DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #3

[doggybag2355]

New case from Sonoma County, Californi

Salmon Creek John Doe 2022 | DNA Doe Project

dnadoeproject.org

 

[summergirl1]

It's probably the remains of someone who drowned at some point but whose remains ( at least all of them) were never found at the time, as other recent identification of remains found on beaches have been. I would think from the medical hardware they could tell some sort of PMI. But it's officially listed as uncertain.

 

[djanga]

I don’t think this John Doe has a NamUs profile or a Websleuths thread. I’m just wondering about the description on his DDP page: “the bone contained surgical hardware” — I wonder what that could be?

 

[doggybag2355]

I don’t think this John Doe has a NamUs profile or a Websleuths thread. I’m just wondering about the description on his DDP page: “the bone contained surgical hardware” — I wonder what that could be?

Unfortunately the vagueness is pretty par-for-the-course for these kinds of cases. I’ve literally probably seen over 100 cases where the circumstances are just “Decedent was located in _____ county” with no more elaboration or description. The beach ones are especially hard since it is literally just a bone found on the beach, there’s very little more info you can typically glean from that