Sept 18 2020
Unsolved mysteries in Pennsylvania: John Doe in Lower Windsor Township
''The hikers were walking in dense woods about a half mile south of Route 372 in Lower Chanceford Township, not far from the Susquehanna River, on July 14, 2013, when they came across something that looked odd.''
''The case of the partial human remains found in Lower Chanceford Township is considered what’s called an “equivocal death.”
“It’s not exactly a homicide. But yet, it’s not a natural death, either,” he said. “So we’re kind of in the middle, in limbo, not knowing.”
''The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification, he said, determined through DNA that the bones belonged to a man and uploaded the profile into the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.
The man was between the ages of 30 to 60 — but that’s give or take 10 years, Roberts said''
''Law enforcement, he said, has been in contact with Parabon NanoLabs, a DNA technology company based in Reston, Virginia, which has developed a process called the Snapshot Forensic DNA Phenotyping System.
The technology uses DNA to predict a person’s appearance and develop sort of a composite sketch. The DNA obtained from the bones is degraded, so police are waiting to hear if that can be done in this case.''
Unsolved mysteries in Pennsylvania: John Doe in Lower Windsor Township
''The hikers were walking in dense woods about a half mile south of Route 372 in Lower Chanceford Township, not far from the Susquehanna River, on July 14, 2013, when they came across something that looked odd.''
''The case of the partial human remains found in Lower Chanceford Township is considered what’s called an “equivocal death.”
“It’s not exactly a homicide. But yet, it’s not a natural death, either,” he said. “So we’re kind of in the middle, in limbo, not knowing.”
''The University of North Texas Center for Human Identification, he said, determined through DNA that the bones belonged to a man and uploaded the profile into the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.
The man was between the ages of 30 to 60 — but that’s give or take 10 years, Roberts said''
''Law enforcement, he said, has been in contact with Parabon NanoLabs, a DNA technology company based in Reston, Virginia, which has developed a process called the Snapshot Forensic DNA Phenotyping System.
The technology uses DNA to predict a person’s appearance and develop sort of a composite sketch. The DNA obtained from the bones is degraded, so police are waiting to hear if that can be done in this case.''
