Body found in Ohio in 1981 identified as Arkansas woman
Marcia King, 21, from Arkansas, had been known as the 'Buckskin Girl' because of the distinctive buckskin jacket she was wearing. Her body was found in Troy, Ohio, in April 1981.
Murdered 'Buckskin Girl' finally identified 37 years later
Authorities in Ohio are a major step closer to solving a 37-year-old cold case involving the mysterious murder of the so-called “Buckskin Girl,” according to new reports. The woman, whose...
How genealogy websites are helping cops catch cold-case killers decades on
UNCOVERING your ancestry is a booming business, but now the websites being used to trace long-lost relatives are helping track down cold-case killers Christy Mirack’s classroom full of 11-year-old …
New look at old mystery: DNA, geneaology eyed in Provincetown's 'Lady of Dunes' case
WEST BARNSTABLE — It has been nearly 45 years since Alyssa Metcalfe’s sister found the handless body in the dunes 2 miles east of the old Coast Guard station in Provincetown. “It's kind of always s…
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Jane Doe no more: Miami County sheriff IDs cold case victim 37 years later
The Miami County Sheriff’s Office in Troy, Ohio, identifies Jane Doe as Marcia King, 21, of Arkansas in an unsolved cold case murder from 1981, 37 years ago.
A new strategy to speed up cold case investigations
For nearly 37 years, she was known as Buckskin Girl—a young, anonymous murder victim found outside Dayton, Ohio, wearing a deer-hide poncho. Then, in April 2018, police announced that the mystery of ...
Gravesite for ‘Buckskin Girl’ gets new headstone with her name
Marcia L. King, 21, of Little Rock, Arkansas, known as a Jane Doe "buckskin girl" after she was found in April 1981 in a ditch in Miami County, Ohio, west of Troy, was identified and now will have a headstone with her name on it at Riverside Cemetery.
Body of 'Buckskin Girl' found in Ohio in 1981 identified as Arkansas woman
The body of a previously unidentified woman, who became known as the "Buckskin girl" for the pullover jacket she was wearing, was found on a road in Ohio in 1981.
Dead man found in Washington state, who had ties to N.M., ID’d through DNA
A young man who died alone in a Washington state motel room almost 17 years ago, booking the room under a pseudonym and leaving behind no identification after taking his
In 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann was found washed up on an Irish beach. Ten years later, police, journalists, and internet sleuths are still trying to work out what happened.