Legally Bland
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I may have messed up searching, but I can't find a thread for this Jane Doe or a Namus page.
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UPDATED SEP 19, 2016
“At approximately 11 a.m. (Saturday,) the police department received a call from a village resident stating he found bone fragments and teeth in the upper level of a garage he had recently purchased,” the department’s nightly Facebook post said.
Police said the remains seem to have been in the garage upper level “for a number of years,” but gave no further description.
After the remains were determined to be human, the New London Police Department turned over the investigation to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation(BCI), which then processed the scene.
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New London Police Chief Mike Marko said his department believes the remains found in the upper level of a garage are from a female. The bones likely have been in the garage’s upper level for “at least 30 years,” he added.
Marko noted only 79 bones were found, so more than 100 bones are missing if the remains came from one person. An adult human has 206 bones.
Human remains found in New London
21 JANUARY 2020
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat analyzed the remains in his lab at Mercyhurst University in 2016 and determined the bones were likely from a young woman between the ages of 13 and 20, who stood between 4-foot-10 and 5-foot-6 tall. There were no signs of dental work, suggesting the remains may be quite old. Portions of the skull and sacrum appear to have been cut by a power saw.
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“Was she a victim of an unsolved crime? Is she a missing person? Using genetic genealogy, we can finally give her a name,” Renner said.
DNA testing and genetic genealogy will be conducted by Bode Technology, a leading provider of forensic DNA services.
New London's mystery bones to be tested again
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UPDATED SEP 19, 2016
“At approximately 11 a.m. (Saturday,) the police department received a call from a village resident stating he found bone fragments and teeth in the upper level of a garage he had recently purchased,” the department’s nightly Facebook post said.
Police said the remains seem to have been in the garage upper level “for a number of years,” but gave no further description.
After the remains were determined to be human, the New London Police Department turned over the investigation to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation(BCI), which then processed the scene.
[...]
New London Police Chief Mike Marko said his department believes the remains found in the upper level of a garage are from a female. The bones likely have been in the garage’s upper level for “at least 30 years,” he added.
Marko noted only 79 bones were found, so more than 100 bones are missing if the remains came from one person. An adult human has 206 bones.
Human remains found in New London
21 JANUARY 2020
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat analyzed the remains in his lab at Mercyhurst University in 2016 and determined the bones were likely from a young woman between the ages of 13 and 20, who stood between 4-foot-10 and 5-foot-6 tall. There were no signs of dental work, suggesting the remains may be quite old. Portions of the skull and sacrum appear to have been cut by a power saw.
[...]
“Was she a victim of an unsolved crime? Is she a missing person? Using genetic genealogy, we can finally give her a name,” Renner said.
DNA testing and genetic genealogy will be conducted by Bode Technology, a leading provider of forensic DNA services.
New London's mystery bones to be tested again