NV NV - Elko Co, WhtFem 25-27, UP4920, blonde, may be from WY, scars, Nov'93

[kforbes862]

I lean to that theory also of her being a seasonal worker. If so and was reported missing, the report could have been made from anywhere.

 

[kforbes862]

When it says "DNA: Available in FBI NMPDD" does that mean that there is mtdna or nucdna available? In theory it would be available for genealogical research since it has already been sequenced? Or am I wrong?

 

[iamshadow21]

When it says "DNA: Available in FBI NMPDD" does that mean that there is mtdna or nucdna available? In theory it would be available for genealogical research since it has already been sequenced? Or am I wrong?

I'm guessing that acronym is National Missing Persons DNA Database. Which doesn't tell us which kind, just that it's in there.

MOO

 

[JimNv]

I check in on this one from time to time as it happened in my county. I see shows about cold cases where they can tie a person's DNA to family. I do believe it has been tried in this case. Ties to Australia and Wyoming. If I was trying to locate a missing relative, I would submit my DNA to Ancestry or one or two of the others.

 

[Alleykins]

From an internet search:


The acronym FBI NMPDD stands for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Missing Person DNA Database. It is a system used to help identify missing and unidentified individuals by comparing DNA profiles.

The NMPDD is part of the larger Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a computer software program that manages DNA profiles for law enforcement purposes.

The database contains DNA profiles from three categories of records that can be searched against one another:

• Missing persons: DNA from items belonging to a missing person.
• Biological relatives of missing persons: Reference samples from family members.
• Unidentified human remains: DNA samples from recovered, unidentified bodies

 

[The4TierBridge]

When it says "DNA: Available in FBI NMPDD" does that mean that there is mtdna or nucdna available? In theory it would be available for genealogical research since it has already been sequenced? Or am I wrong?

The STRs used in that database are not the SNPs needed to do genetic genealogy (profiles needed for IGG use hundreds of thousands of DNA markers likely to be unique, while the modern form of STR testing, which can detect a person being themselves and first-degree relatives, only uses 20). They'd need a new extraction or to use leftover material from the previous extraction to develop a new profile.