Missing Person Commentary

By: Shane Lambert I spent a couple hours today looking at a John 'Clinton' Doe case , an individual in his teens or early 20s, that was found by hunters in southern Wisconsin. I started as I often do, by simply cross referencing the John Doe's time of death (in this case estimated) with missing-people reports. I found a photo of a missing person whose age was a couple years out of range, but one who I felt resembled the decedent. At the end of everything, the conclusion is that Namus Missing Person #3229, Scott William Crain, is not Namus Unidentified Person #4757. However, getting to that conclusion was a little harder than it had to be I think. The first thing I do when I subjectively associate a Missing Person with an Unidentified Decedent is what I think everyone should do: look at the ruled-out individuals listed on the opening page of the Unidentified Decedent at Namus. I did that and I didn't see Scott William Crain's name as per the chart below. If...

By: Shane Lambert July 12th, 2016 Update:  "Shane ….quick review of dentals proves it isn’t our guy.  Our UP has tooth 32, this MP does not. Thanks for being so interested in the case, though.  We do appreciate it.  Marika Marika A Morris, D-ABMDI Medicolegal Death Investigator/Technician Washoe County Medical Examiner/Coroner's Office" At least I got him added as a rule out. Original article: I was working a few nights ago on Namus unidentified person #7582 . He is an unknown individual whose remains were found in 1992 in Nevada with the following physical description with DoeNetwork.com : "Estimated Age: 35-50 years old Race: White, of European descent Gender: Male Height: 6'0" to 6'2" Weight: Unknown Hair Color: Reddish brown Eye Color: Unknown Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown." There are a lot of clues as to who he is but, as of July 10th, 2016, he has not been identified. However,...

Update: This one was solved in the summer of 2020. Her name was Elizabeth Roberts. Link good as of October 2020: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8463099/Girl-murdered-Washington-identified-43-years-later-DNA-taken-hair.html The rule-out candidate that I submitted was ruled out. Update from Coroner's office on March 9th, 2017:  " Hi Shane, New South Wales PD’s forensic odontologist performed a dental comparison between our Jane Doe and Narelle Cox and ruled out a match based on dental records. I hope you find your Narelle and we figure out who our Jane is!  Thank you again, Jane" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ By: Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on WebSleuths) She was found dead on August 14th, 1977 - a couple of days before Elvis died - in Snohomish County, Washington. Her murderer was subsequently convicted, but he could not identify her. Her name has remained a mystery for what is almost forty years now....