Identified! TN - Kingston, Roane County - human remains beside a garbage dumpster, 1986 - Betty Lou Wisley

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After 36 years, Roane County Jane Doe (1987) is Identified

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Roane County Sheriff’s Office Team with Othram to Identify 1987 Homicide Victim

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Woman’s Remains Identified After Being Found in Roane County Nearly Four Decades Ago

ROANE COUNTY – A woman whose remains were found in 1987 in Roane County has been identified as a result of a partnership between the Roane County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of …

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In a follow-up investigation, investigators made contact with potential genetics relatives of the woman, and were able to obtain a familial DNA reference sample. That reference sample was then submitted to Othram for comparison against the DNA of the unidentified woman using KinSNP® Rapid Relationship Familial Testing. Based on this evidence, Roane County Jane Dane is now know to Betty Lou Wisley. Wisley was born December 30, 1935. She was from Clinton, Missouri, but had been living in or near Knox County, Tennessee at the time of her death.

 

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In April, as part of the Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative, TBI agents submitted a sample of the woman’s remains to Othram Inc., a private lab based in Texas, for forensic genetic genealogical DNA testing.

Scientists provided information about possible relatives connected to the woman.

Last month, agents made contact with one of those family members and got a sample of their DNA.

That standard was then submitted to Othram for comparison against the DNA of the unidentified woman.

Based on the DNA and forensic genealogy results, scientists at Othram confirmed that the unidentified remains belonged to Wisley.

Crack in cold case: TBI identifies 'Jane Doe,' Tennessee woman killed, burned, discarded near dumpster in 1987

We now know the name of a woman who was murdered, had her body burned after her death and then dropped off near a dumpster back in 1987.

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“Technology has been a game changer. For us in these kinds of cases. And our agents are, are trained on forensic genetic genealogy and on how to look at these cases, and figure out options where there doesn’t seem like there may be options,” said TBI Special Agent Brandon Elkins said in September.

They were able to identify Wisley, who was born on December 20, 1935, and originally from Clinton, Mississippi, through the initiative. At the time of her death, she was living in Knox County and was estranged from her close family and friends.

Roane County Sheriff’s Office working to solve 1987 cold case after victim identified

A woman has been identified in a Roane County cold case after nearly four decades. Now, they’re hoping to find out how she died.

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