Homeless Man Who Died In Golden Gate Park, a Notorious Hater and Attacker of Dogs, Gets ID'd Via DNA
A homeless man in his 40s who was found dead in his sleeping bag near Metson Lake in Golden Gate Park in 2021 has been positively ID'd through DNA and forensic genealogy.
DNA used to identify man found dead in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Using the latest DNA tracking technology, San Francisco police investigators have been able to identify the body of a man found dead in 2021 in Golden Gate Park.
Carson City Sheriff's Office identifies pair of human remains with new DNA tool
The Carson City Sheriff's Office (CCSO) has identified two unsolved human remains cases using a new genetic genealogy tool.Over the past few years, CCSO and ot
Carson City sheriff uses DNA to identify two bodies
The newly identified people are Joyce A. Rogers, who was homeless and about 72 years old when she died, and Ronald V. Hendricks, who was 39 when he disappeared from San Francisco in December 1992.
DNA Doe Project, Carson City Sheriff's Office identify woman found buried in shallow grave
A Jane Doe unidentified woman found in a shallow grave near a walking trail north of Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City has been identified.According to the
Do you recognize her? Illinois coroner asking for Cincinnati's help identifying Jane Doe
On October 2, 1976, a farmer in rural Illinois found a young woman dead in a ditch. She was naked except for a sweater tied around her head, with a plastic bag and electrical tape over it.
Without the ability to find and analyze DNA matches, use the tools on GEDmatch to infer relationships, and construct trees for them, none of our cases would be solvable.
Nonprofits tackling privacy, ethics and cost issues plaguing genetic genealogy
The DNA investigative tool known as genetic genealogy has enormous power for good, from uniting adoptees with their birth families to solving such brutal crimes as the recent killings of four University of Idaho students.
Drowning victim, "Jane Doe," identified 25 years later as Chicago woman
Jan. 11—MANISTEE — Twenty-five years after a woman's body washed up on the Lake Michigan shore, detectives have confirmed her identity as Dorothy Lynn (Thyng) Ricker of Chicago. On Oct. 27, 1997, Michigan State Police troopers at the Manistee Post responded to a call that a woman's naked body had been found along the shoreline in the 4000 block of Fox Farm Road in Manistee County. All they had ...
22-year-old cold case solved: medical examiner identifies remains of missing Nevada man
After 22 years, the Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner has conclusively identified the partially skeletonized remains of an unknown male recovered in the Atlantic Ocean.
Massachusetts woman murdered more than 50 years ago identified by authorities using genetic genealogy - WFIN Local News
A woman who was found murdered in a wooded area in Bedford, New Hampshire, more than five decades ago was identified this week as 26-year-old Katherine Ann Alston.
Break in 50-year-old cold case; ID made on woman found in Bedford woods
More than 50 years after hunters discovered human remains in a wooded area on Kilton Road near the Route 101 Bypass in Bedford, authorities have been able to identify the
DNA IDs Boston Woman Found Dead in NH Woods in 1971; Police Searching for Her Killer
A woman whose body was found in the New Hampshire woods more than 50 years ago has now been identified as a 26-year-old who attended Boston University, and authorities are asking people who may have known her for help finding her killer.
Woman found dead on shore of Lake Michigan in 1997 is identified
26-year-old Dorothy Lynn (Thyng) Ricker, of Chicago, accidentally drowned before her unclothed body was discovered on October 27, 1997, police announced.
Boston woman killed 50 years ago has been identified, police asking public to help solve murder
A female body discovered in the New Hampshire woods more than 50 years ago has been identified as a 26-year-old Boston woman, according to police who are asking the public to help solve the murder.…