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Newton County Coroner Scott McCord says the body of 24-year-old Jennifer Noreen Denton of Joliet, Illinois, was discovered by a fisherman along Beaver Creek in the Willow Slough State Fish and Wildlife Area on Oct. 8, 1988.
oxygen Insider Exclusive! Sign Up for Free to View Authorities in Colorado have used advanced technology to create a likeness of an unidentified man who was murdered more than 15 years ago, and whose killer has never been found. The man in question was found dead in Saguache County on Oct. 19, 2002, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said in a release issued last week. Authorities with the CBI and the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body in an area near Colorado State Highway 114; the man was wrapped in a blanket or quilt of some kind, and appeared to be between the ages of...
This article originally appeared on Undark. Hundreds of thousands of people go missing each year in the United States. And, for more than a decade, law enforcement officers, medical examiners, volunteer sleuths, and families have been able to use the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, to seek answers. Established in 2007, NamUs offers public databases and free forensic services. Since its inception, according to the program's website, it has helped resolve more than 2,700 missing persons cases and identify more than 2,000 bodies. Tens of thousands of open cases remain...
Whatever happened to precede their death, it probably was sexual. >> fennell believed it was a clear sign of rage and a possible indication the killer knew the victim. he also believed the killer was familiar with the area. >> someone knew they could get back there and hide this body there without being seen while they were hiding the body. >> because ray jacobs had lived in the rental home only a short time, he wasn't considered a suspect in the homicide. >> whoever put the bones there or had done this, you know, i was afraid that they would probably come back or, you know, show up unexpected...
According to the doe network, an organization that tracks the number of unknown victims, there were 100 other cases involving unidentified victims in north carolina alone. investigators hoped that forensic anthropology could narrow the search. >> obviously, in order to do any kind of investigation, you have to start with figuring out who this person is.