Identifinders International is pleased to have assisted the Hennepin County Medical Examiner in identifying the remains of a 1996 Jane Doe formerly known as "Susan Watkins." She has now been positively identified as Sally Green.
"Susan Watkins" was the name given by an unidentified woman who was killed after jumping off a parking ramp in Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 23, 1996. Prior to her death she had checked into the Regency Plaza Hotel and claimed she was from Texas. She had no identification or photographs in her billfold at the time of death, and the name "Susan Watkins" that she used to check in proved to be false.
In 2022, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office partnered with Identifinders International to find Susan's real identity. Through crowdfunding, Identifinders was able to raise enough funds through the Daniel Paul Armantrout Memorial Fund to extract and sequence her remains. In April 2023, a lead was generated by Senior Forensic Genetic Genealogist Misty Gillis that the true name of the decedent was Sally Green. Her identity was confirmed in September 2023.
Sally Green was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and lost touch with her family at some point in the 1970's. Not much is known about her whereabouts up to the time of her death.
"This was an intriguing case. Even though we have identified Sally Green, there is so much more that is still unknown about her and what led to her death," said Colleen Fitzpatrick, President of Identifinders. "We are pleased that we have been able to work with the Hennepin County Medical Examiner identify her."
"Our office has been working on this case for many years, and thanks to the great people at Identifinders, we were able to make a positive identification and locate her family," said Alex Verdoorn of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.
Republished courtesy of Identifinders International