Todd Matthews
Todd's calling to be a voice for missing and unidentified persons began when he solved the identity of the "Tent Girl" case, Barbara Hackman-Taylor, after a ten-year journey that ended in 1998.
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Operation PassagewayOP was the prototype and initial data source for the current (national) missing persons database.
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Mother Finds Daughter Among the UnidentifiedMary Weir finds daughter among the unidentified -
Missing Pieces: The Mysterious Murder of Penn State Student Betsy Aardsma - Part 2I first interviewed Derek Sherwood, Administrator of 'Who Killed Betsy?' (http://www.whokilledbetsy.org/) website, on my radio show Missing Pieces. -
NamUs Southwestern AcademyNational network of case management resources for future education, training, investigation and eventual solving missing and unidentified persons cases in the United States.
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Hunters Safety Beyond the HuntLaw Enforcement depend on hunters finding human remains
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Are YOU Missing?If you have severed ties with the past, might be wise to look back to see what might have transpired in your absence. -
Advocacy...Talking...In Front of People??Tell the truth and speak from the heart is the very best advice for any cause you support
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Advocates Evolve into Legitimate RolesAn advocate evolving into an official role is one way to inject a strong dose of compassion into the system. -
Volunteers Driving DNA TechnologyIt is essential to have two or more family reference samples to take full advantage of CODIS searching. The search ability is greatly enhanced by multiple samples. -
Key Benefits for Law Enforcement / Coroner Usage of NamUs.GovNamUs offers Law Enforcement free services once cases are entered into the system
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Lost & Found Persons - FBI / NCIC Statistics -Please pass along this message to whomever might have a need for this information. Specific state statistics are available upon request. NCIC Statistics - provided by the FBI-NCIC for media relations (USA & Canada) -
DNA Database SearchesCODIS 6.1 - Family member reference samples may only be searched against the unidentified deceased samples at the national level. Acknowledgments:
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Cyber SleuthsAs a good rule of thumb viewing missing & unidentified websites - it is always best practice to check "source data."
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Dental Initiative for the Missing & UnidentifiedYou can make a difference and very easily. Even though your records were created for treatment purposes, in the event of a missing person, they take on an entirely new purpose.
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The Forgotten Lost & FoundThe Forgotten isn't based on any single group or org, but a fictional version of all. "Any Group" so to speak as they had to create a "new entity" that had characters that meet often on a physical basis.
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Innocent Victims?Unidentified murder victims, not always innocent bystanders, Like the malicious missing, the malicious deceased is also a stumbling block -
Face Value?Project EDAN is comprised of professional forensic artists devoted to sharing their gift. The artists donate their talent to create facial reconstructions for Law Enforcement Agencies that do not have access to, or funding for forensic art services. -
NamUs AwakensIn 2009 NamUs will release a fully searchable NamUs system, which will search cases in the missing persons database against cases in the unidentified decedents database
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Lost Toddler -Is it possible that these cases are connected? Stranger things have happened. -
Resurrection Day for Cold CasesDespite a massive search - no sign of the boy has ever been found. -
The Hidden Clues Behind the PenstrokePeggy Walla is a qualified Forensic Document Examiner and Private Investigator. As a Forensic Document Examiner she assists law enforcement, attorneys, courts, corporations and individuals.
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Fresh Start for Cold CasesIt is imperative that family members are able to provide valid information on their missing loved ones including current dental information and X-rays if possible. -
Medical Implants and IDA Jane Doe found in Washington State had a copper intrauterine device as a method of birth control.
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Can't Hurt Anything, Might Change EverythingA simple fact check review can't hurt anything, and might change everything. Your not asking for investigative information, your asking to verify the very data you helped to provide.
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NamUs Profile Strength?A "profile strength rating" helps us to determine how much info we have for a case, and how we can improve that case.
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Attention: Families of the Missing ----The NamUs System of Missing & Unidentified Persons gains strength daily as it continues to evolve into a fully interactive system.
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Want to Help Change the World?Never Say Never -- we can make this happen -- National Missing and Unidentified Persons Day
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Reaching Out to the Families of the MissingA missing person is indeed the greatest tragedy at the individual family level. It's just hidden in the masses of others unaffected.
