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hello everyone and welcome back to another True Crime Mysteries video thank you all
for being here today we're discussing four more cold cases where Jane or John Doe has
recently been identified let's get into it these cases are particularly heartbreaking because for
years without an identification these families never knew what had happened to their loved ones
without their names their murder investigations have been deeply
hindered and now that they have their names back their families have answers and their
investigations have a much better chance of being solved number one blue Pacheco Jane Doe
on June 3rd 1993 a woman's body was found inside of the westbound Pacheco Pass highway
near Gilroy California by a truck driver who had stopped to take a break she'd been wearing
blue jeans blue t-shirt and a blue jacket she was severely decomposed at the time of the discovery
the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department did an autopsy at the time which put the cause of death
as undetermined they could not identify the victim at the time and she was given the name
blue Pacheco Jane Doe for what she was wearing and where she was found this chain doe would
get Justice before we would ever know her name a serial killer Keith Hunter jesperson or known as
the Happy Face Killer sent a letter to the Santa Clara County district attorney in 1997 describing
how he dumped a woman on the side of the road on Route 152 but it would not be until 2006
that he would be charged with the death the blue Jayco Jane Doe there's not much information as to
why it took so long but he confessed in court in 2007 and her death was added to his life sentence
Keith Hunter jesperson is a Canadian American serial killer who killed at least eight women
in the early 90s he is nicknamed The Happy Face Killer for how he signed letters to
newspapers before he was arrested he want me to cover jesperson please comment below
in 2019 the sheriff's department ramped up its efforts to identify blue Pacheco Jane Doe
they used genetic genealogy and the DNA dough projects help to find a relative of the Jane
Doe they got hits all over North America they contacted authorities all over the
U.S and Canada to connect with potential family members in the hopes of finally identifying her
in 2021 they found a likely candidate and by April 2022 Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
announced they had successfully identified the blue Pacheco Jane Doe as Patricia Patsy skipple
Patsy was a mother and would have been 45 years old at the time for death she had gone missing
from Malala Oregon in 1992 when she left her home one morning and never returned in a press release
the Sheriff's Office stated quote although this criminal case was adjudicated detectives never
gave up as they worked diligently throughout this investigation to provide closure to the family of
Patricia skippel the Sheriff's Office also thanked the DNA dough project Oregon State Police criminal
investigation division including detective Jim O'Connor and the Calgary Police Service
including detective Ken carrier and analyst Amy Lemo for their help throughout this investigation
number two Jane Doe 1985.
on December 16 1985 two Hunters found human remains in a field 50 yards off the junction
of County Road 50 and County Road 90 in pearlsland Texas the remains were
discovered to be female believed at the time to be Hispanic and they determined the death
occurred six to 12 months before the remains were discovered there was never much released about
the death but it had been ruled a homicide and the female victim was never identified
the doe Network reports the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the Head
on October 6 the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office got a DNA report that stated they
had found the match for the 1985 Jane Doe she was identified as missing teen Alicia Lisa Marie Cooks
Alicia had been reported missing by her family in Houston Texas in the summer of 1985. this would
put her time of death closer to six months when her remains were found the cooks family had come
forward recently and given samples of DNA that were uploaded to nemes the National missing and
unidentified person system in hopes of finding any information about where she might be this
is how they managed to identify Alicia Cooks her brother Byron Parker is pictured with the
police in Brazoria County Sheriff's Office press release announcing the identification of Alicia
Cooks in this press release a letter stated quote the family was given some closure as
Alicia was identified and found after 36 years her murder investigation remains open and they
are still looking for anyone with information on this case you're asked to contact the Brazoria
County Sheriff's office or call the Brazoria County Crime Stoppers number three boy in a box
it was on February 25th 1957 that would start the oldest homicide Cold Case work by the Philadelphia
Police Department college student was out in the woods in Philadelphia Pennsylvania when
he stumbled upon a cardboard box inside the box was what he believed was a doll but upon further
inspection he realized it was the body of a small child the little boy had been severely beaten and
malnourished his blonde hair had been cut in a haphazard Manner and his fingernails were trimmed
short he was unclothed but wrapped in a small plaid blanket his age was estimated to be between
four and six expert felt he'd only been deceased for a few days and detectives felt it would be a
quick case to solve little evidence was found near the crime scene the Box itself had likely been
picked up from the area there had been a cat found nearby but there was little to identify the wearer
despite National coverage of the case no one came forward to identify the little boy he was
given the moniker a boy in a box but was later given the Kinder name of America's unknown child
for decades its cold case was reopened closed evidence retested closed detectives who would
work the original case retired and the case was passed down to multiple generations of detectives
