GA GA - Atlanta, WhtMale, Grey Beard, Balding, Cardiac Arrest in Wendy's, *GRAPIC PIC* 24 Sept 2018

[amandab]

What a beautiful rendering! I love all the work of this forensic artist, I enjoy how they always draw em happy rather than stonefaced.

Yes, this is a lovely piece of work. I feel like showing people in a more candid state might make it easier to trigger someone's memory about them as well.

 

[carbuff]

Very true. I wonder if there was any record of abandoned cars being towed from the area in the days after his death.

Probably at one time the records existed, but finding them would be difficult. Might be worth a try though.

 

[bombardier]

Wonder what part of the 911 call led them to believe he was diabetic? Did he outright tell someone prior to going down?

 

[carbuff]

I've never had this happen myself, but talking to other diabetics--yes, if he felt himself slipping into a diabetic coma, he might well have said something to the counter staff or to the people around him. Like "please let me go to the front, I have to get food before I collapse."

 

[summergirl1]

In the "Damon Hunter" alias suicide case from Alabama in 1991 ( recently solved through genetic genealogy), the John Doe's abandoned car was towed from the wooded area where he was ultimately found dead, a few months before and nothing in it was ever investigated (as it hadn't been reported stolen), until his body was found nearby. Things like that do happen and sometimes the dots don't get connected as they should, that's true.

 

[Cattydcat]

The sketch of this man really is excellent. It's almost like a candid photograph that might capture a typical expression. I think more of that type of sketch might make people more recognisable - many just look like passport photographs. I realise that it is often little more then guesswork but just my thoughts. Given the area this man seems to be found in and having no information etc, I really feel like he must have been passing through this area, whether by car, bus, hitchhiking etc.

 

[Cattydcat]

Just realised that someone else has made a similar comment further up the chain - sorry I didn't read further up the chain.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page is down at the moment.

@othram any news?

 

[dotr]

DeKalb County John Doe (2018) is now Identified

DeKalb County District Attorney's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 2018 John Doe

dnasolves.com

"In hopes that advanced DNA testing could help identify the man, the DeKalb County Distract Attorney's Office submitted forensic evidence to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the forensic evidence, and then used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive genealogical profile for the unknown man. Othram’s in-house forensic genetic genealogy team then used this profile to conduct genetic genealogy research, ultimately providing new investigative leads to law enforcement.

Using this new information, a follow-up investigation was conducted leading investigators to potential relatives of the man. Reference DNA samples were collected from the potential relatives and compared to the DNA profile of the unknown man.. This investigation led to the positive identification of the man, who is now known to be Steve Armstrong, 59, of Jackson, Tennessee.'

 

[Tower]

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DeKalb County John Doe (2018) is now Identified

DeKalb County District Attorney's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 2018 John Doe

dnasolves.com

"In hopes that advanced DNA testing could help identify the man, the DeKalb County Distract Attorney's Office submitted forensic evidence to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas. Othram scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the forensic evidence, and then used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive genealogical profile for the unknown man. Othram’s in-house forensic genetic genealogy team then used this profile to conduct genetic genealogy research, ultimately providing new investigative leads to law enforcement.

Using this new information, a follow-up investigation was conducted leading investigators to potential relatives of the man. Reference DNA samples were collected from the potential relatives and compared to the DNA profile of the unknown man.. This investigation led to the positive identification of the man, who is now known to be Steve Armstrong, 59, of Jackson, Tennessee.'

Excellent work again by @othram! RIP Mr. Armstrong.

 

[othram]

DNA testing can answer so many questions and its just shocking that this technology is not being used more broadly for unidentified human remains.