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Unidentified Person Bridgeport Connecticut - Identified!

3/22/2020

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Unidentified Missing Person Connecticut
Un-Official Facial Reconstruction
Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP57617
Male, Black / African American

Date Body Found May 15, 2019
Location Found Bridgeport, Connecticut
Estimated Age Range 65-75 Years

Height 5' 9"(69 inches) , Measured
Weight 210 lbs, Measured

​Circumstances of Recovery:
Found down on sidewalk located at Wood Ave and Grove Street in Bridgeport in cardiac arrest.

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/57617/details?nav
missing person Bridgeport Connecticut US ARMY veteran  vietnam
He was identified as Stacy Gause aged 71 of Bridegport Conneticut. 

​https://www.ctinsider.com/news/coronavirus/ctpost/article/They-gave-him-a-number-his-name-was-Stacy-Gause-15288882.php
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USAF Sheepdog John Doe - Identified!

9/3/2018

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USAF Sheepdog John Doe Unidentified person
Male
Date Found April 7, 2018
Location Found Yuba City California
Estimated Age Range 30 to 40 Years

Note: Beale Air Force Base is about 10 miles from where this man was found in the Feather River.
​Circumstances:

​"The Sutter County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a body that was recovered from the Feather River about three weeks ago. The body was found by a boater around 4:30 p.m. directly under the 10th Street Bridge between Marysville and Yuba City.

The man’s cause of death is pending on toxicology results. There is no evidence of foul play.

The man is described as 5 foot 6, 125 pounds, with dark hair, and multiple tattoos.

Anyone with any information on the identification of this man, you are asked to call the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office (530) 822-7307." https://www.suttersheriff.org/forms/crimetip.aspx​

​http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Sutter-County-Sheriff-Seeking-help-in-Identifying-body-Found-in-Feather-River--481269621.html
Man suspected of beheading Washington woman found dead in California
POSTED 2:50 PM, APRIL 16, 2019, BY Q13 NEWS STAFF, UPDATED AT 03:16PM, APRIL 16, 2019

YUBA CITY, Calif. — A man suspected of using a samurai sword to kill his girlfriend in last year in Washington state was found dead in northern California.
According to the Island County Sheriff’s Office, a man’s body was pulled from the Feather River in Yuba City, California on April 7, 2018.
The body was classified as a “John Doe” until November when investigators shared photos of the man’s tattoos in hopes of identifying him.
Investigators with the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office received tips and this month were able to use DNA to positively identify the man as Jacob Gonzales.
Police in early March of 2018 found the body of 26-year-old Katherine Cunningham on an undeveloped piece of land near a gun- and ammo-filled bunker on Camano Island, Washington.

Authorities said a car belonging to Cunningham was found in northern California, also in early March. But police were not able to find him.
Island County Prosecutor Gregory Banks said a samurai sword was found in the vehicleand sent for testing at a lab.
“Those lab results indicate that Ms. Cunningham’s blood was on the blade of the sword, and Mr. Gonzales’ DNA was on the hilt,” he said.
Authorities had been seeking Gonzales since March on a warrant. He was previously charged with five counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of motor vehicle theft.
According to court documents, Cunningham likely died in mid-February. Authorities said she might have been staying in a trailer on the property. Her body was found by a couple looking to buy the property.
https://q13fox.com/2019/04/16/man-suspected-of-beheading-washington-woman-found-dead-in-california/
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Daniel Wilber Glassford - Identified!

7/31/2018

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Daniel Wilber Glassford missing veteran
Male, White / Caucasian
Date Found January 13, 1988
Location Found North Miami, Florida
Estimated Age Range 60-70 Years
Circumstance Notes:
A wallet was found on him with the name Daniel Wilber Glassford on a SS card 296-24-2736 military papers were found as well. DOB 10/24/1927.

​His identification could not be confirmed because military info. was unable to be verified due to a fire at the warehouse which burned military records.

Circumstances of Recovery: Found by construction employees inside one of the sewer pipes on newspapers that he had used for a bed.

​https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6080/details
The National Archives online appears to have his service information available now. 
Daniel Wilbur Glassford Ohio WW2 veteran
Ancestry has census info that puts him in Ohio in 1940. 
Daniel Wilbur Glassford Ohio WW2 veteran
Thank you to the Local History & Genealogy Center of Warren-Trumbull County Public Library for looking at this information and sending me what they found for Daniel Wilber Glassford.
They found: the city directory that lists him as being in the Army, his father's obituary that lists him as being in Miami Florida (and a sister in Indiana), and his high school yearbook photo.
Daniel Wilber Glassford missing veteran
Daniel Wilber Glassford missing veteran
Daniel Wilber Glassford missing veteran
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Unidentified Person North Carolina - Identified!

3/24/2018

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https://www.witn.com/content/news/Woman-identified-in-23-year-old-cold-case-in-Jacksonville-506379341.html?jwsource=cl

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Police have identified a body found more than 23 years ago as that of a missing New York woman.

Stacey Boothe-Wilson was a former Marine who was discharged by the Marine Corps in August of 1994, separated from her husband and moved back to Greenburgh, New York with her three children.

