Category Archives: missing persons

#NamUS case: Blamed on Bundy: COLD podcast challenges popular theory in Nancy Baird cold case

Posted on May 16, 2023 by csidds

The unsolved 1975 disappearance of Nancy Baird from East Layton, Utah has long been attributed to serial killer Ted Bundy. KSL’S COLD podcast gained exclusive access to case files that point toward other more probable suspects. — Read on ksltv.com/550243/blamed-on-bundy-cold-podcast-challenges-popular-theory-in-nancy-baird-cold-case/

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Forensics: #NamUS stats from FL. Body of Missing College Student Found In Submerged Car

Posted on May 10, 2023 by csidds

Divers located Nick Diaz Ruiz’s body inside a submerged car in a retention pond in southwest Miami-Dade at about 6:15 p.m. on Monday night. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/body-missing-college-student-found-submerged-car-1799215

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Forensics: Family not happy with cops and did their own investigating. DNA confirms woman kidnapped more than 50 years ago is Melissa Highsmith

Posted on May 7, 2023 by csidds

Family of Melissa Highsmith say Fort Worth police failed to properly investigate her abduction in 1971 — Read on news.yahoo.com/dna-confirms-woman-kidnapped-more-141212760.html

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Forensics: #NamUs COLD CASE: Police seek help identifying skeletal remains found in SE Austin

Posted on May 6, 2023 by csidds

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area in Southeast Austin over two years ago.The young man, estim — Read on cbsaustin.com/news/local/cold-case-police-seek-help-identifying-skeletal-remains-found-in-se-austin

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Forensics: #NamUS Woman found dead in Long Beach a year ago still unidentified

Posted on April 28, 2023 by csidds

A year after her body was found, no one has yet come forward to name an unknown woman found dead in Long Beach. — Read on sigtrib.com/woman-found-dead-in-long-beach-a-year-ago-still-unidentified/

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Forensics: Major insight of poor reporting of #MMIW to #NamUS. Study raises questions about missing and murdered Indigenous women

Posted on April 27, 2023 by csidds

Details presented describing National weaknesses solving these cases. Study dove deep into the data in urban and rural regions A recent study offers new insights and raises new questions about the national public health crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous … Continue reading →

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Forensics: #NamUS Do you recognize these faces? Help crack the case on these 8 unidentified men found dead in Central Virginia

Posted on April 26, 2023 by csidds

If these faces look familiar, you may have what it takes to help identify these men found dead in separate locations across Central Virginia as far back as 1988. — Read on http://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/do-you-recognize-these-faces-help-crack-the-case-on-these-8-unidentified-men-found-dead-in-central-virginia/

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Forensics: 150 families showed up. #NamUS. UCO To Host Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Event

Posted on April 24, 2023 by csidds

UCO To Host Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Event — Read on http://www.news9.com/story/64454d5905cfab072ba81ede/uco-to-host-oklahoma-missing-persons-day-event

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Forenscis: Kudos to #NamUS and RTI for Genetic Geneaology on this case. Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified

Posted on April 20, 2023 by csidds

Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified | The Ely Times — Read on elynews.com/2023/04/19/human-remains-discovered-in-1990-finally-identified/

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Forensics: Ukrainian groups learn about DNA use to identify war victims

Posted on April 6, 2023 by csidds

Ukrainian civil society and rights groups have visited an organization that uses high-tech DNA techniques to identify people who go missing in conflicts and natural disasters — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/06/ukraine-russia-war-missing-people-dna/d65505e4-d476-11ed-ac8b-cd7da05168e9_story.html

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