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Renewed Hope for Lost and Found PersonsAt last movement into the finalization of the NamUs - National Missing and Unidentified Persons System at www.NamUs.gov -
Man Confesses to Forgery and MurderMissing woman's husband discloses location of her body
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NamUs --- Missing PersonsIf you know of an unidentified person in your area, please check to see if the case has been listed on UDRS - Unidentified Decedent Reporting System
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Illinois State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons -
Idaho State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons
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Hawaii State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons -
Florida State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons
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District of Columbia - UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons
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Delaware State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons
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Connecticut State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons
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Colorado State UDRSMissing & Unidentified Persons
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Always HopeGuest: Janice Smolinski - Mother of missing William (Billy) Smolinski, Jr.
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California State | UDRSUDRS - Unidentified Decedent Reporting System
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Arkansas State | UDRSUDRS - Unidentified Decedent Reporting System
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Arizona State | UDRSUDRS - Unidentified Decedent Reporting System
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Alaska State | UDRSUDRS - Unidentified Decedent Reporting System
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Alabama State | UDRSUDRS - Unidentified Decedent Reporting System
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NamUs | UDRS OutreachState & County level portals to the primary NamUs system.
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A Friend Never Forgets"I don't have a lot of hope for change in society, but one thing I am certain of, is that 1st., change must start in the home." - Wayne Leng
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How YOU Can Help with the Missing & Unidentified NOWIt is possible now to generate county links to the UID's on the NamUs | UDRS database.
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Almost GoodbyeA mix up after a car crash almost pushed us over the edge.
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A Walking Talking John Doe?Four years ago a man was found naked, beaten and covered in fire ant bites beside a dumpster behind a Burger King in Richmond Hill, Georgia.
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Mel's Blizzard Room -- 1981 LA John DoeJohn Doe found April 18, 1981 - Soledad Canyon Road - Los Angeles County, California
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F.L.I.P. | Female Legal & Investigative ProfessionalsGuest: Vicki Siedow | F.L.I.P. - (Female Legal & Investigative Professionals)
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Where There's a Will, There's a WayGuest: Jo Layne Harrison - Granddaughter of "William Ray Peters"
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A Friend Never ForgottenGuest: Bill Widman - Friend of "Deborah Leigh Key"
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Overcoming the Obstacles, the Search for John ThrasherGuest: Eddie Thrasher - Brother of "John Matthew Thrasher"
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Looking at Every Face, Hoping to See Arkadiy'sGuests: Natalya Voskresenskaya - Sister of missing "Arkadiy 'Ark' Tashman" and assisting family with case, Paul Thompson - Cold Cases Group Member
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The Mysterious Murder of Penn State Student Betsy AardsmaIt's still unsolved and nobody has any idea, it looks like a perfect crime.
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Jane Doe Identified -- but Officials Still Seek the Rest of the StoryThe victim's fingerprints connected the dots to her identity.
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Lost & Found Gets Picked Up by NBC - FinallyI heard the news while in Georgetown, Kentucky. Fitting being so near the grave of Tent Girl -- where my life was altered once before.
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Psychic Seek Whereabouts of Missing Ohio Med StudentA reward of up to $25,000 is currently being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of Brian R. Shaffer.
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The 25 Year Search for 23 Year Old Karen SchepersMissing woman 23-year-old and her car just vanished; her savings account left untouched
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Searching for GaryGuest: Donna Weaver - Wife of "Gary Weaver", Area Director for Doe Network and Private Investigator
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1969 Harlan County Jane Doe MysteryAnyone who was alive in Harlan County in 1969 probably remembers the story of a young woman found stabbed to death on Pine Mountain.
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Nearly 19 Years Later, John Doe IdentifiedNearly 19 years later, John Doe identified as missing "Todd Martin Smith"
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Murderer Convicted, but Victim Remains UnidentifiedOn April 1, 2008, cold case detectives James Scharf and David Heitzman along with the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office, had Jane Doe's remains exhumed from her unmarked grave at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Walk4JusticeOur hearts and prayers go out to all families who are missing their loved ones. Prayers for justice, closure, equality and accountablility!
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Missouri Missing Announces June 17th as Official "Missing & Unidentified Persons Awareness Day"NOW THEREFORE, I Matt Blunt, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, do hereby proclaim June 17, 2008 as MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS AWARENESS DAY
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January 2008 -- Missing & UnidentifiedNCIC Statistics are provided by the FBI-NCIC for media relations -- USA & Canada
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National Day for Missing -- One Signature ShortI have been eyeing a combined National Missing and Unidentified Persons Day. And some dedicated people have made it happen already on the state level in Missouri.
