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Las Vegas Cold Case Solved After 30 Years: "Jane Tropicana Doe" Identified as Linda Sue Anderson - Nevada Globe
Las Vegas, NV - A cold case homicide investigation spanning more than three decades has finally yielded a breakthrough. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
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'Seeking the Public’s Help: Anyone with information about Linda Sue Anderson or the events leading to her death is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521. Alternatively, anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.'
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After 31 years, Jane Tropicana Doe is Identified
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department & the FBI Partner with Othram to Identify 1993 Homicide Victim
''Summary
In April 1993, while conducting field research in the Las Vegas, Nevada desert area of Tropicana Avenue and Durango Drive, a biologist discovered a grave covered with a handmade quilt and several large rocks. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Homicide Section responded to the scene and led the investigation. The Clark County Coroner’s office conducted an autopsy and determined that the remains were that of a female. The woman’s death was ruled as a homicide. It was estimated that her death occurred mid to late 1991.Despite the investigative efforts of law enforcement, the woman could not be identified and she became known as “Jane Tropicana Doe”. The case remained unsolved and was assigned to the LVMPD Homicide Cold Case Section. Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP14396.
In February 2023, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department once again teamed with Othram to determine if advanced DNA testing could help to identify Jane Tropicana Doe. Forensic evidence was submitted to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram scientists successfully developed a comprehensive DNA profile for the woman using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing®. After successfully completing the process, the DNA profile was delivered to the FBI's forensic genetic genealogy team and the FBI team performed the necessary work to generate new investigative leads in the case''.
''Using familial reference DNA samples, investigators were able to identify the murdered woman as 38-year-old Linda Sue Anderson aka Linda Sue Andrews of Henderson, Nevada. Cold Case Investigators learned that family members last spoke to Linda Sue by phone in June of 1991. She was never heard from again.''