MI MI- Detroit, vacant apartment building, John Doe #UP11666, skull, May 1998, DNA- Robert Booker, Jr., born Nov.,1959, 2025.

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After 26 years, Detroit John Doe (1998) is now Identified

Detroit Police Department and FBI Team with Othram to Identify a 1998 John Doe

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''In May 1998, the partial remains of an unidentified individual were discovered in a vacant apartment building near East Grant Boulevard and Ferry Street in Detroit, Michigan. A construction crew was demolishing the building when a human skull was discovered. It was determined that the remains were that of a Black adult male who was between the ages of 30 and 60 years.

The man could not be identified and details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP11666.''

''Using these new leads, a follow-up investigation was launched leading to potential family members of the unidentified man. This investigation led to the identification of the man as Robert Booker, Jr., who was born in November of 1959.''

 

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The DNASolves database, which works with law enforcement to make identification in outstanding cases, made the announcements on both cases this week. Booker and Tate were the 12th and 13th cases, respectively, cases in the state of Michigan where identification was made using the resources of Othram laboratory in Texas; and publicly announced by DNASolves.

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Booker's case involves partial human remains found in May 1998 as a construction crew demolished a vacant apartment building near East Grant Boulevard and Ferry Street in Detroit, the agency says.

Michigan Department of Corrections records show that Booker escaped from prison on Jan. 5, 1996. He had started serving a sentence on Nov. 1, 1995, on a charge of breaking and entering on a coin telephone

DNA testing and genetic genealogy help solve Detroit cold cases

The identities of two Detroit men, each found dead years ago, were resolved via DNA testing and genetic genealogy.

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