"Sandie Doe" Male, 20-23, Van Meter, Iowa, Oct 1987

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Young man's ashes sit on a shelf for 34 years, still remain unidentified

The mysterious urn was just discovered inside the mausoleum that belongs to the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Dallas County John Doe "Sandie" - Iowa 1987 - Redgrave Research Forensic Services LLC

Redgrave Research Forensic Services offers forensic/genetic genealogy, forensic art, and many more genealogical and human identification research and analysis services for law enforcement agencies and private clients.

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This is no longer listed as a current Redgrave forensic case, so they must have given up on getting DNA from the ashes of this Doe, unfortunately. Maybe someday that will be possible..

 

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Old article below-

Naming the unknown: How investigators plan to extract DNA from 34-year-old remains

A young man was hit and killed on I-80 in Dallas County, but to this day no one knows who he is. Now investigators and scientists are working to extract DNA from his cremains to figure out who he is.

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