MA MA- shoreline of Revere Beach in Revere, Suffolk County John Doe, #UP97619, April '20, DNA identified, - Steven Watson Lerner, born 7/1/67, 2024.

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Suffolk County John Doe (2020) is now Identified

Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Teams with Othram to Identify a 2020 John Doe

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''In April 2020, the remains of an unidentified individual were found on the shoreline of Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. Revere is located 5 miles northeast of Boston. Investigators responded to the scene where they determined that the remains were that of a male. The man was between the ages of 50 and 70 years old, stood approximately 5’11” tall, and weighed 182 pounds. At the time of the man’s discovery, he was wearing a black sweatshirt, a red and blue shirt, denim pants, and a pair of blue socks and white socks. No other identifying clues were available.

In November 2022, details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP97619. Despite extensive efforts by law enforcement investigators to identify the man, no matches were found, and the case went cold due to a lack of investigative leads.

In 2023, the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner submitted forensic evidence to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas to determine if advanced DNA testing could help to identify the man. Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the forensic evidence and then used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive DNA profile for the unknown man. ''