DNA Doe Project - General Discussion #3

[djanga]

New Identification! New Hampshire Cranium 1987 identified as local resident Warren Kuchinsky, who had last been seen in the mid-1970s. Kuchinsky’s skull was located in a wooded area of Bristol, New Hampshire, however the exact location was reported to be lost.

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/pfbid02r6fqGGN55JBVgaMnCWwyHT5G3vrnPfnmn3vu3qGTuWATNScwrYkY8NCaE6iKWSal

 

[djanga]

New Hampshire Cranium 1987 | DNA Doe Project

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[doggybag2355]

Yachats John Doe is active now

 

[djanga]

Atlanta John Doe 2002, a young hispanic man shot dead during working night shift as a security guard at an apartment complex, has also moved to Active research

Atlanta John Doe 2002 | DNA Doe Project

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[djanga]

Susquehanna River John Doe 2021, a man whose bones together with fishing gear were found on an island in the Susquehanna River near Ely Island, Pennsylvania, passed to Active research after more than a year in Processing.

Susquehanna River John Doe 2021 | DNA Doe Project

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[ChatteringBirds]

Atlanta John Doe 2002, a young hispanic man shot dead during working night shift as a security guard at an apartment complex, has also moved to Active research

Atlanta John Doe 2002 | DNA Doe Project

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Can anyone find a thread for UP508? Or should I create one?

 

[djanga]

Can anyone find a thread for UP508? Or should I create one?

I couldn’t find one, so it would be nice if you could create one for him thank you

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I couldn’t find one, so it would be nice if you could create one for him thank you

Here is the thread I created:

GA Thread 'GA - Atlanta, Wht/HispMale UP508, 18-25, 5'5", gunshot victim while working security, Oct'02'

Mar 16, 2026

WARNING: A post-mortem photo of the victim is visible at this link.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP508
Male, Multiple
Date Body Found: October 6, 2002
Location Found: Atlanta, Georgia
ME/C Case Number: 02-1510
Biological Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years): 18-25
Estimated Year of Death: 2002
Estimated PMI: Hours
Height: 5' 5"(65 inches) , Measured
Weight: 136 lbs, Measured
Hair Color: Black
Head Hair Description: black
Body...

• ChatteringBirds
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[djanga]

Just read on her thread that Bone Lake Jane Doe 1993 has moved to Active Research after a few years being a pending case! The DDP took her case in 2022.
She was a woman whose head was discovered floating near the shore of Bone Lake in New Scandia Township, Minnesota in 1993.

Bone Lake Jane Doe 1993 | DNA Doe Project

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[djanga]

New case from Maine and already in active research. A skull of a young Hispanic/latino girl found on the beach in Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford Jane Doe 2009 | DNA Doe Project

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[djanga]

Yachats John Doe 2012‘ Namus profile was updated stating his possible name was Mark Julian Franklin

 

[djanga]

https://www.facebook.com/100068121797204/posts/pfbid0q4ZWPxC8HVwZXwTHkVTXfcnV9vP1bGQrG5CFCK4n6sGqrMQxPmXCnMQ73TdTZTpel

 

[Caring1]

Read our full press release here: Salmon Creek John Doe 2022 | DNA Doe Project

 

[doggybag2355]

Looks like his partial remains were found and identified shortly after in 1999, and this was part of his missing body

 

[djanga]

Three Points John Doe 1988 Namus profile was removed

Three Points John Doe 1988 | DNA Doe Project

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[djanga]

Two cases where Namus s was removed

1. Burlington John Doe 2011 (Namus removed November 2025) Burlington John Doe 2011 | DNA Doe Project
2. Three Points John Doe 1988 - namus removed March 2026

Three Points John Doe 1988 | DNA Doe Project

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Also at some point it was said that these two cases maybe close to identification:
1. Redbud Trail John Doe 1998

Redbud Trail John Doe 1998 | DNA Doe Project

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2. Minneapolis Rail Car John Doe 2003

Minneapolis Rail Car John Doe 2003 | DNA Doe Project

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[djanga]

Union City Jane Doe is a new case and already in active research. She was a young woman or a teenager found by a road crew about fifteen feet from a gravel road in a wooded area of Union City, Georgia in 1992

Union City Jane Doe 1992 | DNA Doe Project

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Her thread

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GA Thread 'GA - Union City, WhtFem 107UFGA, 16-30, silver mother's ring, Mar'92'

Feb 20, 2006

[FONT=arial,verdana,geneva,lucida][SIZE=-1]http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/107ufga.html[/SIZE][/FONT]

# Unidentified White Female Located on March 24, 1992 in Fulton County, Georgia
# State of Remains: Skeletal, weathered.
# Estimated Date of Death: likely prior to 1991.

Vital Statistics

* Estimated age: 16 - 20 years old. Birth Range: 1969 - 1976.
* Approximate Height and Weight: 5'6 - 5'10"; 120 - 160 lbs.
* Dentals / Fingerprints: Not available
* Jewlery: The victim was wearing a size six sterling silver "Mother's Ring" with blue, pink, red and clear stones.
* Clothing: Size 6 womans panties.
* DNA: Available...

• PonderingThings
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• Forum: The Unidentified

 

[djanga]

I think the DDP has a new Director of Media & Communications, I just hope that there will be all these announcements and website updates as it was in previous months when Matthew was the acting director of media and communications