Paulding County Sheriff’s Office and GBI Team with Othram to Identify a 2021 John Doe

[othram]

The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office and GBI, working with Othram, have identified remains found in 2021 in rural Dallas, Georgia as belonging to Thomas Joe Kratzer.

Georgia's Paulding County John Doe (2021) is Now Identified

 

[The4TierBridge]

The decedent's last name is Thomas Joe Kratzer, NOT Krazner.

This case was #UP89733 in NamUs for the UID remains and #MP54137 for the missing person (Thomas Kratzer was missing from the same place and matched all the known facts; there are only 6 missing people in Paulding County GA, of which 2 are women and 1 disappeared after the 2021 discovery date; the two other potential matches would have been Cleveland Scott Rakestraw from 2017 and Greyson Alec Aselton from the same month as the discovery; since it was easy to find his sister for the eventual confirmatory work, this looks like another apparent case of lazy investigative work).

Archive for UID: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Archive for MP: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[othram]

Appreciate the correction. The last name was updated.

 

[JacksonFentry]

The decedent's last name is Thomas Joe Kratzer, NOT Krazner.

This case was #UP89733 in NamUs for the UID remains and #MP54137 for the missing person (Thomas Kratzer was missing from the same place and matched all the known facts; there are only 6 missing people in Paulding County GA, of which 2 are women and 1 disappeared after the 2021 discovery date; the two other potential matches would have been Cleveland Scott Rakestraw from 2017 and Greyson Alec Aselton from the same month as the discovery; since it was easy to find his sister for the eventual confirmatory work, this looks like another apparent case of lazy investigative work).

Archive for UID: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Archive for MP: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Our county of Bartow is the bordering county n.e. of Paulding. Growing up here from the 50's Paulding was nothing like the highly populated metro Atlanta area it has become today. Most towns didn't have 10 full time law officers the size of Dallas in the early 60's and most regrettably weren't really qualified to be law enforcement. They were hired on their merit of serving in active duty during World War II. or had an honest yet southern raised background you would expect in the years of Jim Crow. It was typical to have a Sheriff elected in those years that served and re elected for the rest of their lives, or until age and or illness took them. I am happy this man now has a name. However, during those years in rural areas in the south i wouldnt be surprised that there is no telling how many skeletal remains that were found far off of the beaten paths that were just covered over with more dirt and stones and just considered to be some old dead Indian or even war deserters or runaway slaves from a long time ago. Only discovered by dumb luck and hunters when the season opened. If no one new of anyone of and true standing had gone missing it was different for the first years that passed. Then many were never even cases they would look into after five or ten years passed by along with those who remembered. Sounds astonishing in this day but mostly was the case back during those times that long ago.