Washed Away Podcast
I did an interview over the phone with Ashley Smith a few weeks ago about some of my work with Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s unidentified cases. We spoke about the Precious Jane Doe case and about forensic art in general. Ashley posted an episode of her Washed Away podcast today that includes parts of our […]
Precious Jane Doe Identified
Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed the identification of the female previously known as Precious Jane Doe who was found in south Everett August 14 1977. Barbara Rae Venter and the Firebird Forensics Group used genetic genealogy to find her relatives and DNA testing of her half-brother confirmed her identity. She is Elizabeth Ann […]
Salmon Bay Seattle Unidentified
I just completed a postmortem image of this man, who was found in Salmon Bay near Seattle. He was wearing a jacket from a nearby business called Zipwhip. Showing the drawing at the business yielded no identification. If he looks familiar, please contact Detective James Sosik at King County Sheriff’s Office. james.sosik@kingcounty.gov
Mary Anderson case
I recently did updated postmortem drawings on the Mary Anderson suicide case for King County ME. You can read about the case if you Google her, it’s been a big mystery for awhile. There’s now a podcast that Ashley Smith has done about the case called Washed Away. She interviewed my very talented friend and […]
Will County Illinois cold case
The coroner’s office at Will County Illinois asked me to do a postmortem rendering from their 1968 cold case on this unidentified Native American female. She was about 20 to 30 years of age and had been suffocated. If you have any leads on who this might be, please contact investigator Gene Sullivan at gsullivan@willcountyillinois.com […]
Corona Girl Identified
Corona Girl has been identified! This ID was via DNA Doe Project. My colleagues on the team narrowed down the possibilities and found the ID just before Christmas while I was out of state, so I missed out on the excitement. When I returned to Texas, the ID had been confirmed through DNA testing with […]