Update, 1 July 2022: We were contacted by a family member of Bill Lewis, who was identified by our Forensic Genetic Genealogy team late last year. His family would like to invite members of the public and individuals who cared about and helped on Bill’s case over the years to a memorial service to be … Read more
Anthony Redgrave created the forensic art for NamUs #UP14558. Time lapse below.
Why is there a skull in this family photo album? Redgrave Research Forensic Services unravels the mystery.
Thanks to librarians Kristin Parker Dhabolt and Nikki Hentz for bringing us this mystery, the Parker family, guest researcher Jen Morley, and the consulting anthropologists including Dr. Amy Michael, Amber Plemmons and Kelly Kamnikar.
UPDATE October 28 2021: Unidentified cremains which may be that of Finley Creek Jane Doe have been located in Walla Walla, and have been sent to Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA Lab in Thunder Bay, Ontario in hopes to extract a usable DNA sample for sequencing. If a successful sample is able to be obtained and sequenced, … Read more
3/24/2022: Update: Article published in Forensic Sciences Research
Identification of a decedent in a 103-year-old homicide case using forensic anthropology and genetic genealogy
Amy R. Michael, Samantha H. Blatt, Mariyam Isa, Anthony Redgrave &Douglas H. Ubelaker
In 1979, the dismembered remains of a man were found in a cave in Idaho. 40 years later, he was identified using forensic genealogy. The Redgraves led the genealogy team for this case at the DNA Doe Project. This case was brought to the DNA Doe Project by Dr. Amy Michael and Dr. Samantha Blatt of Idaho State University.
Forensic art by Anthony Redgrave.
Read more below and watch the press conference about this amazing case.
For this project, our team evaluated a tattoo shop’s privately collected medical specimen skeleton for age, sex and ancestry estimates, and then began to create a facial approximation of the individual. See the time lapse video on Zaza Ink’s facebook page! Click the images below to see them full-size Dr. Amy Michael used reference materials … Read more
The Ancient Site of Caesarea Maritima The University of New Hampshire (UNH) Department of Anthropology and Dr. Amy Michael curate a small collection of human remains from the archaeological site of Caesarea Maritima in present-day Israel. These remains are on long-term loan from Michigan State University. The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima conducted archaeological work … Read more