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A Yucca Valley man was arrested Friday, May 7, accused of assault with a deadly weapon. According to Sheriff’s reports, deputies responded to the 58700 block of Highway 62 in Yucca Valley for a report of an assault. The victim told deputies that Jonathan Gregory, 40, of Yucca Valley, attacked him wi

1845 Franklin expedition member identified using DNA A new report has identified crewman of the previously unknown remains found on Nunavuts King William Island in 1993 This skull, known as Cranium 80, was formally documented on the western coast of Nunavuts King William Island in 1993, and was believed to belong to a member of the ill-fated Franklin expedition. Recent DNA testing definitively linked it to crewman John Gregory. (Photo: Andrew Gregg) May 3, 2021 For the first time in more than 1...

With climate change and sophisticated icebreakers opening the Arctic Ocean to ships looking for a shorter route between Europe and Asia, it’s hard to believe that at one time the Northwest passage was the two-hour marathon of missions – seemingly achievable yet frustratingly unattainable … often with fatal consequences. One of the most famous was the 1845 Franklin expedition led by Sir John Franklin, who took 129 sailors on two ships, Erebus and Terror, on the quest. Frozen permanently in...

Facial reconstruction of the individual identified through DNA analysis as John Gregory, HMS Erebus. (Photos: Diana Trepkov Lakehead University is playing a key role identifying one of the victims of the failed Franklin Expedition. Stephen Fratpietro is the Technical Manager at the university’s Paleo-DNA Laboratory, and explains the lab used samples from a living family member to identify Warrant Officer John Gregory, engineer aboard HMS Erebus. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin att...

  TORONTO -- A sailor of the doomed 1845 Franklin Arctic expedition was identified using DNA from a living relative in South Africa, marking the first time a crew member of that infamous voyage has been positively identified this way. The skeletal and tooth remains were confirmed to belong to Warrant Officer John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus, according to scientists at the University of Waterloo (UW), Lakehead University, and Trent University. "Having John Gregorys remains being ...

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Thursday (May 6) accused of attempted murder. According to Sheriff’s reports, Deputies responded to the 58000 block of Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley at 7:43 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. Arriving Deputies found a 53-year-old male victim with several life-threatening stab wounds. The victim was transported by medical personnel to Desert Regional Medical Center for treatment. Deputies arrested Jonathan Gregory, 40, of Yucca Valley for investigation ...

DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative The 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic resulted in the deaths of nearly 130 sailors, and left more questions than answers. But 176 years later, a DNA match has identified the skeletal remains of a sailor aboard HMS Erebus. Social Sharing

THUNDER BAY - On July 9, 1845, Warrant Officer John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus, sent a letter from Greenland to his wife Hannah before sailing off with the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into the Canadian Arctic and into an enduring historical mystery. For 176 years that letter was the last Gregory’s descendants had known about his journey, but now they have an ending to his story, as his remains have become the first from the expedition to be identified genetically with the help...

Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo By April 1848, the members of the 1845 Franklin expedition had given up hope of discovering the Northwest Passage. Their ships, the HMS Erebus, had been frozen in the icy Canadian Arctic for more than a year and a half, during which time nearly two dozen men—including the expedition’s commander, Sir John Franklin—had already perished. Realizing their only chance of survival was to seek out rescue themselves, the 105 remaining men amassed their dwindl...