JovanSrna
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Ford County John Doe (1983)
Here is another case I'd like to recommend. This is a victim of serial killer Larry Eyler.
Unlike his other unidentified victims (save one who had an even more depressing demise), this man doesn't even have an entry on NamUs.
All that remains to be solved is his identity. The man has been reduced to a footnote on a Wikipedia page and a passing mention in two articles whose traffic has peaked. One of those articles is the sole source for the reconstruction photo I could find.
At the very least they could make a NamUs profile for him. Could it be that he's been identified and the police informed his family without publicizing the fact? I'd like to believe so but it's just as likely his existence has been forgotten.
I read this article on Rodney Johnson's case, a case you worked on.
Another ID through DNA: Who killed Rodney Johnson? | HeraldNet.com
Johnson came from a family with many cousins. His mother, June, had three brothers and five sisters. Yet he was about the only cousin Eleanore “Ellie” Perry, 64, of Anacortes, never got to know. Perry, it turned out, is a genealogy hobbyist, and she was well aware that law enforcement has been using the combined powers of family genetic history and crime scene forensics to solve seemingly unsolvable cold cases in recent years.
Earlier this year, Perry gave police permission to use her DNA in criminal investigations through a public genealogy database. It was a decision she weighed for weeks before deciding to check a box saying she would “opt in” — figuring she had nothing to lose.
“You can check me out, I have a clean record,” Perry said. “I don’t have nothing to hide.”
I hope someone's looking for this guy too.
Sheriff – Ford County Illinois
Here is another case I'd like to recommend. This is a victim of serial killer Larry Eyler.
Unlike his other unidentified victims (save one who had an even more depressing demise), this man doesn't even have an entry on NamUs.
All that remains to be solved is his identity. The man has been reduced to a footnote on a Wikipedia page and a passing mention in two articles whose traffic has peaked. One of those articles is the sole source for the reconstruction photo I could find.
At the very least they could make a NamUs profile for him. Could it be that he's been identified and the police informed his family without publicizing the fact? I'd like to believe so but it's just as likely his existence has been forgotten.
I read this article on Rodney Johnson's case, a case you worked on.
Another ID through DNA: Who killed Rodney Johnson? | HeraldNet.com
Johnson came from a family with many cousins. His mother, June, had three brothers and five sisters. Yet he was about the only cousin Eleanore “Ellie” Perry, 64, of Anacortes, never got to know. Perry, it turned out, is a genealogy hobbyist, and she was well aware that law enforcement has been using the combined powers of family genetic history and crime scene forensics to solve seemingly unsolvable cold cases in recent years.
Earlier this year, Perry gave police permission to use her DNA in criminal investigations through a public genealogy database. It was a decision she weighed for weeks before deciding to check a box saying she would “opt in” — figuring she had nothing to lose.
“You can check me out, I have a clean record,” Perry said. “I don’t have nothing to hide.”
I hope someone's looking for this guy too.
Sheriff – Ford County Illinois