman is believed to have been between 36-45 years old, 5’6” and 110 pounds. She had brown hair that appeared bleached. She wore floral jacket with sequins on the...

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5. Motorcycle Mountain John Doe 2001 (CA)

Motorcycle Mountain John Doe 2001 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On February 15, 2001, a human skull was brought into the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office by an individual who reported finding the remains in an area of Monte Rio, California, nicknamed “Motorcycle Mountain”. The skull was in good condition with the exception of a missing mandible...

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6. LaVergne Jane Doe 2007 (TN)

LaVergne Jane Doe 2007 - DNA Doe Project

Follow this active DNA Doe case of LaVergne Jane Doe from Tennessee. Click here to read more and follow all DNA Doe cases.

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Suzanne Jane Doe 1994 (FL) identified by Othram as Suzanne Kjellenberg. Good job! One of the cases solved by another agency, not by the DDP

The last unknown victim of the Happy Face Killer is identified

District 1 Medical Examiner's Office & Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 1994 Homicide Victim

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[djanga]

Also a bew article about Trabuco Canyon John Doe

Orange County Sheriff Coroner Seeking Assistance to Help ID John Doe Found in Trabuco Canyon Nearly 25 Years Ago

Orange County Sheriff Coroner Seeking Assistance to Help ID John Doe Found in Trabuco Canyon Nearly 25 Years Ago

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Also from the DDP’s October Newsletter looks like he had Mexican ancestry, family names of interest are: Bahena, Delgado, Salgado, Ocampo, Brito, Abarca.

 

[othram]

Suzanne Jane Doe 1994 (FL) identified by Othram as Suzanne Kjellenberg. Good job! One of the cases solved by another agency, not by the DDP

The last unknown victim of the Happy Face Killer is identified

District 1 Medical Examiner's Office & Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 1994 Homicide Victim

dnasolves.com

Thanks for the support. That's our second this week and lots more are coming!

 

[doggybag2355]

Thanks for the support. That's our second this week and lots more are coming!

Do you guys to the genealogy research as well or just the extraction, sequencing and such?

 

[othram]

Do you guys to the genealogy research as well or just the extraction, sequencing and such?

We do it all and uniquely we do it entirely in-house! This includes laboratory science, computer science, genetic genealogy, and so on. We have an amazing team of folks trained in many different areas, all working together.

 

[doggybag2355]

We do it all and uniquely we do it entirely in-house! This includes laboratory science, computer science, genetic genealogy, and so on. We have an amazing team of folks trained in many different areas, all working together.

Interesting! I thought you just provided the laboratory work for other agencies.

 

[othram]

Interesting! I thought you just provided the laboratory work for other agencies.

We do it all! However, in recognition that not everyone has access to the best lab methods, we are always happy to build DNA profiles for other teams! We want to help get as many cases solved as possible, regardless of our role.

In the case you referenced (The last unknown victim of the Happy Face Killer is identified) we did the entire process end-to-end. If you read any of our DNASolves stories we mention our in-house genetic genealogy team if we are involved. Also remember, not all cases necessarily require genetic genealogy!

 

[doggybag2355]

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We do it all! However, in recognition that not everyone has access to the best lab methods, we are always happy to build DNA profiles for other teams! We want to help get as many cases solved as possible, regardless of our role.

In the case you referenced (The last unknown victim of the Happy Face Killer is identified) we did the entire process end-to-end. If you read any of our DNASolves stories we mention our in-house genetic genealogy team if we are involved. Also remember, not all cases necessarily require genetic genealogy!

That's true! I think a lot of people upload their DNA to ancestry sites much more than government databases, so its definitely possible to hit a match immediately upon uploading their DNA profile to those sites.

 

[djanga]

Levroni Road John Doe 2002 is of Mexican ancestry as well

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/633437308936990

 

[djanga]

Version in English

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/633438945603493

 

[djanga]

Missouri Street John Doe (2004) Pima County is of indigenous Ecuadorian ancestry. Also his Namus says he may be from Guaya, Ecuador.

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/635125802101474

His thread:

AZ - AZ - Tucson, HispMale UP5511, 35-45, found in dumpster after anonymous call, removable denture, Apr '04 *GRAPHIC*

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP5511 Case Information NCMEC Number: N/A ME/C Case Number: ML04-0580 Demographics Sex: Male Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre-50 Estimated Age Range (Years): 35-45 Estimated Year of Death: 2004 Estimated PMI: Days Height: 5'4" (64...

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[djanga]

2 new cases, one from PA and one from Nebraska, a new state for them. Also Atlanta Cemetery Doe is listed on the site now:

Elizabethtown John Doe 2012 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On November 1, 2012, a hunter discovered the skeletal remains of a Caucasian man by a tree in the woods near the Masonic Village property in Elizabethtown, PA. Estimated to be between 30 and 60 years old and between 5’7’ and 5’11” tall, the man had extensive dental work and may...

dnadoeproject.org

Lincoln County Rail Car John Doe 1961 - DNA Doe Project

Description: On October 31, 1961, an unidentified man was found inside a train car in North Platte, Nebraska under 2500 pounds of ice. The train originated from Roseville, California earlier that month. No identification was found on this man and he was buried in Lincoln County, Nebraska. NamUs...

dnadoeproject.org

Atlanta Cemetery Doe - DNA Doe Project

Description: In 2019, during construction at a cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, workers located the remains of 6 people who were interred beneath an outbuilding. The cemetery was unable to locate records of the burial, but it is thought that the remains had been relocated from their original...

dnadoeproject.org

When I go to Pending cases page on the DDP website, I can not see these cases, the last case which appears there is Lincoln Highlands John Doe 2023, but i can see these cases when i click on these links, not sure what is wrong

 

[djanga]

Idris Elba Narrating & Producing Nat Geo Doc ‘The Color Of Victory: Heroes Of WW2’

Idris Elba is narrating a Nat Geo doc on people of color in World War Two

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According to this article, there will be a new documentary about the DDP cases

Finally, the Executive Vice President, Global Factual/Unscripted Content has commissioned Waking the Dead [working title] from the UK’s Long Lost Family producer Wall to Wall. The show follows the work of the DNA Doe Project, an investigative genetic genealogy group who are helping identify John and Jane Does from around the nation. Focusing on one case per episode, Waking the Dead will chart investigations as they move through DNA extraction and painstaking genetic investigation to discovery of the person’s identity and story.

 

[djanga]

I could not find his Namus, el Mirage John Doe 2019 was also of Mexican ancestry but has matches who live close to where he was found in Phoenix, Arizona:

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/640483944898993

 

[iamshadow21]

I could not find his Namus, el Mirage John Doe 2019 was also of Mexican ancestry but has matches who live close to where he was found in Phoenix, Arizona:

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/640483944898993

His NamUs is here: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I got it from his Doe thread, which is here: AZ - AZ - El Mirage, HispMale 30-50, UP62457, Found buried in a residential backyard, Possible spina bifida, Possible homicide, Aug'19

 

[djanga]

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/641548838125837

 

[djanga]

New effort from Newark Police Department to identify Mowry Wetlands Jane Doe:

Unsolved Jane Doe murder case reopened using rootless hair DNA

Old evidence and new technology is providing clues to help crack a decades-old cold case where both the killer and the victim have never been identified. In 1985, a woman, now called Jane Doe, was found shot and killed in the remote wetlands area off Mowry Avenue in Newark. To this day, no one...

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https://www.facebook.com/100068605562229/posts/pfbid02L1AvHsoBGEyxbQDj8iQfWrhQuHEyLPYJ3XYzkx7pJ16FLzarpJoJS52X3hS5ivAyl