Unsolved Histories: Forensic Genealogy

08/14/2020

In the digital age, it seems everyone leaves a trail. Not always.
I’ve tracked a couple of people who managed to “live off the grid”, and with almost no Internet presence.

I found them both. But they didn’t make it easy.

Here’s the tale of another “escape artist”:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/europe/missing-man-feared-murdered-found-gbr-scli-intl/index.html

A Lithuanian man who disappeared in Britain almost five years ago and became the subject of a murder inquiry has been found living in dense undergrowth.

05/18/2017

Wow. A new twist! I wonder if there are other suspects?

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-co-dna-maskell-20170517-story.html

DNA evidence from a priest whose remains were exhumed does not match crime-scene evidence from the unsolved killing of Baltimore nun Sister Catherine Ann

03/20/2017

WANTED! Extremely RARE poster on display!

The reward poster, created in 1865, included blank slots where pictures of the suspects could be placed.

01/17/2017

Kidnapped Sisters FOUND! I covered this case many moons ago, when I was a reporter in . I always wondered what happened to them. Now we know!!http://www.wcvb.com/article/siblings-kidnapped-in-1985-found-mother-arrested/8606498.

An arrest has been made in a decades-old kidnapping case in Rhode Island.

04/27/2016

To families of the missing - never lose hope. Work the system. Submit your DNA. Keep your case in the public eye. You deserve to bring your loved one home.

"Finally, after all these years, we are faced with hard facts," R**t's sister, Anne Jurvetson, wrote

03/17/2016

This one hits close to home. She may have crossed my path - literally. This poor girl
deserves justice - and a name.

From the moment her crumpled and bound body was found on the side of the road near a cemetery outside Baltimore in 1976, there was evidence that the young woman had ties to Massachusetts.

02/28/2016

Want fries with that?!

At an explorers’ dinner, the case of prehistoric mystery meat.

01/28/2016

Genetic testing of villagers in a remote part of China has shown that nearly two thirds of their DNA is of Caucasian origin, lending support to the theory that they may be descended from a 'lost legion' of Roman soldiers.

01/18/2016

"Faith is taking the first step, even when you can't see the staircase."
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/13/2016

SOLVED! Determined researchers finally FIND the location of Gallow's Hill, where 's accused witches met their fate.

A group of researchers said they have confirmed the location in Salem where 19 people accused of witchcraft were hanged in 1692.

12/15/2015

Is this the real face of ? What do YOU think?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/true-face-jesus-scientists-use-7008460

The resulting face is a far cry from the tall, Caucasian man with light blonde hair that is usually shown in bibles and stained glass windows throughout the world

11/11/2015

"Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause." - Abraham Lincoln

10/25/2015

Mind = blown!

10/05/2015

Does that include the tip?!

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09/18/2015

MAJOR Breaking News: " of Boston reportedly identified! Toddler whose pic traveled around the world now has a name!

The break in the 'Baby Doe' case came after a search warrant was executed at a Boston home Thursday, 5 Investigates reported.

09/17/2015

Gretna Green! Is it a cover band? A golf course? Nope! It's a place in Scotland where people have eloped for over 300 years!
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28679430

In the 18th Century Gretna Green was Britain's Las Vegas. More than a century after a legal crackdown it remains a wedding hotspot.

09/16/2015

BREAKING NEWS: FOUND!
Benjaman Kyle, the man with no name, has been identified via use of DNA:
http://m.news4jax.com/news/man-with-no-name-finally-knows-his-real-identity/35286594

The man who called himself BK, Benjamin Kyle, after waking up behind a Burger King more than a decade ago with no memory has learned his real identity.

09/12/2015

I've GOT to get back there. Who's been?http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/09/10/artifacts-being-returned-to-ellis-island-following-superstorm-sandy-2/