Publisher's Synopsis
This Book discusses two unsolved murder mysteries, the Mojave Desert Jane Doe case from 1971 and the Kern County Jane Doe case from 1980, that were finally solved decades later using advanced DNA technology and forensic genealogy. For the Mojave Desert Jane Doe case, the victim was identified in 2022 as Colleen Audrey Rice from Portsmouth, Ohio, who was reported missing by her family in 1971 at age 35. For the Kern County Jane Doe case, the victim was identified in 2021 as Shirley Anne Susay from Alberta, Canada, who was reported missing by her family in 1980 at age 35. The cases show how new DNA technology has helped solve old cold cases that seemed unsolvable for many years.
