DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #3

[The4TierBridge]

I get only a blank white screen when I click on that link. Can you tell me what it showed?

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will be providing funding for the DNA Doe Project to work on Charles City John Doe 1979 (NamUs #UP9398). He does not have a thread here.

 

[djanga]

I get only a blank white screen when I click on that link. Can you tell me what it showed?

Sure, the DDP has added John Charles City Doe 1979 to their cases. Here is the link to his page: John Charles City Doe 1979 | DNA Doe Project

 

[The4TierBridge]

The page for Marshall Gulch Doe appears to be broken. It looks like a lot of text is missing: Search results for "marshall gulch" | DNA Doe Project

 

[Caring1]

 

[doggybag2355]

Duplicate post

 

[The4TierBridge]

Another new case. Ascension Parish 1982. It seems they are receiving a bunch of NCMEC cases in bulk alongside the funding: John Darrow Doe 1982 | DNA Doe Project

 

[The4TierBridge]

Here's his poster:

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Amazing news! A new case from Virginia

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/998326449114739

I've created a WS thread for "John Charles City Doe 1979."

VA Thread 'VA - Sturgeon Point, Wht/HispMale 17-23, UP9398, "John Charles City Doe 1979", Aug'79'

May 21, 2025

DNA Doe Project is now trying to identify this young man found in 1979 along the James River.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP9398
Male, Multiple
Date Body Found: August 28, 1979
Location Found: Sturgeon Point, Virginia
NCMEC Number: 2016800
ME/C Case Number: C1979-95236
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 17-23
Estimated Year of Death: 1977-1979
Estimated PMI: 6 Months
Height: 5' 3"-5' 9"(63-69 inches) , Estimated
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair/Eye...

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[othram]

Project 525 is our mission to identify 525 murdered children in NamUs—join us in restoring their names and finding those responsible for their deaths.

One Year of Project 525: A Milestone in Justice and a Call to Finish What We Started

Project 525 is our mission to identify 525 murdered children in NamUs—join us in restoring their names and finding those responsible for their deaths.

research.othram.com

 

[djanga]

Wondering if there are new cases solved, The updated list of cases where Namus was removed:

 

[The4TierBridge]

Wondering if there are new cases solved, The updated list of cases where Namus was removed:

I believe that you forgot to add the list in your post. It is blank.

 

[djanga]

Updated list of the cases where Namus was removed but no official announcement was made. I think Peter Kalama Jane Doe’s profile was removed in 2022

1.Peter Kalama Ln Jane Doe 2013 (WA)

Peter Kalama Ln Jane Doe 2013 | DNA Doe Project

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2. LaVergne Jane Doe 2007 (TN)

LaVergne Jane Doe 2007 | DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

3. Del Rey Jane Doe Phoenix, Arizona 1984

Del Rey Jane Doe 1984 | DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

in addition, per his thread on Websleuth, Redbud Trail John Doe 1998 has been identified

Redbud Trail John Doe 1998 | DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

 

[djanga]

Actually somebody on his thread said Algonquin Park John Doe 1980, Canada has been identified as well.

Algonquin Park John Doe 1980 | DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

 

[The4TierBridge]

Brooklyn Tracks John Doe 2023 was identified as Nathaniel Dabrowski using traditional investigative methods while genealogical research was ongoing. He was 27 years old and lived in the same place where he was found. Identified: Name of young man found in Brooklyn revealed by medical examiner

 

[djanga]

Peter Kalama Ln Jane Doe 2013 (WA) has been identified as Jennifer Elaine Vawter.

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/1013806097566774

This case was complicated both by very distant matches in general and by recent immigration from Poland on one side of the family tree,” said Harmony Vollmer, the team co-leader. “But in spite of these hurdles, our team persevered.”

The team on this case built out a family tree for the Doe that eventually grew to contain over 12,000 people. Finally, after months of research, they made a crucial connection. A marriage announcement from 1960 recorded a couple marrying in Indiana, and the team’s research connected the Doe’s DNA to the families of both the husband and wife.

After this breakthrough, it wasn’t long before the team discovered that this couple had a granddaughter, whose last known residence was just miles from where the Doe’s remains were found. Her name was Jennifer Elaine Vawter, and the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office later confirmed that she was indeed the woman formerly known as Peter Kalama Lane Jane Doe. Investigators are asking the public to come forward with any information they have related to her death.

 

[djanga]

The DDP will held a question-answer session on Reddit, the DDP research volunteers will answer all the questions!

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1l8793k/ama_we_are_traci_onders_monique_platt_and_megan

 

[djanga]

I wanted to ask about New Britain Jane Doe and Chattanooga Birchwood John Doe 2006, two of the oldest DDP cases, I wonder if there are any updates on them.

 

[doggybag2355]

I wanted to ask about New Britain Jane Doe and Chattanooga Birchwood John Doe 2006, two of the oldest DDP cases, I wonder if there are any updates on them.

Kings County Jane Doe from 2015 too

 

[djanga]

A new article about Bone Lake Jane Doe (MN), her severed head was found floating near the shore of Bone Lake in New Scandia Township, Minnesota.

DNA testing on remains of Bone Lake Jane Doe, found in June 1993, still inconclusive | Dateline​

On June 12, 1993, a woman’s head was found floating in Bone Lake in Scandia, Minnesota. The next day, her foot was found on the banks of the Mississippi River. She remains unidentified.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[djanga]

Also, yesterday the Salem train victim was exhumed, and the DNA Doe Project will now attempt to identify them

Body exhumed in hopes of solving 54-year-old mystery in Salem, Ill.

SALEM, Il. – On Thursday, a body was exhumed in Salem, Illinois, in hopes of identifying the remains of a train wreck victim who died in 1971. “It’s one of those things you remember, like the kennedy assassination or the challenger. I remember exactly when that was,” longtime Salem resident Jim...

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