CA CA - Donna Ann Lass, 25, South Lake Tahoe, 6 September 1970 *partial remains id'd December 2023* *NamUs reactivated March 2026*

[sandy betts]

If John Doe's skull has enough teeth, that will help get DNA from the molars to compare with Hollingsworth, which is what I told the detectives yesterday.

 

[snooptroop88]

If John Doe's skull has enough teeth, that will help get DNA from the molars to compare with Hollingsworth, which is what I told the detectives yesterday.

I hope it does have enough teeth, though. Does the fact that they had an anthropologist examining the Doe mean anything telling, does anyone know?

 

[sandy betts]

I guess that an anthropologist was called in to examine the skeletal remains, to determine the sex, age, cause of death, and how long John Doe had been there. Some can recreate what the victim looked like by applying clay over the skull. They are also used in court trials.

 

[The4TierBridge]

The NamUs file for this partially recovered MP has been reactivated.

Sometimes this happens with cases where only parts of a person were found, but there is usually a note clarifying that, which isn’t present here.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[sandy betts]

Donna is listed, along with 48 others as a "possible" victim of Zodiac. Of that lot, only six are considered "Definite" Zodiac victims. A major problem with the Zodiac case is the constantly changing MO.

Zodiac was never apprehended or positively identified. Various potential suspects have been considered, but there were always discrepancies and inconsistancies which tended to rule each out of at least some of the attacks and murders.

In the case of Donna Lass, there was a possible link to the very first major Zodiac suspect; Andy Todd Walker, who was given a speeding ticket in his white Chevy at Lake Tahoe at about the time Donna disappeared.

Where did you read that Walker, aka Allen, had a white Chevy and that he received a speeding ticket at Lake Tahoe the day she went missing? This is the first time I have read this!

 

[Richard]

Where did you read that Walker, aka Allen, had a white Chevy and that he received a speeding ticket at Lake Tahoe the day she went missing? This is the first time I have read this!

The post you quote was written 20 years ago. Sorry, but at this time I don't recall where that bit of information came from. Possibly from one of the sources I used in other posts I made around that time.

 

[sandy betts]

Thank you, Richard, because, from what I know about Art Allen, he didn't own a white Chevy. Nor did I read that he was in the Lake Tahoe area when Donna went missing. Lots of misinformation in the Zodiac case. I trust only the police and FBI reports; I never listen to those who are believed to be experts!