Identified! WI - Jackson Co., WhtMale Skeletal UP12415, in woods, 28-52, August '78 - Dennis Regan McConn

[JusticeWillBeServed]

NamUs

On August 15, 1978 a skull, lower mandible and vertebra were recovered from the Knapp township area of Jackson County. Based on the evidence located at the scene it is believed that this is a homicide.

Exclusion List:
Phillip Malchow

1978 Jackson County, WI Unidentified Person

1978 JACKSON COUNTY COLD CASE RE-OPENED

"What were looking for is with the photo and the possible appearance of this individual does anybody know him, know somebody that looks like that, recognize him? Back in 1978, if they were in the Jackson County area or surrounding communities and, of course, if there's a missing person out there that's not been reported properly and/or they just don't have enough data put together, some how linking where this skull we found links back with a jurisdiction so we can help them solve an unknown case."

Public Help Sought In Cold Case

Jackson Co. deputies trying to identify remains found in 1978

 

[ctaylor]

A new article on this case....

http://lacrossetribune.com/jacksoncochronicle/news/local/cold-case-looks-to-gain-heat-with-more-scientific-testing/article_691c95b6-280b-5761-bdd2-d14e38dddb45.html

Cold case looks to gain heat with more scientific testing

Authorities are in are in the midst of working with a Florida university to help garner more information about a homicide victim whose body was discovered in Jackson County in 1978 and hasn’t been identified since.

The University of South Florida’s Institute of Forensic Anthropology and Applied Sciences agreed to take the Jackson County case that started when loggers discovered a body in the town of Knapp nearly 38 years ago. It’s been a year since Jackson County authorities released a sketch of what the man may have looked like when he was killed.

USF has the ability to help determine a deceased person’s birthplace and geographic mobility, hopefully giving law enforcement a better picture of where the man was from before his body was left in the remote area of Jackson County.

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[carbuff]

Allan T. Kaplan, missing December 1977 from Boca Raton?

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4058dmfl.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/kaplan_allan.html
http://www.nampn.org/cases/kaplan_allan.html

Granted it's kind of far from Florida to Wisconsin, it does appear that he walked out on his own.

 

[carbuff]

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/12415

The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

Robert Christian 1959 Wisconsin
Steven Kirchoff 1955 Iowa
Phillip Malchow 1915 Wisconsin
Roger Stenholt 1955 Arizona

He has dentals and DNA.

Since Allan T. Kaplan also has DNA, I'm going to assume that's a ruleout by default.

 

[madamx]

Bump

 

[carbuff]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

The following people have been ruled out as being this decedent:
First Name Last Name Year of Birth State LKA

Robert Christian 1959 Wisconsin
Steven Kirchoff 1955 Iowa
Phillip Malchow 1915 Wisconsin
Roger Stenholt 1955 Arizona

He has dentals and DNA.

Since Allan T. Kaplan also has DNA, I'm going to assume that's a ruleout by default.

MP12222 Kenneth Plaisted 11/16/1971 Milwaukee WI

Has been ruled out

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Melt71]

UP12415 is now a DDP case at the lab for extraction.

 

[doggybag2355]

I hope sequencing goes well, he's been at the lab for extraction for a long time.

 

[Melt71]

I hope sequencing goes well, he's been at the lab for extraction for a long time.

Now in bioinformatics, so he is moving slowly through the system.

 

[ntt1]

In GEDmatch now per the spreadsheet, it appears. Seems to have some promising matches (7 over 40cM and a top of 95.7).

 

[doggybag2355]

Good to see he's out of testing, he was in it for a long time.

 

[fred&edna]

Lastest DDP info shows he is "On-hold/Pending"

Doe Upload.xlsx

 

[doggybag2355]

Lastest DDP info shows he is "On-hold/Pending"
Doe Upload.xlsx

I think that's an error on the database's part, if you check the active cases he is also listed there with a highest match of 95.7

 

[fred&edna]

I think that's an error on the database's part, if you check the active cases he is also listed there with a highest match of 95.7

Thank you! The database info (obviously) confuses me.

 

[doggybag2355]

Thank you! The database info (obviously) confuses me.

Yeah it's just an issue on their part, he and the Van Buren 2010 doe are listed there twice by mistake.

 

[Otterly]

I think that's an error on the database's part, if you check the active cases he is also listed there with a highest match of 95.7

I just wanted to give the thread a quick update, but Jackson County John Doe's highest match is now 117.6 cM.

 

[JovanSrna]

Identified according to DDP's pinned Facebook post.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Identified according to DDP's pinned Facebook post.

 

[djanga]

His reconstruction is pretty realistic if to consider it was just a scull, I wonder how close is the reconstruction, hopefully we will find out.

 

[Grungster]

This is great news to wake up too...4:00 AM.....Rest in peace, whoever you are.