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We are now working the case: Who is King County John Doe (2017)?
We are now working the case: Who is King County John Doe (2017)?
SOLVED: King County John Doe (2017) is now IdentifiedView attachment 415942
By Brisa Mendez April 19, 2023 rbbm.
'They’re hoping advances in DNA identification, and genetic genealogy in particular, can finally give a family out there some closure over what happened to their missing loved one. But the problem has been finding the money to pay for it.SPD needs your help to solve 2017 mystery of human remains found near Seattle park
Seattle Police are hoping to crowdsource a solution to a years-long mystery—the identity of the person whose remains washed up in pieces near Discovery Park in 2017 and 2018.www.fox13seattle.com
"So the first recovery was a hand, and then a month later a torso and a leg washed up—very distinctive shoes, black and gold Air Jordans," said Det. Rolf Norton. "And then three days later on Jan. 25, a foot washed up with the other matching shoe."
The shoe is a size 10, but that hasn't helped investigators zero in on the person's identity.
The multiple body parts washed ashore in 2017 and 2018 near 4-Mile Rock at Discovery Park.
"We scoured a missing persons reports," said Norton. "It’s a mystery—we don’t know who this person is, we do not know what happened to this person, we don’t know where they came from, we don’t know how they ended up in the water."
Detective Norton says that one avenue that is available now that wasn’t five or 10 years ago, is the use of forensics genealogy''
April 19 2023 by Julia DallasSeattle Police Foundation crowdfunding for DNA testing to solve cold case
“With the department unable to invest the expected cost of $15,000 for DNA testing, the Seattle Police Foundation is launching crowdfunding efforts to pay for the DNA test in hopes of helping solve the case and provide closure for the person’s family,” said the foundation.www.kiro7.com
''SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Foundation is crowdfunding to cover the cost of DNA testing for an unsolved cold case.
In 2017 and 2018, multiple body parts and a shoe washed ashore along Discovery Park. Seattle police detectives and the King County Medical Examiner’s Office have yet to determine who the person is or how they died, according to the Seattle Police Foundation.
“With the department unable to invest the expected cost of $15,000 for DNA testing, the Seattle Police Foundation is launching crowdfunding efforts to pay for the DNA test in hopes of helping solve the case and provide closure for the person’s family,” said the foundation.
SPD is hoping that crowdfunding can work for them after the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department successfully used it to identify the owner of a sneaker that washed up in the Elwha River in 2021. The Sheriff’s Office found out the shoe belonged to a woman that disappeared in 2018.
To support the SPD’s case go here.''