The GLF Agency

10/12/2024

01/15/2024

Almost 13 years after her remains were discovered, Kern County Jane Doe 2011 has been identified as Ada Beth Kaplan. It was an honor and a pleasure to resolve this case with the Kern County Medical Examiner's Office and to return Ada to her family and community. Read more on our website here:
https://dnadoeproject.org/case/kern-co-jane-doe-2011/

12/19/2023

A 69-year-old Lancaster man will serve up to 50 years in prison for killing 19-year-old Lindy Sue Biechler nearly 48 years ago in her Manor Township home.David Sinopoli, of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, pleaded guilty Thursday in Lancaster...

12/13/2023

‘He is the devil,’ says the daughter of one of suspect Cleveland Hall Jr.’s possible victims.

11/22/2023

An arrest was made Monday night in connection with the 2004 Baby Hope Medina cold case.

10/20/2023

The next case we're featuring for Hispanic Heritage month is Gwinnett County John Doe 2015. To submit your GEDmatch kit number for comparison to this Doe, click this link:
https://bit.ly/Oct23-GwinnettJohn

To learn more about this Doe, click this link:
https://dnadoeproject.org/case/gwinnett-co-john-doe-2015/

DNA Doe Project is honoring Hispanic Heritage Month in October. This month we will be featuring 7 John Doe cases. Analysis of the DNA relatives in these cases indicates that they are descended from families in countries with Hispanic cultures.

These cases are extremely challenging for our expert investigative genetic genealogists because of the underrepresentation of Hispanic testers in the databases we use for our research - GEDmatch and FTDNA.

As part of our ongoing effort to help identify these Does, we're offering a free AncestryDNA kit to the first 10 NEW uploaders to GEDmatch who are a match to any of our 7 John Does this month.

Featured Case FAQ:

Q: If I submitted my kit number for a previous featured case, will it be compared to this Doe?
A: No - kit numbers submitted are not rolled forward into future months.

Q: I uploaded my DNA profile to GEDmatch before - do I need to do it again so it can be compared to this Doe?
A: No - if your DNA profile is in GEDmatch, it is already available for comparison to unidentified remains cases. If you want to learn whether or not you are a DNA relative of this Doe, you will need to submit your kit number to the form linked here:
https://bit.ly/Oct23-GwinnettJohn

Q: Can I submit the kit numbers of my relatives, like my child or my deceased grandmother?
A: No - you may only submit your own GEDmatch kit number.

Q: Can I share my DNA profile from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, or MyHeritage directly with DDP?
A: No - all comparisons are made in GEDmatch. Click this link to learn how to upload your profile to GEDmatch:
https://youtu.be/Ck9S5poH_tA

Q: What is the point of DDP's Featured Cases?
A: The goals of our Featured Case program are to encourage our followers to upload their DNA profiles to GEDmatch, and to bring attention to DDP cases in research. These are the two biggest ways for our Facebook friends to help DDP identify Does.

09/29/2023

09/22/2023

The DNA Doe Project was honored to help the New Brighton Police Department in Minnesota identify Gail Marlene Johnson, formerly known only as New Brighton Jane Doe 2000.

"The genealogy in this case was challenging," said Tracie Boyle, team leader for the DNA Doe Project. "Her maternal line came from Norway and her paternal line from Sweden. We were lucky to find the right paternal match that led us to her parents, and then to Gail.”

Read our full press release on our website here:
https://dnadoeproject.org/case/new-brighton-jane-doe-2000/

08/30/2023

08/22/2023

Midland PD has revealed the individual as 24-year-old Cordarius Lashun Pegues of Midland.

08/05/2023

07/31/2023

Last month, we shared Ruth Egnoski’s story with you. It was a complicated story to piece together from newspaper archives and what people could remember so many decades later. It felt as though there were many holes in the story that we may never get to fill in due to the passage of time. We couldn’t even nail down what year Ruth vanished.

Less than a month after our episode aired, we were shocked to receive a large police file from the Delavan Police Department. The information contained in this file helps fill the gaps in the story and answers many questions we had a month ago. What we learned while reading those files was shocking and disturbing. It seemed as though what was happening to Ruth was an open secret, once hidden by decades of silence. Today, we are breaking the silence.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Ruth Egnoski, please call the Delavan Police Department at 262-728-6311.

You can listen to Ruth's story on our website: https://www.thevanishedpodcast.com/episodes/2023/7/31/episode-404-case-continued-ruth-egnoski-open-secrets

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vanished-podcast/id1081124929?i=1000622209586

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qruyxG4PR2detdkG07A6z?si=6tSpjYxNTmOMJ900GgxEzg

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c8933333-d6f1-4ac1-95fc-43366740a9d9/episodes/e37cf7b1-378e-4845-b3c3-da0e3aeaf58d/the-vanished-podcast-case-continued-ruth-egnoski---open-secrets

Please listen and share!

07/25/2023

07/14/2023

News 12 did not identify the suspect or detail what led to the reported breakthrough in what it called “one of the most intense, prolific searches for a serial killer ever.”

07/13/2023

When I was a child, I opened a detective agency with my best friend. We had an office (the space under my father’s desk), a filing cabinet (repurposed from the trash), a role model (Harriet the Spy…

07/10/2023

We are so thrilled to announce the successful identification of Nogales John Doe 2002 as Donald Hadland Jr. by students in the inaugural certificate program class at Ramapo College of New Jersey's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center. DDP is honored to collaborate with this innovative program. https://bit.ly/nogales-john-2002

03/24/2023

01/09/2023

Almost fifty years after the remains of a woman were found off a logging road near the town of Bedford, the New Hampshire State Police and the DNA Doe Project can confirm the woman’s identity as Katherine Ann “Kathy” Alston. Although the cause of her death could not be determined, based on the location of the remains her death has been treated as a homicide.

https://bit.ly/BedfordNHJane