Man arrested after stealing car, fleeing from police on I-15 vvdailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vvdailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two victims of a 1980 double homicide near Ludlow have been identified, according to officials.
Pamela Dianne Duffy, one of the victims, was identified after her biological daughter, Christine Marie Salley, hired a private investigator in April 2018. The private investigator had one goal find Salley s biological parents, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff s Department.
Salley’s DNA was sent to GEDmatch on Dec. 11, 2020. The results indicated she shared a mother-daughter relationship with one of the Ludlow victims. After receiving another sample of Salley’s DNA, the California Department of Justice Lab was able to positively identify Duffy in April.
The second victim, William Everette Lane, was also identified through Salley’s help. According to investigators, she told them that before her mother went missing, she was connected with a male who went by “Diggers Lane” and that he had served time in a Virginia prison.
Updated on April 24, 2021 at 8:26 am
San Bernardino County Sheriff s Office
Authorities have finally identified the bodies of two homicide victims who were found buried in the Southern California desert in 1980 and linked to a man imprisoned for murder in Mississippi, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.
A chain of events that began with a woman using DNA to try to find her biological parents led to the identification of the victims as Pamela Dianne Duffey, born in 1959, and William Everette Lane, born in 1960, a department statement said Wednesday.
Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Associated Press
Authorities have finally identified the bodies of two homicide victims who were found buried in the Mojave Desert in 1980 and linked to a man imprisoned for murder in Mississippi, the San Bernardino County Sheriff s Department said.
A chain of events that began with a woman using DNA to try to find her biological parents led to identification of the victims as Pamela Dianne Duffey, born in 1959, and William Everette Lane, born in 1960, a department statement said.
An archeologist found the bodies in a shallow grave in a remote area a few miles east of the tiny community of Ludlow. They were unclothed, had no IDs and had died from a combination of gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma.
Crash in Apple Valley kills Barstow man, injures 4 others vvdailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vvdailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.