More than 50 years after she was murdered and her body left in the Mississippi River, the DNA Doe Project and their agency partners have identified Jane Clinton Doe as 15-year-old Cheryl Lynn Edwards.
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The discovery occurred during an extensive manhunt for three fugitives suspected in the murder of a Colorado police officer and the attempted murder of a San Juan County Sheriff’s deputy, along with multiple other law enforcement officers.
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More than 245 years after the Maryland teen died on a bloody South Carolina battlefield, a tiny piece of his skull was used to extract his DNA and uncover his identity.
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Using advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy, David Michael Resnik is now identified, half a century after his remains were discovered in Pima County, Arizona.
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On Aug. 16, 1983, workers conducting trenching along the southwest side of a building in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona unearthed a human cranium, a collection of non-human bones, and a time capsule.
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Late last week, the DNA Doe Project identified two Jane Does: a young woman whose remains were discovered buried in a vacant lot in 1989, and a woman washed ashore in Arizona in 2015.
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On June 3, 1992, a farmer working in a field along Christman Road in Windsor Township discovered a human skull lying atop freshly turned soil.
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Last week, detectives assigned to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit arrested a sexual battery suspect from a 1998 cold case.
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In January 1984, the body of an unidentified woman was discovered at a landfill. Investigators determined that the woman had died before being transported, but despite extensive efforts, her identity remained unknown.
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Authorities in the Permian Basin (Texas) have now identified the man they believe violently raped a 49-year-old woman in a mall parking lot in Midland almost 30 years ago.
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