TN TN- Nashville, downtown library, John Doe #UP1551, fell from a 20-foot-high wall, Aug; '93, DNA- Donald Elden Verhalen, born June 12, 1937, 2024

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Nashville John Doe (1993) has now been Identified

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Teams with Othram to Identify a 1993 John Doe

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'On August 7th, 1993, a man fell from a 20-foot-high wall near the downtown library in Nashville, Tennessee. He was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital with a severe head injury, where he died. Medical examiners determined that the man was between the ages of 45 and 60 years old, stood approximately 5’10” tall, and weighed 188 pounds. The man could not be identified and his death was ruled an accident.''

'Using this new information, a follow-up investigation was conducted leading investigators to potential relatives of the man. Reference DNA samples were collected from the potential relatives and compared to the DNA profile of the unknown man. This investigation led to the positive identification of the man, who is now known to be Donald Elden Verhalen, born June 12, 1937. Verhalen was from Wisconsin and moved to Florida. He was last known to be living in Murfreesboro, TN in the late 1980’s when his family lost contact with him.''