The team has discovered a number of families that this man has connections to. Surnames that appear in his family tree include Broll, Burejza, Kucharczyk, Polck/Polk, Sowa, Swiertz/Swiercz, and Ulfik.
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The victim was revealed to be 96% Ashkenazi Jew, a detail that has complicated efforts to trace her ancestry and locate family members.
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Investigators now know that Lawrence’s son, 81-year-old Larry Drotleff dismembered his father after finding him deceased, then dumped his body in two locations.
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Although justice was delayed in this case, Plymouth (Mass.) County District Attorney Tim Cruz stressed the importance of providing answers to victims’ families whenever possible.
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The New Jersey State Police are seeking the public’s assistance with a cold case homicide investigation from 1979.
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A murdered man, whose remains were found by hunters in rural Alabama in 1994, has been identified as James Carol Jackson.
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The man was found fully clothed, sitting against a tree. Several items were recovered alongside the man, including keys to a GM vehicle, an ink pen, sunglasses, a black pipe, a plastic comb, and super glue. Officials estimate he died three to six months prior.
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Nearly four decades after he was murdered and buried in a shallow grave, the DNA Doe Project and their agency partners have identified Three Points John Doe as Rogelio Morales Caudillo.
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After 12 years, investigators in California have identified and arrested a suspect in a murder police are calling “heinous” and “especially disturbing.”
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Elliott was reported missing after she failed to return home from school in Flint on Nov. 16, 1983. She was last seen waiting for the bus.
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