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We were all well in the throes of the Covid pandemic, and so I was spending a lot of time at home,” Ms. Goddard said. “And I remember feeling like I had spent countless hours, but wasn’t a whole lot closer, after all that time, than we had been after the first week or two.
— Rebecca Goddard
DDP wishes to acknowledge the contributions of those groups and individuals who helped solve this case: Newton County Indiana Coroner’s Office, Becky Goddard, Chief Deputy Prosecutor for Newton County, Indiana State Police labs in Lowell and Indianapolis, Indiana, Detective David Andrews, Indiana State Police; HudsonAlpha Discovery for sequencing; Kevin Lord of Saber Investigations for bioinformatics; and GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA for providing their databases, and the DNA Doe Project volunteers who tirelessly work to bring victims home.
— DNA Doe Press Release

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The Newton County Coroner’s Office would like to thank Rebecca Goddard and the DNA Doe Project for their many hours of volunteer work to bring this case to a close after all these years
— Scott McCord, Coroner

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The DNA Doe Project is grateful to the groups and individuals who helped solve this case: the Newton County Coroner, who entrusted the case to the DNA Doe Project; Astrea Forensics and Othram for extraction of DNA and whole genome sequencing; Kevin Lord of Saber Investigations for bioinformatics; GEDmatch Pro and FTDNA for providing their databases; and DDP’s dedicated teams of volunteer investigative genetic genealogists who work tirelessly to bring all our Jane and John Does home, including Newton County Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Goddard.
— DNA Doe Press Release

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To read Rebecca’s full Law Review publication, click here.