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because i'm bad at keeping a regular schedule today we are discussing three unidentified does
who have recently been identified let's get into it number one brad doe on october 18 1983
a middle-aged couple were out gathering mushrooms in lake village indiana when they came across
an abandoned farm there they discovered shallow graves that contained the bodies of four deceased
young men who had been drugged and stabbed two of the men were quickly identified as michael bauer
and john bartlett but the identities of the other two men remained a mystery they soon became known
as brad doe and adam doe or the newton county john does adam doe was a young black man between
15 and 18 years old he had died sometime between 1982 and 1983 and still has yet to be identified
brad doe was described as a caucasian male between 17 and 23 years old who died between the years of
1981 and 1983 while it would take years for brad doe to be identified it didn't take as long to
identify his murderer as serial killer larry eiler also known as the highway killer or the interstate
killer eiler was already in police custody as a suspect in a series of murders when brad doe's
body was discovered eiler died in prison in 1994 from aids-related complications while on death row
for the murder of fifteen-year-old danny bridges in a post-humous confession it was revealed that
eiler murdered at least 21 young men years passed without any successful leads on brad
doe's identity then in 2019 the newton county coroner's office and rebecca goddard the newton
county chief deputy prosecutor reached out to the non-profit dna doe project for assistance they
work with the university of north texas center for human identification to obtain a dna extraction
from the unidentified remains they then ran a family reference samples comparison on the dna
which compares the dna against dna samples provided by the family members of missing people
in january of 2021 brad doe's dna sample was sent off to hudson alpha discovery for more
genome sequencing and in march of 2021 saber investigations began their bioinformatics work
they developed a dna profile to upload to jed match a website used for genetic genealogy
research and found a potential match to confirm the match investigators connected with brad doe's
possible relatives who voluntarily submitted their dna samples to the database it was a 99.59 match
after over 37 years the newton county coroner's office was finally able to identify brad doe
by his true name john ingram brandenburg jr john often called johnny by his mother went
missing from chicago illinois in 1983 and was 19 years old at the time of his death
the last time his family saw him he was leaving their home to visit a friend
rebecca goddard the newton county chief deputy prosecutor involved in the case said
while my heart breaks for this family i'm thankful that they finally have
some of the answers they've waited so long for and i hope this brings them peace
number two christy crystal creek doe in early september 1985 a bear hunter in missoula county
montana came across the skeletal remains of a woman when police arrived on the scene they
couldn't find any clothing or personal items in the area that could help identify her but they
determined that she had died from two gunshot wounds and had been deceased for about a year
the unidentified woman was then referred to as the christie crystal creek due to the
crime scene's close proximity to crystal creek throughout the years the case was investigated
by the missoula county sheriff's office and armchair detectives alike drawing attention due
to its possible connection to serial killer wayne nance who operated in the area during that time
the police spent years working with a forensic anthropologist and a forensic ontologist to
solve the case they also searched through missing person databases in the u.s and canada but they
could never identify her then in early 2001 the missoula county sheriff's office received
financial assistance from the montana department of justice's sexual assault kit initiative they
then joined together with ortham labs to conduct a forensic genealogy investigation into the remains
which determined that they belonged to someone from the lucas family tree in spokane washington
after several interviews they confirmed their identification by dna testing several of the
lucas family members finally they were able to positively identify christie crystal creek doe
as 23 year old jeanette lee lucas jeannette was a mother from spokane washington she had been
missing for years and was last seen in idaho in the summer of 1983. her son who was five years
old at the time of his mother's disappearance had dedicated much of his adult life to finding her
in a news release in may 2021 detective captain dave conway with the missoula county sheriff's
office said we cannot rest on our success of having finally identified jeannette
we must now seek justice for jeanette our focus has changed from who is christy crystal creek to
what happened to jeanette lucas detective marta timmons says jeannette could have been a victim
of serial killer wayne nance as she was found in an area he often hung out in nance was known as
the missoula mauler during the 1970s and 80s he is believed to have killed six people though he was
never convicted of his crimes as he was killed in 1986 after attacking a couple in their home
he was shot during the attack and died in the hospital on september 4th 1986. jeanette's remains
were found near other jane does debbie dear creek who was later identified as sixteen-year-old
marcellus sherry bachman and betty beavertail later identified as fifteen-year-old devona nelson
