Recent content by mjak

Just a couple of comments regarding MH and is health. My understanding is MH commented to other hikers wanting to hike the trail while he could. No where have i read where he attributed that statement to having an illness. He could have meant, while I have the time, finances, freedom...

LoL, I was really focusing on the awareness part of the variables. For example the pizza. We have a picture of him biting pizza. The only thing imo we can derive from that regarding denim, is he ate pizza. The whole eating disorder thought is just random conjecture and nothing in the pizza...

I believe mostly harmless went off the grid with every intention of rejoining society at some point. His writings focused on future creative ideas not hopeless depressive ramblings. Everyone who met him found him approachable, friendly and appropriate. He looked happy and present in his...

Brainmuffinette :)

the medical examiner I believe stated the cause of death as starvation. no explanation for the starvation was found. It might be when he is ID his family might know information regarding his health that could shed light on why he might have starved but short of another autopsy or a witness...

I like mysteries too and brain storming is a good tool but imo it should be done with awareness of variables, like a photo is a moment in time.

I have been following this thread and hope that Mostly Harmless will get his name back via DNA/Genealogy. I am not sure we will ever know what he exactly died of. Something caused him to starve and perish. I think conversations about pizza and eating disorders can be good exercises for...

This is the comparison that makes me believe this is a match:

The resemblance between Anita Qvist and El Dorado Jane Doe is striking. I have trouble thinking they will not be a match. I have followed this case for a long time. I thought I would feel happy when El Dorado Jane Doe finally got her name back. Instead, I feel so sad. I look at those...

I have been following this case since the beginning. I was on the fence for a long time but now lean heavily towards RDI. I found the 20/20 episode lacking in anything new or thought provoking. However, one thing did pop into my mind that seems obvious but I never thought about before...

I am not laughing! I recall in elementary student my public school and the Catholic school up the street had the students doing a project together where we wrote to jail inmates. I swear like you said the idea was some sort of community service or something. Now the Idea of having children...

Yes, I understand what you have said but when it is a mitochondrial match up between mother and off spring I do not think 1/9000 is an acceptable match.

If sample degradation prevented an accurate comparison, why would they release a finding at all? I know Maternity should be a certain match. But, here it is not matching; yet, the investigators are taking the action to test against the fathers side. This makes sense if Degradation prevented...

A 1 in 9000 chance is simply more than inconclusive, hence the need to go to the fathers side of the family. The problem is if they were doing Mtiochondrial DNA this type of result is honestly not a match at all. So we have a couple of possibilities, Jason is not Grateful Doe, Jason is...

I am perplexed by the finding of inconclusive. As I thought they were comparing Grateful Doe to Jason's mother. Thus I assumed they were doing a Mitochondrial match up. How can that be inconclusive when Mitochondrial DNA is passed down intact from Mother to offspring. It should be a clear...