DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #3

[djanga]

Kings County Jane Doe from 2015 too

Yes, that’s true, there was a new reconstruction for her recently, looks very realistic, but for the other two cases I mentioned there was no update in long time:

 

[doggybag2355]

The pinned post was updated, 3 new cases are pending, one of them is New Buffalo JD which was before a DDP fund case, now fully funded and moved to pending. Also one new case from Canada - Montreal River John Doe 2017 (Ontario) and one case from DC - Naylor Road 2020 (DC) namus 78616

I think Montreal River and Naylor Road John Does we’re already identified by them

 

[djanga]

Great news! The Dashboard numbers were updated, three more Does identified. Now 134 identified v. 131 on December 14, 2024.

The Dashboard was last time updated in January 2025

 

[djanga]

Exhumation of the Tonti Train Crash revealed that there are remains of two individuals instead of one in the same bag.

Remains of Two Bodies Found Inside Body Bag from 1970 Tonti Train Crash - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3

Effingham's News and Sports Leader

www.thexradio.com

 

[djanga]

From the same source:
Two individuals are represented,” Randolph said. “There appears to be more of a juvenile who has some teeth and other parts represented that we weren’t expecting to see. We weren’t expecting to see a young child, and we have some other parts that are definitely more compatible with being an adult.”

Randolph says more research will now be needed to try and solve the new mystery. Tonti is a small community located north of Salem.

“We’re going to do some research on all of the known victims, because that will help us when we get to the genealogy phase. If we know the family trees of some of the known victims, we might see that some of these remains may have come from a known victim and somehow gotten comingled, which is understandable in this kind of a mass casualty event.”

But Randolph says there is also a possibility there is a second unknown child victim from the train crash.

 

[Tired Professor]

From the same source:
Two individuals are represented,” Randolph said. “There appears to be more of a juvenile who has some teeth and other parts represented that we weren’t expecting to see. We weren’t expecting to see a young child, and we have some other parts that are definitely more compatible with being an adult.”

Randolph says more research will now be needed to try and solve the new mystery. Tonti is a small community located north of Salem.

“We’re going to do some research on all of the known victims, because that will help us when we get to the genealogy phase. If we know the family trees of some of the known victims, we might see that some of these remains may have come from a known victim and somehow gotten comingled, which is understandable in this kind of a mass casualty event.”

But Randolph says there is also a possibility there is a second unknown child victim from the train crash.

Sounds like there were 4 kids that perished from this crash:

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/11/archives/illinois-train-accident-kills-10-locked-diesel-wheels-indicated.htmlOne