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A "wrap-up" article by Ron Fonger, Flint Journal (MI) about how the final ID was made... Thanks again to everyone out there!
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/01/police_news_three_freckles_hel.html#incart_river
Interviewed today by Jim Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle...article to run next week down there. Thanks again, Websleuths!
HOUSTON Three freckles in a childhood photo were used to identify a Michigan woman who went missing in 1979 and was killed a few months later in a hit-and-run crash in Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday.
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It makes me feel like my job is worthwhile, and Ive really been able to contribute to a familys well-being, Derrick said.
The Houston Chronicle article by Jim Pinkerton apparently ran in Saturday's paper. I don't have a subscription so haven't read the entire article yet, but here's a link for those who do... Jim said he would mail me the paper.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/res...sort=date&query=Paulette+Jaster&search=Search
By 2014, online tools and databases were now available to aid in the search.
Sperlich and the other Jaster siblings began searching missing persons websites, including one called Websleuths.
That site led them to a woman Sperlich called Houston Mom, which was just a web persona for Debbie Saunders, a trained volunteer searcher who was expert at finding missing persons. Saunders had uncovered a potentially strong lead for the Jasters to follow, one that eventually led them to their missing sister.
On Jan. 30, 2014 at 4 p.m., the Jaster family finally found Paulette.