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moriah

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8. Knowing her name, or at least her birth name, will help give police a place to start.

Reply to BlueSpot (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:18 PM

Jul 2018

Many UID (unidentified decedent) cases are solved when they know more about the person who was killed. For example, now that they know Marcia King's last known contact information, they're trying to reconstruct how she got there and who killed her.

But more importantly, Marcia's mother, who refused to move or change her number since police wouldn't accept a report on an adult hitchhiking in 1981, is now able to bury her daughter. It's a painful form of closure, but it's more painful I think not to know.

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Announcement from DNA Doe Project -- Julie Doe's getting her DNA extracted! [View all] moriah Jul 2018 OP

I hope they can identify her BlueSpot Jul 2018 #1

Thanks! moriah Jul 2018 #2

Nobody deserves to die that way BlueSpot Jul 2018 #5

Knowing her name, or at least her birth name, will help give police a place to start. moriah Jul 2018 #8

I'm glad they're doing some genealogical analysis on some of the DNA LeftInTX Jul 2018 #3

Especially if the person hasn't been reported missing, which is all too likely with Julie. moriah Jul 2018 #6

Never heard of this until now Takket Jul 2018 #4

The DNA Doe Project was the first to develop the "forensic genealogy" techniques... moriah Jul 2018 #7