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This was not a CODIS hit. It was a NCIC hit on dentals. Earlier this year, the detective in charge of Kerry's case looked in the casefile and realized that the Date of Last contact was a year off. It had her DLC as December 79, when in fact she was LKA in December 78.
When he changed the DLC in NCIC, the system immediately kicked out a hit on dentals.
One major weakness in the NCIC system is it will not generate a dental hit if the DLC is later than the Date of Discovery. So if there is a DLC error, as there was here, the NCIC system will not run a dental comparison.
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Edit to add correction: The hit wasn't on dentals, it was just a hit based on general similarities. The dentals were never entered in the system until after they got the hit. But the match was confirmed using dentals.
My point about inconsistent dates precluding a dental match is correct though. If the DLC precedes the date of discovery, NCIC will not compare the dental charts.
The Doenetwork has them Identified today when I checked! This case can be moved to the Identified section.
Also Charley Project has this case in their resolved section: http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved.html
Oh, ok! Sorry, I didn't know the procedure there Carl. It just seemed pretty official if it was announced on two different sites.
We are waiting for an official announcement from LE before moving this.
All 4 NCMEC profiles have been removed. Kerry's WS thread says found deceased. All 4 NamUs profiles are online still. I know Carrie spoke to LE, but am unsure when there will be an announcement.
Roselvr,
I think you've got yourself your first solve. That pic CarlK posted with the necklace...those are the birds with the doe; no doubt in my mind. And I agree with you...let's solve some more this year. God bless...
Roselvr is one of the admins of the FB page "Never Forget Me" & this story was posted last night, so I think she already knows
I saw that last night on the other thread and I was like, way to go, roselvr!
Just received communication from Clark County stating that Kerry Graham was not a match for AGJD (NV) BUT was matched via CODIS to unidentified remains from Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Bragg CA. You guys had this for a while. My understanding is that Kerry's family has been notified.
Does anyone know if Francine's DNA was submitted to CODIS? My LE contact is in NV, not CA. So this match of Kerry came as a result of NV running Kerry's mitochondrial DNA (I think from mom and sister) thru CODIS as a potential for their Jane Doe. If anyone has a connection at Mendocino County, they might be willing to share Francine's DNA status. It would make logical sense that these two teens who left together would be found together.
God Bless their families and grant them peace.
c:
100% correct on this case Websleuthers!!
Detective Azeez (Sonoma County Sheriff's office/Missing Persons) was able to confirm that both girls (Francine & Kerry) did match the two previously unidentifed remains from Mendocino County. They are tying up loose ends, but appreciate y'alls submission. Nice job!
So impressed that despite the gender and last seen date error that you people zeroed in on this and got it right :great:
I thought Kerry Graham went missing December 1979 and these remains were found July 1979?
the one they thought was male.
they were so close to home!!! im betting they really didn't run away, they prob were hitch hiking and got the wrong ride.
I haven't seen roselvr around, and it says time out on her thing. maybe someone should hit her up and let her know?
also, Forestville is a bit west of santa rosa and Sonoma and en route to the beach. they could have been hitching to the beach or something.
This was not a CODIS hit. It was a NCIC hit on dentals. Earlier this year, the detective in charge of Kerry's case looked in the casefile and realized that the Date of Last contact was a year off. It had her DLC as December 79, when in fact she was LKA in December 78.
When he changed the DLC in NCIC, the system immediately kicked out a hit on dentals.
One major weakness in the NCIC system is it will not generate a dental hit if the DLC is later than the Date of Discovery. So if there is a DLC error, as there was here, the NCIC system will not run a dental comparison.
________
Edit to add correction: The hit wasn't on dentals, it was just a hit based on general similarities. The dentals were never entered in the system until after they got the hit. But the match was confirmed using dentals.
My point about inconsistent dates precluding a dental match is correct though. If the DLC precedes the date of discovery, NCIC will not compare the dental charts.
Yes, Roselvr did a wonderful job and I am very happy for her. We did release it on Never Forget Me as a tentative ID only because we like to make sure LE is ready for the information to be released before we post it as a confirmed ID. Since we do allow people to link to threads here on WS that go with the cases we post I am sure many of our readers have come over here to read their thread and catch up on things they did not know.
Great Job Roselvr!!
On Charleyprojects Resolved, but nowhere else I could find.
Hoping it's not too late for justice for these girls...
The Doenetwork has them Identified today when I checked! This case can be moved to the Identified section.
Also Charley Project has this case in their resolved section: http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved.html
We are waiting for an official announcement from LE before moving this.
Oh, ok! Sorry, I didn't know the procedure there Carl. It just seemed pretty official if it was announced on two different sites.
Great job! :blowkiss:
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is expected to announce new details next week in a 37-year-old cold case investigation involving two unsolved deaths.
On Tuesday, Sheriff Tom Allman and investigators are planning a press conference to release the identities of the two victims, now believed to be two 14-year-old girls that went missing from Santa Rosa in 1978.
New details in 37-year-old Mendocino County cold case
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/general-news/20160128/new-details-in-37-year-old-mendocino-county-cold-case
Presser is today; I do not have a time