Othram - General Discussion

[Wilma_W]

Please help if you know there is a Websleuths thread for this new case solve:
After 44 years, Escatawpa Jane Doe is Identified

Law enforcement says this is another victim of serial killer Samuel Little. After 44 years, she now has her name back.

I think it is this thread (assuming her NAMUS ID is UP10369):

MS - MS - Moss Point, BlkFem UP10369, 35-45, discovered by rabbit hunters, Dec'77

 

[othram]

I think it is this thread (assuming her NAMUS ID is UP10369):

MS - MS - Moss Point, BlkFem UP10369, 35-45, discovered by rabbit hunters, Dec'77

Thank you! We will need to search by NamUs ID in the future!

 

[AkitasAreLovely]

@othram Who killed Janie Sanders?
I checked through some the news about this identification and found this article about a young girl murdered two years earlier in the same area as where Clara's body was found. Might be good to reach out, I'm sure the nature of the case and its brutality is something the police department there is very eager to resolve too! Appreciate the work you all do!

 

[othram]

@othram Who killed Janie Sanders?
I checked through some the news about this identification and found this article about a young girl murdered two years earlier in the same area as where Clara's body was found. Might be good to reach out, I'm sure the nature of the case and its brutality is something the police department there is very eager to resolve too! Appreciate the work you all do!

Thanks for your suppport and for the tip. We will look.

 

[othram]

We have another case solve to announce today. Othram built the DNA profile for this case, but Raleigh PD and the FBI did the genetic genealogy to identify the suspect!

After 44 years, Alma Jones' killer is identified

 

[Wilma_W]

We have another case solve to announce today. Othram built the DNA profile for this case, but Raleigh PD and the FBI did the genetic genealogy to identify the suspect!

After 44 years, Alma Jones' killer is identified

It is amazing how many cases you have been successful with just this week!

 

[othram]

It is amazing how many cases you have been successful with just this week!

It has been a busy week of announcements for sure!

 

[dotr]

We have another case solve to announce today. Othram built the DNA profile for this case, but Raleigh PD and the FBI did the genetic genealogy to identify the suspect!

After 44 years, Alma Jones' killer is identified

Quickly started thread, hopefully in the appropriate forum..
NC - NC- Alma Jones, 77, raped & murdered, Raleigh, 1977, *DNA Othram solved*

 

[othram]

Quickly started thread, hopefully in the appropriate forum..
NC - NC- Alma Jones, 77, raped & murdered, Raleigh, 1977, *DNA Othram solved*

Thank you!

 

[othram]

One more case solve announcement, folks, and that's it for this week:
After 19 years, Palisades Pete is Identified

 

[dotr]

One more case solve announcement, folks, and that's it for this week:
After 19 years, Palisades Pete is Identified

Excellent week, wow!!
Ws thread..
WY - WY- Kyle Martin, 24, kayaking on the Hoback River, drowned 1995, body identified 2021 *Othram DNA*

 

[Sweetluv]

One word...INCREDIBLE!

 

[JovanSrna]

With so many notable cases of UIDs solved this year, it feels like the end of an era. Old cases with long discussions are increasingly scarce so I wonder what cases will capture people's imaginations soon. The recent big cases like Mostly Harmless were solved fairly quickly, technology marches on and even though there are countless cases in the backlog waiting to be processed, a world without John and Jane Does feels oddly much closer. Even people from the 19th century are now increasingly identified.

 

[doggybag2355]

With so many notable cases of UIDs solved this year, it feels like the end of an era. Old cases with long discussions are increasingly scarce so I wonder what cases will capture people's imaginations soon. The recent big cases like Mostly Harmless were solved fairly quickly, technology marches on and even though there are countless cases in the backlog waiting to be processed, a world without John and Jane Does feels oddly much closer. Even people from the 19th century are now increasingly identified.

I just heard that Walker County JD's NamUs recently got taken down, with all the high-profile cases being solved this and last year, I have to wonder what cases will get the attention of the internet next.

 

[othram]

With so many notable cases of UIDs solved this year, it feels like the end of an era. Old cases with long discussions are increasingly scarce so I wonder what cases will capture people's imaginations soon. The recent big cases like Mostly Harmless were solved fairly quickly, technology marches on and even though there are countless cases in the backlog waiting to be processed, a world without John and Jane Does feels oddly much closer. Even people from the 19th century are now increasingly identified.

Perhaps we transition from individual cases to clusters of cases, grouped by a common feature, like geography. As an example, there are local teams now in several states working with us to clear all cases in their one area.

Its very important to solve any case, but imagine the impact of being able to say all UID or all sex assaults in a given city or county are solved.

 

[doggybag2355]

Perhaps we transition from individual cases to clusters of cases, grouped by a common feature, like geography. As an example, there are local teams now in several states working with us to clear all cases in their one area.

Its very important to solve any case, but imagine the impact of being able to say all UID or all sex assaults in a given city or county are solved.

That's really true, you have states like Nebraska and New Hampshire with 4-15 cases vs states like Arizona or California with over 2000

 

[othram]

That's really true, you have states like Nebraska and New Hampshire with 4-15 cases vs states like Arizona or California with over 2000

We also need to find cases that have not made their way to NamUs yet. How can we solve a case we don’t know about?!

 

[doggybag2355]

Something that always mystified me is how NamUs UID numbers go from around 20000 all the way to 50000 with seemingly no cases in the middle.

 

[AkitasAreLovely]

That's really true, you have states like Nebraska and New Hampshire with 4-15 cases vs states like Arizona or California with over 2000

Would we want to try to prioritize older cases, where forensic evidence or relatives/friends of the victims might be more difficult to find alive, or have clear memories to help assist in ID?

 

[doggybag2355]

Would we want to try to prioritize older cases, where forensic evidence or relatives/friends of the victims might be more difficult to find alive, or have clear memories to help assist in ID?

That's probably entirely up to the investigating agency, they usually have their own order of importance on picking which cases to solve first.