Post by hi224 on Aug 11, 2019 3:19:01 GMT
From the DNA Doe Projects Facebook:
The DNA Doe Project (DDP) is grateful to announce the identification of “Belle in the Well” as Louise Virginia Peterson Flesher, who was born June 16, 1915 in West Virginia.
"Belle in the Well" aka "Chesapeake Jane Doe" was found in a rural cistern in Windsor Township, Lawrence Co., OH, on April 1981. She was weighted down by a rope around her neck tied to a cinder block. She had been strangled.
DDP arranged to take the case in June 2017. After DNA was extracted from a tooth and sequencing performed, we obtained a file and uploaded it to GEDmatch in November, 2017. Due to extensive intermarriage in the community it took over 14 months to finally identify her.
Earlier today (July 29, 2019) the Lawrence County Coroner's Office hosted a press conference detailing the investigation, the partnership with DDP, and subsequent confirmation of identity. ”
Links:
Namus
Wiki
Doe Network
The DNA Doe Project (DDP) is grateful to announce the identification of “Belle in the Well” as Louise Virginia Peterson Flesher, who was born June 16, 1915 in West Virginia.
"Belle in the Well" aka "Chesapeake Jane Doe" was found in a rural cistern in Windsor Township, Lawrence Co., OH, on April 1981. She was weighted down by a rope around her neck tied to a cinder block. She had been strangled.
DDP arranged to take the case in June 2017. After DNA was extracted from a tooth and sequencing performed, we obtained a file and uploaded it to GEDmatch in November, 2017. Due to extensive intermarriage in the community it took over 14 months to finally identify her.
Earlier today (July 29, 2019) the Lawrence County Coroner's Office hosted a press conference detailing the investigation, the partnership with DDP, and subsequent confirmation of identity. ”
Links:
Namus
Wiki
Doe Network