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I live in the next town over and we never hear about this story. I find that very odd!
According to what I'm seeing isotopes were inconclusive, supposedly the Smithsonian are still working on it.
As far as I know isotopes are very stable and don't deteriorate, unlike DNA which can, so I wonder what "inconclusive" means. Presumably just that the profile they obtained didn't narrow things down very much.
Earlier in October, the body was exhumed and sent to Milwaukee where a forensic anthropologist has joined the case.
“Through the study of her bones, we can tell where she was born and was raised. We’re hoping based on that geographically where she is from, and her age group, we might be able to identify her,” said Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmeling.
A press conference two weeks ago also generated new leads.
“I’m not at liberty to discuss what that information is or where we are at with it, but I can tell you the last press conference did produce some tips,” said Schmeling.
Authorities will continue to work on the case in the hopes of providing closure to the woman’s unknown loved ones.
Body of Jane Doe exhumed, due for new analysis - October 16, 2013
RACINE CO. (WITI) — The body of an unidentified homicide victim discovered on the edge of a cornfield along 92nd St. in Racine County back in July 1999 was exhumed on Wednesday, October 16th. She was transported to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office for analysis.
The Sheriff’s Office has been consulting with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, NCMEC & NamUs about exhuming her body. Scientific testing technology has advanced a lot since they found her. They feel they could get answers about her life in the weeks, months & years before she was murdered due to the new technology as well as helping to figure out who murdered her.
My link in post #418 doesn't work; here is the new URL -
Body of Jane Doe exhumed, due for new analysis
Could she finally be named? Police confident they can identify Jane Doe murdered 14 years ago using new technology - By Anna Edwards - PUBLISHED: 03:36 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 03:37 EST, 17 October 2013
Body of murdered Jane Doe, who was found 1999, has been exhumed
Technology could tell authorities about her life in years leading to her death
Racine Jane Doe investigation continues with new leads
Posted on: 9:29 pm, October 25, 2013, by Ben Handelman, updated on: 10:25pm, October 25, 2013
Earlier in October, the body was exhumed and sent to Milwaukee where a forensic anthropologist has joined the case.
“Through the study of her bones, we can tell where she was born and was raised. We’re hoping based on that geographically where she is from, and her age group, we might be able to identify her,” said Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmeling.
A press conference two weeks ago also generated new leads.
“I’m not at liberty to discuss what that information is or where we are at with it, but I can tell you the last press conference did produce some tips,” said Schmeling.
Authorities will continue to work on the case in the hopes of providing closure to the woman’s unknown loved ones.
There is no way the Smithsonian had inconclusive results.
It depends on what is meant by inconclusive perhaps. I agree that they would have obtained a result, but it might not have told them as much as they expected. Some of the data might also have conflicted.
I notice that RCJD was 5' 8" which is several inches above average height for a US woman. This suggests to me that one of both of her parents must have been fairly tall, and that she was not malnourished for an extended period of time. I know her teeth weren't in particularly good condition but overall she seems to have been in good physical shape until fairly recently before her death. Which rather adds to the mystery of who she was and how she came to end up as she did.
I'm very familiar with the Smithsonian's isotope testing. I've never seen a case where they had inconclusive results. Every case that I know about where Smithsonian did isotope testing they had results. I don't understand how this case is the only one that was inconclusive. I think they don't want to release it because they're using it to try to find her ID on their own 1st.
I absolutely love those that think out side the box! That is a plausible theory, and one worth searching on to.
OK, thanks. It does sound as though they want to sit on the results for reasons of their own. Perhaps it opens up a very specific line of enquiry and they don't want to tip the wrong person off. I'd be surprised if the person(s) responsible for her death don't keep an eye on developments to some extent or other.
Reilly said she believes the identity of the woman found in Raymond may have been so difficult to establish because she may not even be from this country.
She came to this realization in an odd and unexpected way.
While searching for caregivers for her mother, who became ill five years ago, Reilly found a hospice agency in Illinois that hired and trained women from the Ukraine and Eastern Bloc countries to work in people's homes.
Reilly hired a Ukranian woman to care for her mother, and while working the case of the woman in Raymond, she began thinking seriously about a connection.
''There are over 1,000 women from the Ukraine and the surrounding countries living and working through these agencies in the northern Illinois area,'' she said.
Based on the description of the woman found in Illinois, Reilly believes she, too, could be from outside the United States.
Thank you. The subject of private church-run Christian residential facilities for wayward teenagers was raised on the BG thread. That also seems to me to be a very useful line of enquiry.
I just wish we had some recent information from LE on RCJD. I suspect there's quite a bit going on behind the scenes and one day they'll just announce her identity.
According to what I'm seeing isotopes were inconclusive, supposedly the Smithsonian are still working on it. I could have sworn LE decided not to release that information but I'm not finding what I'm looking for. I know it was posted in the thread, probably by me but I don't have time to search right now. I want to ask but I want to make sure I read they weren't releasing it 1st.
Jane Doe Racine County, Wisconsin posted August 1 ·
Isotope testing continuing at The Smithsonian
Racine County Jane Doe case remains unsolved - By Eric Ross - 12:36 PM, Aug 1, 2016 - 5:01 PM, Aug 1, 2016
Investigator Hintz hopes the composite sketch of the girl and a description of her clothing will help crack this case....
So far, nobody has come forward to claim the woman, who investigators believe was in her late teens or early 20s when she was tortured and killed.
She was burnt and beaten, Hintz said. In the last few days of her life it escalated substantially.
DNA samples were collected, and in 2013, her body was exhumed for isotope testing.
Mystery of Racine County Jane Doe Continues - Posted By: Heather Asiyanbi November 18, 2015
Investigators hoping advanced forensic testing would help lead them to the identity of the young woman found in a Raymond cornfield in 1999 continue to work her case despite the testing proving inconclusive...
Two years ago, Jane Doe was exhumed for isotope testing, a process by which bone tissue is removed from a body to try and determine where she was from or at least had been in the months leading up to her death.
In a nutshell, the makeup of the earth gases, minerals, chemical compounds varies greatly from region to region. The foods we eat both animal and vegetable can be a map to where weve been because the foods absorb the unique makeup of the earth where they are, so when we eat those foods, were also absorbing those gases, minerals and chemical compounds.
Certain isotopes can be found in teeth and bones even after death, so investigators were hoping that Jane Does isotopes would give them a key to eventually lead to her identity, but the tests were inconclusive. Still, Racine County Sheriffs Investigator Tracy Hintz, lead detective on Janes case, continues to follow leads and believes that as science continues to evolve, answers about Janes identity and her killer(s) will become clear.
Sheriff On Catching Jane Does Killer: Its Only A Matter Of Time -
Posted By: Denise Lockwood July 21, 2015
With law enforcement officials from several jurisdictions surrounding her casket, the woman theyve come to know as Jane Doe was buried at noon Tuesday, July 21 at Holy Family Cemetery in Caledonia after her body had been exhumed in October 2013 to gather more DNA evidence. Investigators with the Racine County Sheriffs Department know she wasnt a girl as they originally thought, and that she was likely between the ages of 18 to 25-years-old when she died.
I found this MP from Greece: http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/1116dfgrc.html
I would have passed on it if it weren't for the fact that the contact is the RCMP (Ottawa, ON). Wonder what that is about. Is that normal?
I figured it was worth taking a look, anyway.
I had suggested her to the DOE network years ago and they said no. I always thought she was a good potential match.
I had suggested her to the DOE network years ago and they said no. I always thought she was a good potential match.
I know that the Racine County Sheriff has Lurline Bergeron's name on their list, but I don't know if she has been positively ruled out.