A woman who has been a Jane Doe for almost 40 years finally has her name back thanks to DNA testing and investigative genetic genealogy, says the DNA Doe Project.
The person at the center of an almost 40-year-old mystery finally has a name, thanks to DNA testing and genealogy.The DNA Doe Project says that a Jane Doe found in October 1985 has been identified as Sindy Gina Crow.Crow's skeletal remains were found by a highway mowing crew in a brush-covered gully on the south side of I-20 in Smith County. The nonprofit says that investigators felt her body had been purposefully concealed and had been in that gully for 12 to 15 months.
She was estimated to be 5'5" to 5'7" and between 110 and 125 lbs.A DNA profile was produced and then uploaded to GEDmatch Pro and FTDNA, two consumer websites that allow law enforcement cases. From there, the DNA matches were analyzed and DNA Doe Project volunteers built a family tree.The nonprofit says that this type of work is often stalled when Jane or John Doe's ancestry includes recent immigration, or when they are a person of color.
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