She was reported missing in October 1994 and was 33 years old at the time.

The body was found in December of 1995 in the woods adjacent to Courts Plus on Marine Boulevard by a surveyor.

Chief Mike Yaniero says in January a possible DNA match came back from a national database for missing persons. The medical examiner then confirmed the match.

There is no information on how Boothe-Wilson died, but authorities do not believe it was accidental because of where she was found.

“Perhaps there is someone in the Jacksonville or the military community that knew Stacey Boothe-Wilson or have some information about her ties to Jacksonville. Even the smallest bit of information may be of value to the detectives working on this case.” said Yaniero.
https://www.witn.com/content/news/Woman-identified-in-23-year-old-cold-case-in-Jacksonville-506379341.html
Jacksonville NC Jane Doe Unidentified Missing Person
25 to 40 year old White Female

Date found December 06, 1995
Onslow County, North Carolina

Location Found: 104 N. Marine Blvd.
Jacksonville, North Carolina

Circumstances
Skeletal remains found by surveyors in a wooded area.

Probable year of death 1994 to 1995
Estimated postmortem interval 1 Year
​Clothing with body:
​Fragments of black pair of "Lee" jeans; remnants of black panties; fragments of yellow short-sleeved shirt labeled "Xtrovert" w/padded shoulders; portions of a ribbed-top shirt, probably dull red w/padded shoulders w/label "No speed limit OSC".

Additional Personal Items includes Two New York Transit Authority tokens.
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/2824
​Doe Network Case Link:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/319ufnc.html
Jacksonville NC Jane Doe Unidentified Missing Person
Jacksonville NC Jane Doe Unidentified Missing Person
​By LINDELL KAY - Daily News Staff
Posted Dec 17, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Dec 17, 2012 at 1:42 PM
 
The possible arrest of a suspect in a cold case homicide investigation may not bring Jacksonville police any closer to knowing the victim’s identity.

The possible arrest of a suspect in a cold case homicide investigation may not bring Jacksonville police any closer to knowing the victim’s identity.

No one knows the real name of Jane Doe 95-7000, whose skeleton was found in the woods on Marine Boulevard in 1995. An investigation has led police to a suspect serving a life sentence in another murder, but detectives don’t believe he knew the woman he supposedly killed, authorities have confirmed.

Investigators estimate the woman’s age to be between 32 and 38. She was around 5-foot, 6-inches tall.

The woman had expensive and extensive dental work. Her 19th tooth had a root canal and had been cut for a crown, which was missing. She had protruding teeth, according to her autopsy report.

Police named the skeleton Jane Doe in case number 95-7000. Her case is the Jacksonville Police Department’s only open investigation of an unidentified body.

The skeletal remains have been DNA mapped at North Texas State University. A composite sketch of what forensic specialists believe the woman’s face looked like was posted to America’s Most Wanted website in 2008.

Detectives determined subway tokens found near the skeleton were issued by the New York Transit Authority. Five years ago, police requested the State of New York include the sketch of Jane Doe 95-7000 in its tax booklets.

“Every taxpayer in New York got a chance to see her face,” now-retired JPD Capt. Gary Dixon previously told The Daily News.


The police encourage anyone with information about the identity of the woman to contact the Police Department or Crime Stoppers, said Mike Yaniero, director of Public Safety for the City of Jacksonville.

“Community involvement is the key to solving most crime, and we are fortunate to have a good relationship with our community,” he said. “We are committed to resolving every one of our cold cases.”

Crime Stoppers of Onslow County is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to a positive identification of Jane Doe 95-7000 or an arrest if her death is ruled a homicide. Anyone with information can contact the Jacksonville Police Department at 910-455-4000 or Crime Stoppers at 910-938-3273. Callers do not have to reveal their identities.

Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or lindell.kay@jdnews.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.

​http://www.jdnews.com/20121217/skeleton-remains-unidentified/312179905
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Unidentified Person Maryland Air Force/Army - Identified!

9/14/2017

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Unidentified Person Maryland Air Force/Army
40 to 49 year old Black/African American Female

Date found March 25, 2000 Prince George's County, Maryland  

Subject found in a body of water in a wooded area near Andrews Air Force Base. Silk boxer shorts: Artex brand, size small (28-30), "U.S. Army Ft. Sam Houston"
​https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/5882
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Unidentified Person New York Marine Corps - Identified!

9/13/2017

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Harlem Marine John Doe Identified
Harlem Marine John Doe

This is the original Veteran Doe case. His case started this whole project and he was identified Dec. 2017 or Jan. 2018.

​RIP Leroy

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Unidentified Person Colorado - Missing Canadian? Identified!

9/13/2017

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Unidentified Person Colorado
Rebecca "Becky" Ann Redecker was a young woman found murdered in a campsite in 1993. While she remained unidentified, she was known as by the nickname "Rainbow Falls Jane Doe".

She was identified in August 2020.

​https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Becky_Redecker
13 to 20 year old White Female

Date found June 15, 1993 Douglas County, Colorado

The victim's body was found within days of a nearby convention of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club that met June 12-13, at the Horse Creek campground south of Deckers. Investigators said they have not been able to determine if the victim had any association to that group. 

