I re watched the presser too. Lots of good information.
Question regarding isotopes, Is it possible bio mom was not from the highlight areas but TR took bio daughter to one of the highlighted areas shortly before or after her birth? Or is that out of the realm of possibility? Of course, more likely bio mom was also from the highlighted areas by the border but just brainstorming other possibilities.
If a missing person or UID has DNA submitted in NAMUS, does NAMUS only match up exact DNA profiles or will it also match up relatives?
For example UID adult and UID baby found in completely different states/areas? OR missing adult to UID baby?
Just want to know who to include and exclude in the search for bio child's mom or people that could be connected to AT victims such as bio dad of the other two girls.
By Shelley MurphyGLOBE STAFF NOVEMBER 17, 2015
CONCORD, N.H. — The identities of three young girls and a woman who were murdered some30 years ago and dumped in the woods in Allenstown remain a mystery, but the water theyconsumed during their short lives has offered fresh clues in one of the state’s most bafflingunsolved crimes.
The unique properties of water detected in the hair, bones, and teeth of the victims suggest thatthree of them — the woman and two girls believed to be her daughters — lived together in NewHampshire or a neighboring state, close to the coastline, authorities announced Tuesday. Thewoman was likely in her mid-20s, and the girls were about 9 to 10 years old and 2 to 3.The third girl, believed to be 3 or 4 when she was slain, was born and spent her childhoodsomewhere else, perhaps further inland in northern New Hampshire or as far west asMinnesota. The woman was not her mother, yet it is unclear whether she and the other girlsshared the same father or some other familial connection, according to authorities.Senior Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Agati revealed isotope analysis results and otherdetails about the victims during a press conference Tuesday, flanked by representatives of theState Police, Allenstown police, the FBI, and the National Center for Missing & ExploitedChildren.“These are significant new testing results that we want to share basically with the world,” Agatisaid. Yet, he cautioned that the isotope results are not precise and should not discouragetipsters from calling if they have information that does not match up exactly.
It is more likely than not that all four victims are from the Northeast, according to Agati. Still,he said, other regions of the country have similar drinking water, making it possible that thevictims lived in other states.The woman and two girls believed to be her daughters may have lived on the West Coast, or ina number of states stretching from Arizona northeast to Minnesota. The isotope results werenarrower for the other girl, indicating she may have lived in northern Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, upstate New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, or a small part of southeastWyoming.Authorities are planning a media blitz in areas of the country that the victims may have lived,based on the isotope results, Agati said.“They’ve slipped through the cracks and we’ve got to try to find out what happened,” Agati said.He urged anyone with information to call 800-843-5678 or e-mail the New Hampshire StatePolice cold case unit at
[email protected].
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children also on Tuesday released new life-likecomputerized images of what the victims may have looked like.
Hunters discovered the partially decomposed bodies of thewoman and the oldest girl on Nov. 10, 1985, on privateproperty that borders Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown.They were found inside a plastic bag, which had fallen outof an overturned steel drum.Nearly 15 years later, in May 2000, a state trooper assignedto the unsolved case was familiarizing himself with the areawhen he found a second steel drum, containing the skeletalremains of the two other girls. It was about 150 yards fromthe other drum.Authorities believe all four victims were killed at the same time between 1980 and 1984.
The isotope results indicate that the woman and three girlsspent the last few weeks to months of their lives together inthe New Hampshire region before their deaths, Agati said.The latest scientific data in the case was the result of DNAtesting done by Virginia-based Bode Technology and isotopeanalysis done by the Florida Institute for Forensic
Anthropology & Applied Sciences at the University of SouthFlorida.“It kind of tears at your heart strings,” said Matt Peltier, a consultant for the National Centerfor Missing & Exploited Children. “Someone out there has some answers and it’s just a matterof showing the pictures to the right people.”