Was this a WS volunteer, DNA Doe volunteer? Just curious. I hope the DNA leads them to her killer.
Victim's funeral is closure for family
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Prompting the service is the fact that in November, authorities positively identified skeletal remains found in Hialeah, Fla., in April 1981 as Jean.
"We're getting closure on this, and they started the investigation. We're just thankful that this is coming to an end," Jean's brother, Eric Stewart, said yesterday.
Police in Hialeah confirmed they have opened a homicide investigation, which is active, according to Sgt. Ralph Nazario.
"We're at that juncture still where we're not at liberty to disclose anything about the case. We want to protect the integrity of the case. We're moving along. We're investigating it as an open homicide, and that's where we're at," Sgt. Nazario said.
Pittsburgh police got involved in the case and sent Jean's dental records to Florida authorities.
However, it wasn't until last year that
a volunteer with a Web-based network which tries to find missing persons and identify remains helped put a name to the skeleton found in Hialeah, next to Miami Lakes, just 13 months after Jean vanished.
A positive match was made with dental records. Authorities have not been able to explain why the match took 27 years.