Resolved MI - Manistee, Child's Partial Mandible, at contruction site, Nov'10 - Case closed

[carbuff]

Even closer: Otsego to Manistee

Here's the Websleuths thread for Kathy Wilcox: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120180

If I were Kathy's family, I'd want this one checked out more thoroughly than what the local police seem to have done.

 

[Cubby]

I wish we knew more about what they meant by closed case. Does this (hopefully) mean LE is no longer investigating and this has been turned over to the medical examiners office for possible identification?

I don't even want to begin to imagine closed case means there is zero interest in identifying who these partial remains belong to and bringing closure to a family who has long awaited answers to what happened to their missing loved one.

 

[Wanting2Help]

How could we find out if there was ever any testing done on this? Should someone email LE or the reporter that covered the story? It has been quite a while now, they should have some info...

 

[dsntslp]

Did they take HRD K-9's out there?
Seems to me that would have been easier and potentially more productive than GPR in a disturbed construction site.

 

[Shannon82]

Here's the Websleuths thread for Kathy Wilcox: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120180

If I were Kathy's family, I'd want this one checked out more thoroughly than what the local police seem to have done.

I manage a facebook page for Kathy Sue Wilcox " https://www.facebook.com/findkathywilcox " I did a google search on the jawbone found but I only come up with stories from when the news broke, nothing updated. Does anyone know if they were able to extract any DNA from the teeth? Kathy does has a DNA profile in the system. Thank you

 

[Sleuthster]

"Investigators believe that the site is not a crime scene or an organized burial site."

So do they think this is from an indian burial ground? I don't understand.
http://archive.wzzm13.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=138828&catid=2

 

[Ozoner]

It seems disturbing that there hasn't been any follow up in the media—at least there hasn't been any that I could locate. You'd think they'd at least try to date the bones.

 

[carbuff]

"Investigators believe that the site is not a crime scene or an organized burial site."

So do they think this is from an indian burial ground? I don't understand.
http://archive.wzzm13.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=138828&catid=2

Maybe a family burial from homestead days?

 

[Ozoner]

Maybe a family burial from homestead days?

That's a possibility, but if that's the case, they should make make an announcement.

 

[iulia]

I found this short article from Nov '15 stating the case was closed, but I can't find any other sources to verify this.
UPDATE: Investigators Close the Case of Mysterious Human Jaw Bon