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Wanted -- Grateful Dead or AliveMost went missing or died while going to or returning from a Grateful Dead concert or event.
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Who Killed Candy Clothier?Candace Clothier, a 16 year old girl from Philadelphia, PA, was found having been disposed of in almost the same manner as Tent Girl.
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A Pledge to Stay in TouchIs there a way to bypass privacy issues that prevent a missing persons report from being filed? Waived by the missing persons themselves...before they go missing?
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The Mysteries of Point PleasantOut of the 46 people who died in the bridge collapse - only 44 bodies were recovered. Two people are still missing.
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Somebody's SomebodyThe whole world is hinged on a twist of fate.
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First Missing and Unidentified Persons Awareness Day?Missouri's governor just signed a proclamation making June 17 Missing and Unidentified Persons Awareness Day in the State of Missouri!
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Federal Mandate -v- Moral ObligationSo many cases are NOT yet entered into the NCIC. If it were fully utilized to its potential can you imagine the results? Would it overwhelm the system?
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A Sister ForeverLaura's brother, Anthony Ross Allen has been missing since 1978 -- vanished at the age of 16. Laura has done just about everything imaginable to find her brother.
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National Missing and Unidentified Persons SystemLaunched in July 2007, a national system/database for missing and unidentified persons has become a reality. It will eventually be comprised of two databases.
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Stacking the Deck for a Winning HandCold case detectives have distributed a brand new deck of cards featuring unsolved homicides and missing person's cases to prisoners at the Snohomish County Jail.
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To Be or Not to Be a Crime Scene InvestigatorI think the current crime drama's are great and wildly successful, but folks need to take them as what they are -- entertainment
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Unidentified, but Not ForgottenThere are 100,000 missing people and more than 7,000 unidentified bodies listed with the FBI-NCIC.
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Mountain Cold CaseIt seems the body of a young woman was found there on June 5, 1969. A man picking flowers found her nude body just off of a trail on Pine Mountain.
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NamUs.govI feel this is the most accurate way to export data to the public and to law enforcement across the globe. At last we all have the opportunity to be on the "same page".
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Katherine Keats - After the SilenceKathryn Keats, lived in virtual hiding from a former live-in lover for fifteen years. This man, suffered with the insidious disease known as Schizophrenia. For years, he mentally, physically, ritualistically and emotionally abused Kathryn.
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NamUs is Coming...The first official database of missing and unidentified persons
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Elizabeth Bruce - in 1983 Brenda Never ArrivedShe was traveling from the San Diego area to the Dallas, Texas area.
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Doug French - Searching for Anna Christian WatersTonight's episode is called Searching for Anna Christian Waters. Anna was only five years old when she vanished from her home in her California backyard.
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The Mystery of Boulder Jane DoeIn 1954, An unidentified female was found murdered in Boulder Canyon, Colorado. Her identity remains a mystery.
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Sofia Santana - Police Reporter with South Florida Sun-Sentinelpolice departments have to get a sketch or a facial reconstruction, and that was just never done to the fullest extent in this case until a couple weeks ago with the help of Project EDAN.
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Med Student's Case Remains Unsolved -Brian Shaffer is a 27 year old medical student at Ohio State University (OSU). On the night of Friday, March 31st 2006; Brian went out with friends to have a few drinks
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Shortly After Angie's Story Airs on National TV, Husband Mysteriously Skips TownThanksgiving, I host Thanksgiving in my home and we often have 40 or more people for Thanksgiving, and there's kind of like a big ole' elephant in the middle of the room that Angie's not here.
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GraveDigger Tours with Darren ShellNot only the people and animals moved, the graves also had to be moved...or at least the attempt to move them. Many were moved to nearby St John's Cemetery, many of my relatives buried there, including my great - great - great grandparents.
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Elizabeth Hudson - Snow BodyI showed all the signs that a troubled teenager would show, I ran away, I self mutilated, in fact I did everything I think that a troubled child does to call out for help.
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The Six Year Anniversary of Missing Patricia ViolaPatricia Viola, 48, married mother of two Missing from Bogota Patricia was last seen at 11:35 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2001 by a school crossing guard. She volunteered at her son's school library that morning. She was reported missing by her husband, Jim.
