This story should give us hope that Jock& Jane Doe CAN BEEN IDENTIFIED AND SENT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. Alot of similarities with the cases
so i wonder have Jock & jane does fingerprints been run through AFIS since this is how this case from 1979 has been solved this year. Storys like these really give me hope.....
1) they were around the same period the 70's
2) Locals buried him as an unidentified
3) alot of physical evidence was missing (like Jocks Teeth)
4) He was exhumed in 2000 for DNA testing
The victim, found Nov. 12, 1979, was slightly built with long blond hair and blue or gray eyes.
Police said there was no sign of sexual assault.
He had been dead less than a day and was trussed up in a series of knots Fingerprints were taken, but in the 1970s, identification by computer cross-referencing was a still-new science and fingerprint databases were far from complete.
"I assume they sent the fingerprints out, but they were never connected to anyone," Stewart said.
Locals took up a collection to have the body buried in Pine Hill Cemetery. The tombstone read, "Unidentified Homicide Victim."
As Stewart began his investigation, he found much of the physical evidence was missing. Early investigators had not taken dental impressions, and DNA identification was not in use in 1979.
On July 31, 2000, the remains of the nameless victim were exhumed. By then, forensic investigation and computer search capabilities had blossomed, and Stewart was hopeful of getting a lead.
"I kind of thought from the beginning that the chances of me finding the party responsible was going to be limited," Stewart said. "But I thought maybe I can identify him."
DNA testing provided no revelations, but in June, acting on a colleague's suggestion, Stewart submitted the body's fingerprints through the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, a more efficient system for matching prints than was available in 1979.
The search produced a match from an arrest in Baytown, Texas, in 1979. Daniel Wayne Dewey had been arrested for a misdemeanor -- riding a motorcycle without a helmet or an operator's license.
"It was a relief at first," Dewey said. "Then I found out how he died and it became both relief and sadness. I can't get the way he was tied up out of my mind. The lonely way he died."
Over the years, Stewart's relationship with the dead boy had deepened.
"I felt like I had gotten to know him during the time I was trying to identify him," Stewart said. "It was moving to see him finally returned to them. It was like sending him home."
The family claimed the body and held a memorial service June 23.
full story here
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/07/trooper.cold.case.ap/
another link
http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/ap/20080807/foto/pot-trooper-cold-case-9399f-3881950b7ab50.html
in your 'merely suggesting'...I made the point that we all share photos and the credit issue was not needed...JMO, FWIW....can we move on now??