both were victims of nance police are currently investigating jeannette's death while she was
found in montana she did not live there and there were no records of her visiting there
they have shared a picture of jeanette with the public in
hopes that someone may have seen or known her in the summer of 1983-1984
they are investigating all new information as well as evidence and reports from nancy's case files
to confirm if there's a link to jennet's murder jeannette's family released a
statement of her case saying not only was she a mother but she was also a daughter
a sister an aunt a friend and now a grandmother to four beautiful children we are grateful to
finally be able to bring her home to us as well as bring jeanette the peace and rest she so deserves
number three the kern county jane doe the kern county jane doe was found on july 15
1980 in a kern county almond orchard just north of bakersfield california
police determined that she had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death the day prior in
a description of the victim police said that she was either hispanic or native american
with shoulder length brown hair brown eyes and colored tattoos which were uncommon for
women at the time the current county sheriff's office suspected that their jane doe might have
been picked up at a nearby bar in lemoore called ruby's which was 75 miles from where she was found
police began investigating the jane doe case immediately collecting her fingerprints and
looking into who she could be but since they couldn't find any information on her and never
received an inquiry connected to her her case went cold for decades she was the victim of a homicide
she really looked like somebody someone would miss regardless of whether or not you know the identity
of the victims they were still victims everybody deserves to have their name returned to them
it was like boom boom boom it was like a domino i think then in 2013 dna from underneath kern county
jane's fingernails were matched to serial killer wilson shaoist who is already serving a life
sentence in prison for robbery kidnapping and rape showers was also matched to a ventura county jane
doe who was found in a high school parking lot in thousand oaks california within a few days of the
kern county jane doe in 2018 shaus was convicted of the two murders and sentenced to life in prison
senior deputy district attorney john barrack said it never really mattered to me that we didn't know
their identity what we could prove absolutely is that they were people and i think this is just
another example of why regardless of whether or not you know the identity of the victims
they were still victims victims of a horrible crime and they died in a horrible way
all alone and no one knew and those investigators never gave up ventura county then reached out to
the current county and suggested looking for a genealogy match for their jane doe
the kern county sheriff's coroner division chief don ratliff contacted the dna doe
project for assistance with the case requesting genetic genealogy research to identify the woman
genealogy work officially began in may of 2019 and although the kern county jane doe's dna had broken
down over the years they were able to find usable dna data and upload the dna profile to gedmatch
through their research they determined that jane doe was a descendant of the indigenous
first nations people of canada likely from the cree nation in alberta manitoba or saskatchewan
unfortunately first nations people are very underrepresented in most dna databases making
it even more difficult for missing people within their community to be identified to help in their
research a composite photo of the kern county jane doe and details on our cree nation origins were
shared as part of a facebook campaign by the dna doe project a family member recognized the photo
and after reading about her likely origins as a first nations people they knew exactly who it was
the woman violet suse knew it was her aunt shirley ann suse she had been searching for her for nearly
40 years violet said that her aunt was very meticulous and was a creature of habit she
would send them christmas and birthday cards every year until 1980 when they suddenly stopped
her grandmother told her that something must have happened and that they had to go and look for her
they searched hospitals bars parks and graveyards over several years but found nothing when violet's
mother fell ill she was ready to take a break from looking for her aunt shirley but then just
a few days later she saw the composite photo on facebook she then connected with the dna dough
project and they were able to use her dna and genetic genealogy to confirm a match violet had
promised shirley's biological mother that she keep looking for shirley and bring her home and she did
on april 23 2021 during the crimes victims rights week the kern county sheriff's coroner and the dna
doe project publicly announced they'd identified the kern county jane doe as shirley anne suse
according to the dna dough project shirley was one of the first indigenous does to be identified
using genetic genealogy on the success of the case chief coroner ratliff said this is not
about solving crime although it may be a byproduct this was about finding a family who had missed her
but did not know where to look for now the search for ventura county's jane doe identity continues
according to the information given to law enforcement the ventura county jane doe
was hitchhiking near the college of the sequoias and was abducted in visalia california the dna
doe project and law enforcement are hopeful that they'll soon be able to give her back her name
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