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Running with the (Dick) WolvesHurry up and wait world of series pitch and waiting for a green light
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Missing Pieces Interview Transcript / Janice SmolinskiJustice For Billy Guest: Janice Smolinski Mother of missing William (Billy) Smolinski, Jr.
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Missing Pieces Interview Transcript / Lois Duncan ArquetteKaitlyn Arquette, 18, was murdered in Albuquerque on July 16, 1989. Albuquerque police dubbed the shooting a "random drive-by" and refused to investigate any other possibility. The case has never been solved.
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Missing Pieces Interview Transcript / Guest: Leslie RuleIn her quest to uncover explanations, Leslie researched library archives and interviewed credible witnesses, historians, renowned psychics, and parapsychologists.
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Pledge to Stay in TouchHow do you think this might be used in a situation? Might it help, hurt or be of no effect? Is this something you would want to keep on file with your living will or other legal documents?
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Missing Pieces Interview Transcript / Guest: Drew and Joyce KesseFlorida Family Pleads "Help Bring Jennifer Home"
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Missing Pieces Interview Transcript / Guest: Sharon Nemeth MurchI found out that there are a lot of people who deal with grief in their life and if I'm able to reach out to any of those people, you know,
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Missing Pieces Interview Transcript / Sarah TeagueSpottsville, Kentucky is where Newburgh Beach is located and that's where Heather went to lay in the sun on August 26th, 1995
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Missing Pieces Transcript / Guest LaDonna MeredithWe exist with a simple mission. We provide crucial resources, solutions, and assistance on behalf of the families of missing adults and children. We are advocates for the missing.
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Missing Pieces - Halloween 2007Darren Shell lives and works at his marina on Dale Hollow Lake. He has written several books. His stories and lectures about the lake and history have gained him the title of "Gravedigger". Most days you can find him at the marina...if he's not out "digging".
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript Guest: Sergeant Danny SwigerIt's going to take a good tip. It's going to be a lot of investigating once we get the good tip.
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Federal Mandate V/s Moral ObligationSo many cases are NOT yet entered into the NCIC...if it were fully utilized to it's potential...imagine the results? Would it overwhlem the system? Would it make a difference? Would it spark improvement in the system? Would it prove a point? Would anyone care?
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FBI's NCIC / Missing & Unidentified ReportingRecord of Missing & Unidentified Persons
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Alan Tate Interview-Special Thanks to Jerri Denise Hickman with Jerri's Blog and ColdCases Group Member for her help in transcribing this episode!
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript:Special Thanks to ColdCases member Lori Davis for her help in transcribing this episode!
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Tracie Fleischhut InterviewSpecial Thanks to ColdCases member Lanetta Sprott for her help in transcribing this episode!
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US DOJ Launches National Missing and Unidentified Persons InitiativeToday I got an e-mail from Jeannine Willie with Dept of Justice. PRESS RELEASE
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Shari "Lillie" Greer InterviewSpecial Thanks to "Anon" with www.whokilledtheresa.blogspot.com for transcribing this episode!
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Universal Symbol for the "Missing and Unidentified"The Unidentified are the very shadow of the Missing
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Sharing What You Have LearnedUniversal Symbol Of Missing & Unidentified Persons
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National Missing Persons DNA DatabaseSamples must be submitted through FBI field offices or resident agencies
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Technology Turns Up the Heat on Cold CasesRevised excerpts from article published in 2000
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Should Dr. Harlan's Reports Be Reviewed?originally published in 2005 Does a family have a valid complaint when asking for a review of an autopsy? If Harlan is found guilty and loses his license, will his autopsies be automatically reviewed? At 500 autopsies per year, that will be a mass undertaking.
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Jane and John Doe Cases,amateur Sleuths Who Are Trying to Put Them to RestThere are thousands more such Jane and John Doe cases, and a group of amateur sleuths who are trying to put them to rest.
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript / Episode 29Patty disappeared on Christmas Day, 1996
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Amateur Sleuths Keep Cold Cases AliveDocumentary examining the growing use of the worldwide web by amateur detectives seeking to shed light on cases of murder and missing persons that the police have given up on.
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Cyber Stalking: Abuse of Personal InformationDirector/ Producer of Missing Pieces Speaks out. Stalking, whether it's done over a computer or done in person.... it can be devastating for any victim who endures it.
