Identified! TX - Huntsville, 'Walker County Jane Doe', WhtFem 14-16, 91UFTX, 1 November 1980 - id'd November 2021 - Sherri Ann Jarvis (14)

[John/Jane Doe]

how could i go about having my dna tested with wcjd? my grandfather had a love child that i have been searching for, for years and she resembles my family

By chance you will not have a photograph? In any case, everything about the investigating agency also appears here

91UFTX

 

[CarlK90245]

how could i go about having my dna tested with wcjd? my grandfather had a love child that i have been searching for, for years and she resembles my family

This would be best accomplished by taking a DNA test with Ancestry.com. The test takes a couple weeks to process. When you get your results back, you can then download the results to your home computer, and then upload that file to GEDMatch,

The ancestry tests are ordinarily about $100, but they frequently run discounts, lowering the price to about $60.

GEDMatch charges nothing to join. If you want to use the advanced tools on the site, there is a $10 per month charge, but the basic tools are free of charge.

As far as I know, WCJD is still not undergoing forensic genealogy, but I suspect that eventually they will. I talked to Detective Bean a couple of months ago. He said they are working on something in that regard, but he did not disclose what specifically they were doing.

If or when they do decide to do FG, the GEDMatch system will be the system used, and if you take the ancestry test and upload it to GEDMatch, the kit will be there for comparison to WCJD and any other Does that are being researched.

 

[Sillybilly]

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[Wossy]

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if anyone does have any old newspaper clippings or anything on her between 1980-1999 when she was exhumed let me know. I went to read up on some earlier stuff.

 

[Gypsy86]

thank you so much carl you broke it down and explained it to me in a way no one else ever has. thank you for your time and coinsderation

This would be best accomplished by taking a DNA test with Ancestry.com. The test takes a couple weeks to process. When you get your results back, you can then download the results to your home computer, and then upload that file to GEDMatch,

The ancestry tests are ordinarily about $100, but they frequently run discounts, lowering the price to about $60.

GEDMatch charges nothing to join. If you want to use the advanced tools on the site, there is a $10 per month charge, but the basic tools are free of charge.

As far as I know, WCJD is still not undergoing forensic genealogy, but I suspect that eventually they will. I talked to Detective Bean a couple of months ago. He said they are working on something in that regard, but he did not disclose what specifically they were doing.

If or when they do decide to do FG, the GEDMatch system will be the system used, and if you take the ancestry test and upload it to GEDMatch, the kit will be there for comparison to WCJD and any other Does that are being researched.

 

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[Gypsy86]

soon i plain having my dna tested against wcjd... just waiting on them to put her dna within the gedmatch system..... just the wait..... ughhhhh

 

[Coloredstone8221]

Who Was Walker County Jane Doe?.

 

[Sillybilly]

Hey everyone,

Please remember we can't be posting pics of random people who are not officially known to be missing (i.e. linked to LE, NAMUS, Doe Network)

Some people just walk away and leave their current life behind. Some young people are runaways. IF LE takes it seriously as a missing persons case, there will be official information to support discussion; otherwise, without an official source, it's off limits.

 

[christyleigh333]

This case just baffles me and I pray that she gets her name back and whoever is responsible for her murder is caught! I’m very familiar with the area in which she was found and I even worked at the Ellis unit...only many years later from when this happened. I have many theories as to why she was looking for the Ellis unit on this night and I’m afraid that she was a runaway from a girl’s home so that’s why she was never reported missing! My heart hurts so much for this girl!

 

[Paul B.]

Just as some people resemble celebs, there are living people who look like uids.

 

[Gypsy86]

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[Gypsy86]

i will tell yall the same thing a investigator said about the zodiac.... all the answers are on the internet.... people just dont know what they are looking for

 

[Gypsy86]

"maybe we are just wainting on someone to grow up and remember"

 

[Triss]

Just as some people resemble celebs, there are living people who look like uids.

Very true! I guess we don't know how many people look like us until we go missing or become famous lol

 

[Gypsy86]

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Very true! I guess we don't know how many people look like us until we go missing or become famous lol

it is unreal how much ppl can look alike

 

[carbuff]

This isn't the first time in Websleuths that we've had somebody crazily spot on in looks and even circumstances that turned out not to be a match. Won't be the last. I try to remind myself every time somebody finds a promising lead, but I still get carried away by hope.

 

[MissTressNine]

NO DISRESPECT INTENDED but I used an app to give her life and I don’t know if this will help any.

 

[Gypsy86]

this is such an awesome app. i seen how they have been helping with the missing using this app. its so much easlier when you can see them in live motion. helps with anyone who may have once seen them

 

[MissTressNine]

this is such an awesome app. i seen how they have been helping with the missing using this app. its so much easlier when you can see them in live motion. helps with anyone who may have once seen them

Exactly. I’ve also used the app with other JDoes as well. The app is genius! I really hope it does help!