Special guest Trisha covers NamUS Case# UP121437 - a set of partial remains found in the Sonoran Desert. She also tells us about suspected murder victim Veronica Mondragon-Rodriguez of Phoenix, AZ.

Show Notes:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.azfamily.com/2022/09/07/phoenix-womans-disappearance-being-investigated-homicide-family-asks-help/%3foutputType=amp

https://silentwitness.org/cases/missing-person-veronica-mondragon-4500-n-black-canyon-highway/

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP93651

Missing Person / NamUs #MP93651https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/121437?nav

Dana covers a famous case involving remains found in a Scotland Yard building.

When a man's body is found on a beach in Sligo, Ireland, authorities identify him as Peter Bergmann.

The only problem is that Peter Bergman never existed at all.

Show Notes

Sources:

Film: The Last Days of Peter Bergman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H3N34gMp1g

Sligo.ie

https://www.sligo.ie/visit/stunning-beaches/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case

Dana discusses the remains of a vulnerable young person found in Harris County, Texas. We explore the possibilities and also talk about missing persons Monique Rae Smith, Sidney Smith and Jennifer Lancaster of Topeka, Kansas.

Show Notes

Sources

Namus #UP10722

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10722?nav

Jennifer Lancaster

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/382?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-dawn-lancaster

Monique Rae Smith

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11471?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/monique-rae-smith

Sidney Smith

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/11470?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/sidney-keara-smith

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Gina presents the case of a woman found in Cincinnati, Ohio-- buried with a long-stemmed rose. We also discuss the mysterious missing person's case of Jennifer Cahill-Shadle.

Show Notes

Sources

NamUS: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP25995

NamUS: Unidentified Person #UP50691

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/UP50691

Charley Project: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-cahill-shadle

Cincinnati Enquirer

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/11/02/coroner-to-release-facial-reconstruction-of-unidentified-woman/71418785007/

Facebook: Missing Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://www.facebook.com/missingjennifercahillshadle/

FBI: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/jennifer-cahill-shadle---state-college-pennsylvania

Ohio Attorney General

https://x.com/OhioAG/status/1093622934676168704

Wikipedia: Avondale, Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avondale,_Cincinnati

Wikipedia: State College, Pennsylvania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania

https://www.fox19.com/2019/09/04/nonprofit-working-help-authorities-identify-body-jane-doe-found/

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/cocaine

https://www.healthline.com/health/substance-use/cocaine-teeth

Found gratefully acknowledges the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, NamUs, for allowing us to reproduce, in part or in whole, the information contained in this podcast. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Dana discusses skeletonized remains found in a tent, and the missing persons cases of Reynaldo S. Tapia and Margarita Almazan Gonzalez.

Sources:

Namus Unidentified Person #UP73941

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/UP73941

Reynaldo S. Tapia

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/36388

Margarita Almazan Gonzalez https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP42097 Found gratefully acknowledges the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, NamUs, for allowing us to reproduce, in part or in whole, the information contained in this podcast. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

No day shall erase you from the memory of time. ~Virgil

Gina discusses the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks on modern forensics, and an unexpected link with a decades-old unsolved murder in Hell's Kitchen.

Show Notes

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/midtown-jane-doe-patricia-mcglone

⁠https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2012/10/26/steve-paul-71-founded-the-scene-club-and-helped-shape-60s-music/⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank_Building⁠

⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/50315246329/discussion/preview⁠

⁠https://www.fox5ny.com/news/midtown-jane-doe-cold-case-victim-identified-as-patricia-kathleen-mcglone⁠

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/ground-zero

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2021/09/07/how-9-11-changed-forensic-science-forever/

⁠https://newyorkyimby.com/2013/08/301-west-46th-street-2.html⁠

https://people.com/midtown-jane-doe-new-york-woman-identified-patricia-kathleen-mcglone-8641422

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Patricia_McGlone?file=Patricia_McGlone_Parabon_crop.jpg

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/30/patricia-kathleen-mcglone-midtown-jane-doe-cold-case/73515200007/

lf you have information about Patricia Kathleen McGlone, please call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS

Dana discusses remains found in a wooded area of Conception South Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. We also discuss the cases of Nicholas Leonard, Gordon Mertz and Temi Fernandez Casas.

Sources:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/235umnf.html (https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/235umnf.html)

https://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/news/victim-identified-in-decades-old-cold-case/ (https://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/news/victim-identified-in-decades-old-cold-case/)

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Temi_Fernandez#:~:text=Temistocle%20%22Temi%22%20Fernandez%20Casas%20was,Quebec%20City%20in%20April%201992. (https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Temi_Fernandez#:~:text=Temistocle%20%22Temi%22%20Fernandez%20Casas%20was,Quebec%20City%20in%20April%201992.)

https://dnasolves.com/articles/temistocle-fernandez-casas-canada/ (https://dnasolves.com/articles/temistocle-fernandez-casas-canada/)

https://www.rnc.gov.nl.ca/latest-news/historical-missing-persons/