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Don't Buy Gas - Do Chain-mail Efforts to Boycott Work?Grass root efforts express the desire for energy independence
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DOUBLE HOMICIDE of BO UPTON and RYAN SHANGRAWFebruary 1, 2002 Bo Upton and Ryan Shangraw were shot to death in Linclon County, Kentucky
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Internet SleuthsThere are more than 100,000 missing people in the United States alone and at least 6,000 unidentified bodies. With the authorities struggling to solve so many cases, thousands of volunteers are using the internet to try to match the missing with the unidentified.
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NCIC Statistics - UPDATED - March 31, 2007 IndexingPlease pass along this message to whomever might have a need for this information.
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: JILL BENNETT InterviewGarden of Hope and it works not only with missing people but missing and murdered people. We develop web sites for families who are unable to make a web site, and we do vigils and things like that. We are not limited to web sites.
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Some Mother's SonHis body found on April 1st, 1921 and buried on April 14tth, 1921
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Gloria Denton InterviewApril Beth Pitzer was last seen in the vicinity of the 30000 block of Caspian Way in Newberry Springs, CA. She told her roommate that she was leaving on a bus to visit her mother in Arkansas, but never arrived.
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Missing Vs. Endangered MissingColdCases member - and advisor to many amateur sleuths - Sam Pokey Gipson.
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Richard Ingraham InterviewNY Private Investigator Ingraham has spent the last 12 years working with the authorities and Sandra Sollie's family (pro-bono) to find answers to her mysterious disappearance.
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Lost & Found Persons - FBI / NCIC Statistics - Updated - January 31, 2007 IndexingPlease pass along this message to whomever might have a need for this information. Specific state statistics are available upon request.
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Jim Idema Interview - Missing Pieces - Text EditionInterview with Jim Idema , a freelance writer in Grand Rapids, MI. Jim is the scriptwriter for the story of missing person Diana Harris.
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Who Killed Candace Clothier?"I'm still convinced," said Chief Fergoine, "that the extraordinary similarities in the two crimes link them some way."
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The Will to Go OnDuring the daylight hours, I try to ponder the nagging depressions that haunt my soul.
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Are We Missing the Missing?Not always do the officials over the cases have the time to sit and talk with a family and explain the details of the situation in terms that they understand, they might even seem "cold" in the eyes of the family.
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Patty Starr InterviewI don't know if we will ever be able to prove they (ghosts) exist, but I don't think we'll be able to prove they don't exist either. - Patty Starr www.GhostHunter.com
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Trial of the Century?The Green River Killer case in Seattle will pale in comparison...once the facts come out in this case. -Wayne Leng www.MissingPeople.net
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We Love YouWe Love You - Missing Persons
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BRAINWASHED?When The Victim Becomes Attached
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Lost & Found Persons - FBI / NCIC Statistics - Updated - December 31, 2006 Indexing"...there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known." - Matthew 10:26
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Elizabeth Hudson"One Woman's Life on the Streets."
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FBI - NCIC Missing Persons - 65 and OlderStatistics are based on the cases submitted to FBI-NCIC. Not all Missing & Unidentified cases are listed with NCIC.
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Missing Pieces - PSAMissing Pieces is a program designed to raise public awareness
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America's Most Lost & Found -"...there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known." - Matthew 10:26 -
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National NCIC Missing Person StatisticsStatistics are based on the cases submitted to FBI-NCIC. Not all Missing & Unidentified cases are listed with NCIC.
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FBI Crime Stats for 2006Crime on the rise with little fall...
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Lost & Found Persons - FBI / NCIC Statistics - Updated - November 30, 2006 IndexingThe International Homicide Investigators Association estimates there are more than 40,000 unidentified dead nationally. (USA)
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Elizabeth Pendergrass InterviewBody In Grave Is Not That Of Patterson - The body thought to be Leoma Patterson were found in Campbell County in 1979 were quickly related to the missing Anderson County woman. Leoma was reported missing October 20 of 1978.
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Wayne Leng InterviewWayne, had a friend to disappear back in 1998,Vancouver, British Columbia, a very close friend. He got involved in trying to find out what had happened to her. Only to find out she was one of many victims of a serial killer.
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Laura James "CLEWS" Interview - Missing Pieces - Text EditionCLEWS is a weblog devoted to the discovery and dissemination of the fascinating stories to be found where murder, history, and journalism overlap.
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Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Laura Hood Interview28 years ago this month that Laura's brother, Tony Allen, never
called or came home again, he was 16 years old (in 1978). Now (today) there over 100,000 missing persons -
The NOMIS Project(NOMIS) is an United States Department of Justice (DOJ) funded secure web-enabled computer system designed for the collection and sharing of: death investigation information
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Questions About a Mysterious Death? Exhume the Body for a Second AutopsyDeputy Ryan Allred and I were able to exhume the body of his sister for a second autopsy. Though her death remains a mystery, we did answer some questions the family had about how she died.
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The Grateful Dead - Have You Seen These Fans?There's at least seven people that have been missing either on their way to, from or during a Grateful Dead concert.
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"RESURRECTION" -A documentary currently in-production, directed by filmmaker John Olivio, and expected to conclude filming in late 2006.
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Man Still Requests Road Renamed for Tent GirlTodd Matthews is working to drum up support for a memorial to Tent Girl by having the stretch of road where her body was found, U.S. 25 near Sadieville, renamed in her honor.
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Kentucky Double Homicide Remains UnsolvedUpton, 18, and Shangraw, 20, were killed Feb. 1, 2002, in Shangraw's home in the Hubble community of Lincoln County, and their murderers have not yet been identified.
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Teasing Secrets from the Dead -Amazingly detailed descriptions...as seen through the caring eyes of a lady with a passion for the cause.
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How the Doe Network Helped Libba Find Her SisterLibba was tested by the "fire" ....singed but not consumed, she is one of the people out there you trust when she says. "I understand."
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The Doe Network: Featured Member Jade MelindezFor Jade, the Doe Network has "been a refuge. A place where I have been able to feel grounded and have a purpose to fulfill." She proudly admits that she has found "a place that reminds me everyday that we can do anything together....."
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160 Year Old Jane Doe Case - The Lady Who Danced Herself to DeathThe following was received from an investigator in Tennessee who is interested in identifying the unknown girl who danced herself to death at Graham Springs more than a century and a half ago.
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NCIC- Missing PersonsA spike/ drop in numbers does not necessarily mean an increase in missing and unidentified, it can means that more cases are being entered/ removed into the system.
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Body in Grave is Not that of Leoma PattersonAfter years of wondering, a family's suspicions have been confirmed. The body in Leoma Patterson's grave is not that of their mother.
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Livingston, Tree City, Tennessee, USAThe above article is a fiction that I hope to see become a truth.
A much nicer sounding story than the reality that is unveiled in - An Inconvenient Truth : The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It - by Al Gore.
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"Because Every Missing Person, Doe, and Their Families Deserve Closure"Though she herself does not to have a missing loved one, she became horrified by the number of missing persons after surfing the site. She was also shocked by the does that filled the indexes. "I absolutely could not believe the numbers.
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Looking for an "ology"?As we travel through the world trying to resolve the unresolved, seems to me we have our own issues. I have often pondered if the people who do this type of work are to remain under the eternal "Amateur Sleuth" (and similar dubs)
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Killer Nashville 2006Killer Nashville 2006 was a two-day premiere event with a series of assorted author book signings, panel discussions .
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The Lost and the FoundThe lost And the Found Global Resource Center
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Missing Pieces RadioMissing Pieces is a program designed to encourage communications and information between people who can help locate or identify individuals who's cases has been classified as unsolved.
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4TheKids Missing Kid ServicesPlease visit the site at FourTheKids.org for more information about what you can do to help families with missing children.
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"Seeing the Faces You Can Almost Hear the Voices, Pleading for Their Names"June has worn many hats at Doe Network and continues to be active. Her other intertests include writing. She has the idea of a series of books with a new perspective.
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"Facing Ghosts from the Past"All family members of the missing should consider submitting DNA samples to the National DNA database
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Forensic Art - It's All in the Way You Look at itMany times though the remains are very varied, you might begin from a "fresh corpse" to bone fragments of a smashed skull.
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Mothman Mystery...Missing Persons and Murder??Currently (as of July 31, 2006) there are more than 1,091 doe cases and over 110,995 missing persons listed on the NCIC. But experts have said that this is only 10% - 50% of the actual numbers.
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Missing & UnidentifiedOften, in a cold case, the reason it becomes a cold case is due to a lack of physical evidence or identification factors such as dental records. DNA then become the only tool that can make an identification in these cases.