​https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/2703
Isotope testing suggests she is from Alaska or the following areas in Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and less likely eastern Quebec.
Unsolved: Woman's identity still a mystery decades after body found near campsite
The woman's identity remains a mystery nearly 25 years after her body was found near a campsite north of Colorado Springs.


https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/unsolved-womans-identity-still-a-mystery-decades-after-body-found-near-campsite/73-548015697

Author: Corey Rose
Published: 10:52 AM MDT May 2, 2018
Updated: 8:11 AM MDT May 8, 2018
Editor's note: 9NEWS is looking at Colorado cold cases and where these unsolved murders stand today this week at 6 a.m. on Ch. 9.

DOUGLAS COUNTY - A young woman’s body was found in an unmarked campsite in Rainbow Falls, northwest of Colorado Springs on June 15, 1993.

She had injuries to her head and was half-naked wearing only a Harley Davidson T-shirt and some jewelry. She had no belongings or identification.

The shirt Jane Doe was wearing when her body was found in June of 1993.
“I think as an investigator you never know you’re going to have a Jane Doe right off the bat. You find a body, you believe you’re going to find out in one or two days who that person is," said Douglas County Undersheriff Holly Nicholson Kluth. "So I never imagined that after 25 years we would still not know who she is.”


It’s not for lack for trying. This cold case has been looked at numerous times over the years.

“I think we reopened it in ‘98, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012,” Nicholson-Kluth said.

Jane Doe was buried in Cedar Hills Cemetery in Castle Rock in what’s called a "paupers grave," a grave paid for at public expense. The only marker is a small plaque with "Jane Doe" on it.

The Douglas County Coroner's Office in 2012 decided to exhume her remains to get more DNA.

Sean Curtis is the Superintendent at Cedar Hills Cemetery. He was there the day they exhumed her remains.

“I helped in the process of getting her out of the ground, and so it was very intense and difficult,” Curtis said.

Jane Doe’s femur was sent to the Smithsonian for isotope testing. The results may be one reason no one has come forward to identify the young woman.

“I started my employment in 1999, and I ran the fingerprints through our AFIS System, which is the Automated Fingerprint Identification System for the state of Colorado, and didn’t get a hit," said Andi Smith, crime scene investigator with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. "So what I did was I wrote a letter to every AFIS in every state in the United States except for Hawaii and Alaska."

The results of the isotope test showed Jane Doe was very likely from Alaska or Canada. Detectives are now working to send her DNA and fingerprints to both places.

Some other technology detectives have used over the years to identify Jane Doe are clay composites. Two artists, several years apart, used her skull to come up with clay renderings of what they believe she looked like. Investigators believe she was somewhere between 13 and 20 years old when she died. Both images were released to the public, but no tips panned out.

Now the case rests in the hands of Cold Case Detective Jason Cirbo.

“In September, I have a meeting set up in Virginia to meet with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, I believe the FBI will be there as well, and we are going to round table this case and we're going to see what we can do to further this case to identify her and her cause of death and if anyone was involved to hopefully prosecute them,” Cirbo said.

In addition, Douglas County has recently obtained a machine called the M-VAC. It works like an upholstery cleaner, but with technology that can get the smallest particles out of evidence.

Smith said she plans to use that soon to extract any DNA evidence that may exist on the shirt. It could not only identify her, but her killer if he or she was in contact with the shirt. They're hopeful they can still find viable DNA, even after all these years.

If you know anything about this case or were in the area of Rainbow Falls Campground in June 1993, call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 303-660-7500.
​https://www.douglas.co.us/coroner/unidentified-bodies/

June 15, 1993, a teenage girl was discovered in southwest Douglas County near the Rainbow Falls Campground.
She was found wearing only a black Harley-Davidson T-shirt and a few pieces of jewelry. She appears to be between 16 and 19 years old and weighed approximately 140 pounds.  Authorities believe that she died after being struck on the head and that she may have been a runaway.  In 2003 a facial reconstruction of her skull was completed. The following photographs depict the reconstruction and include photos of the tee-shirt and jewelry she was found wearing.
Jane Doe is the only individual who died in Douglas County and remains unidentified, according to available records.  The Douglas County Coroner’s Office is committed to identifying her and has undertaken steps to finally reunite her with her family.
Her remains were exhumed from her grave in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Castle Rock, Colorado on October 12, 2012.  Bone samples have been sent to the University of North Texas in order to obtain more complete DNA analysis.
Step 2 involved sending Jane Doe’s skull to Samantha Steinberg, a phenomenal forensic artist at the Miami-Dade Police Department.  Samantha has developed these forensic drawings of what Jane Doe looked like in 1993.  Do you recognize her?
The Douglas County Coroner’s Office will continue on its quest to identify Jane Doe – if you recognize this drawing or have any information that would help identify Jane Doe, please contact the Douglas County Coroner’s Office at 303-814-7150 or at coroner@douglas.co.us
New Clue Released About Douglas County’s ‘Jane Doe’ – CBS 4 News

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