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Seeking the lost FB post about Cali May 1, 2012
Last post links to a poster here 4th paragraph - Body exhumation & specialized forensic efforts such as enamel identification, Texas A&M's pollen identification and a multitude of new technologies with DNA have still not brought identification and resolve to this case.
Someone please shove this in their face. They banned me. What idiots!
BBM - I do not see this info on Doe network's page. Does anyone know where it was?
08-26-2006, 11:43 PM
Doe Network - Case File 1UFNY Dentals: Available. She has some serious decay and tooth #14 was decayed to the extent that only three roots of the tooth were left. She had not had any dental care.
New DNA Testing Sheds Some Light on 30-Year-Old Livingston County Cold Case
Breakthrough in cold case after three decades as police say POLLEN could be key to identifying mystery teenage girl shot twice in the head and dumped in field
Last post links to a poster here 4th paragraph - Body exhumation & specialized forensic efforts such as enamel identification, Texas A&M's pollen identification and a multitude of new technologies with DNA have still not brought identification and resolve to this case.
Someone please shove this in their face. They banned me. What idiots!
BBM - I do not see this info on Doe network's page. Does anyone know where it was?
08-26-2006, 11:43 PM
Some new info on Cali's case on the Doe Network site today -
A new tool in the investigation that's helped find some new leads. Working with the Monroe County Medical Examiner, pollen samples taken from the victim's clothing were sent to a lab in Texas. Testing determined the pollen could have come from just four places: Arizona, California, South Florida, or Mexico.
In 2005 exhumed the grave, sending some of the victims teeth to be tested. There's hope that could identify minerals found in drinking water, which in turn could further help narrow down where the victim may have been from.
There is also info about Lucas and Toole confessing to the case, as well as speculation regarding Wilder's involvement that I don't remember seeing posted there before. It's good to know it's still an active case!
Doe Network - Case File 1UFNY Dentals: Available. She has some serious decay and tooth #14 was decayed to the extent that only three roots of the tooth were left. She had not had any dental care.
New DNA Testing Sheds Some Light on 30-Year-Old Livingston County Cold Case
Breakthrough in cold case after three decades as police say POLLEN could be key to identifying mystery teenage girl shot twice in the head and dumped in field
I received some information from a trustworthy source that Cali's teeth were analyzed to determine their oxygen isotope ratios and the results from this were consistent with her growing up in the SW US and some other places in the world. (for a good overview of this analysis read here
The O2 isotope ratio technique can not be considered precise, but can be used in conjunction with other pertinent information. Consider this slideshow prepared by one of the world's leading palynologists, VM Bryant (straight out of Aggieland). The content in general is fascinating, but pay close attention to slides 34-42. Entitled "Jane Doe Murdered in Upstate NY" the slides show the process of extracting the pollen from Jane's red jacket and brown corduroy pants. Pollen clues extracted from the clothes are detailed, and Bryant's expert hypothesis on where the Casuarina originated is provided. Check it out: Cali's pollen case is detailed on pages 17- 21
That study indicates that Cali's most likely origin was Southern California near San Diego. I would probably include Orange County as well. But they also indicated that she was tanned, so that would make the beach communities of San Diego and Orange County most likely. That's a much easier task than searching the entire states of CA, AZ, and FL.
Carl's image belowHere are the relevant slides from the presentation: