Nearly three decades after the body of a teenage girl was found in an alley in an enclave north of downtown Detroit, authorities have finally identified her.
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During the investigation the California Department of Justice was able to recover a latent fingerprint, which was ran through the Automated Latent Print System with no reported matches.
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In January 1976, 16-year-old Pauline Brazeau visited a pizza diner in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for dinner and drinks, where she was last seen alive around three o’clock in the morning. Hours later, Pauline’s body was discovered.
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The investigation at the time determined the remains came from a black male, 17-24 years old, who had suffered a gunshot wound to the face.
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Investigators concluded that the man had black hair and that he likely suffered from a fracture to the skull or eye socket during his life. The man’s death was ruled a homicide.
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More than three decades later, a man whose body was found in a Spokane, WA landfill is now known to be Clifford Wayne Bippes, born September 25, 1943.
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The woman's manner of death was determined to be homicide. She became known as “Cleburne County Jane Doe.”
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The Ramapo College of New Jersey Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) Center has successfully uncovered the identity of “St. Louis John Doe,” now known to be Joseph Daniel Pierce of St. Louis, MO.
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As it solves more and more cases through genealogy, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Cold Case Unit has opened a hotline so that the public can send in information about old and unsolved murders.
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Eventually, due to the quality of the DNA samples preserved from the crime scene in conjunction with the advances of forensic science, additional investigative opportunities presented themselves.
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Authorities can confirm 14-year-old Rashell Ward was murdered by Johnny Lee Coy, who was not a suspect at the time but did have a violent criminal history.
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The woman’s body had been dismembered and placed into an orange suitcase and several plastic bags.
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The GBI has identified human remains found in a dumpster in Jenkins County on Feb. 14, 1988, as Chong Un Kim, of Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia. Kim was 26 years old when she was found.
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The Center for Human Identification at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth said it is the first public crime lab in the U.S. to offer forensic genetic genealogy capabilities.
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The unidentified man had a tattoo of a red rose with three green leaves on his left forearm and a tattoo of an Indian skull on his right forearm.
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