for over six decades this went on and as time went on few believed there would ever be answers
in 2019 Philly PD petitioned the courts asking for permission to exhume his body and use genetic
genealogy to attempt to identify him that petition was approved and DNA was retrieved
from his remains since then genealogists have been working to reverse engineer his family
tree and on December 8th 2022 detectives made an announcement America's unknown child had
his name returned Joseph Augustus zarelli Joseph was nearly four years old when he died Joseph has
multiple living siblings his parents are deceased law enforcement is not releasing information about
his parents in order to protect the privacy of the living siblings but has stated that
his parents were prominently known in Delaware he had never been reported missing the investigation
for Joseph's murder remains ongoing Philadelphia PD Captain Jason Smith said in a statement to the
media quote we may not make an arrest we may never make an identification but we're going to do our
darndest to try there remains a twenty thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest
arguably Philadelphia's most notorious Cold Case we've grown up knowing about the boy Patty Braxton
and Kimberly Augustine's father was a detective with the Philadelphia Police Department Thomas
Augustine kept this case in the spotlight four years it's just bittersweet it's my dad passed
six weeks before they identified the boy and this would mean the world to him it was devastating to
us to find that you know six weeks after he passed he got a name but we're grateful for that Joseph
cirelli's identity was revealed last month at a news conference the boy lived his short life in
the area of 63rd and callow Hill streets in West Philadelphia his body was discovered in February
1957 discarded in a box in Fox Chase he had been beaten and was malnourished investigators have
since declined to say what they believe happened Bill Fleischer of the vdoc society made a point
to speak directly to surviving family members of Joseph zarelli I want to thank the families the
surviving siblings and relatives of Joseph you know who may not have known anything about
this who care and keep him in his prayers some members of Joseph's family attended
the service and spoke at length with reporters off camera telling us they mourned for Joseph
but say they never knew anything about the investigation or even the case before last
month's news conference they told me they'll be persistent in keeping in contact with police so
that perhaps they can someday have closure and know what happened number four Patricia gildaway
on September 27 2001 construction workers in Fairfax Virginia discovered the skeletal
remains near a drainage ditch the remains were collected along with clothing and Jewelry
the victim was roughly estimated to have been deceased for a long time around 20 years
and the forensic examiner that looked over the remains said that the victim was an
African-American woman who was 15 to 20 years old her cause of death was deemed a homicide with a
gunshot wound found to the back of the skull law enforcement had worked to identify the woman but
based on the description of the victim nothing came up that led to a positive identification
once all the investigative leaves dried up the case went cold in early 2022 Fairfax County
Police Department reopened the investigation and paired up with orthum labs to examine the DNA for
fresh Clues based on the DNA they discovered the victim was Caucasian and the DNA connected to a
half-sister who had supplied her DNA years prior in hopes of finding answers for her missing sister
after 47 years Patricia Agnes gildaway's murder was one step closer to solving
Patricia went missing in 1975 and was 17 when she went missing her family originally
from France came to the U.S in 1958 the family had moved to Fairfax Virginia in the early 70s
her sister veronique duperly told law enforcement more about her sister when she last Saw Patricia
on February 8 1975 she'd been covered in bruises Patricia was dating a man who was in his 30s who
veronique had always believed had something to do with Patricia's death she described Patricia
as a free spirit Who as a teenager didn't really want to live by anyone's rules she said Patricia
was sweet and would never hurt anyone but had recently gotten involved with a rougher group
of friends law enforcement has not released the name of Patricia's boyfriend but has stated they
will be looking to speak with him in regard to their relationship and her disappearance they now
believe that Patricia had been murdered close to the day that she had been reported missing
by her family her murder investigation remains ongoing when I gave them my DNA they sent it to
the lab while they were sitting here in my living room and they had a hundred percent DNA match
within 15 minutes veronique duperly describes the moment last month when Fairfax County detectives
told her new DNA technology from a company called othram had linked her ancestry.com results to the
unidentified woman 1975 came flooding back shooby the nickname everyone used for her younger sister
Patricia gildawi had been found veronique says shuby was dating an older man who loaned her a
car a white Cadillac Eldorado with red interior similar to this one that her younger sister was
driving the last time she saw her that was also the day she noticed the bruises Bruce's on her
upper arms her shoulders and the back of her legs you know and I said well why are you so black and
blue you know and she said well I felt I follow a lot and I said no you don't Fairfax County Police
say they are anxious to talk to shuby's boyfriend they don't know his name only that he was in
his 30s at the time and worked at a now closed upholstery store near Church Street and Lawyers
Road in Vienna we're moving fast and furious on this case we know the Killer is still out there
police believe that there are still people alive people who may be living in this area who have
information about the murder of shooby gildaoi in McLean Jackie Benson news 4. well that's it for
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