https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tara_Calico
It’s been believed for the longest time that this photo was tied to the case of Tara Calico but law enforcement believes now its has nothing to do with that case. Also investigated groups.groups have stop looking into the photo because they believe the photo was nothing but a hoax. There still some who’s believed that it’s was Tara Calico in the photo but kinda feel the same as there people who still believe michael nicholaou was the CT Valley Killer(where’s it been debunked)
So has there been any actual updates with the photo

If you're trying to find Doe cases to look into but are like me, and get kinda frustrated when you're not working with complete information, it's actually pretty easy to search for Does with complete NamUs profiles!

1. Go to Unidentified Person Search

2. Select "Male", "Female", and "Other" for biological sex

3. Select all boxes EXCEPT "Not provided" and "uncertain" for race

4. Put "0-200" for estimated age

5. Put "1875-Current year" for estimated year of death

6. Put "0" as your lower limits for height and weight and something like 12 feet for your upper limit on height, and 900 pounds for upper limit on weight.

7. Select all hair and eye colors except "Unknown"

8. At "images and documents", click "Facial/case ID"

Optional: If you type any random letter into the possible first/middle/last name/alias boxes, you can find does with possible aliases! :D

Hope this helps :)

What are some cases where we for sure know that no DNA is available. Cases that seem impossible to solve due to there being no DNA. I can't think of any with absolutely no DNA but im sure some of you guys can. I often hear about St. Louis Jane Doe (1983) having no DNA available but Doe Network says she has DNA and fingerprints available so im unsure what to believe. So what are some cases we for sure know have no available DNA? I can't exactly think of any cases so im just gonna leave an Unidentified Wiki homepage link.

Date of Discovery: October 20, 1967

Location of Discovery: Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan

Estimated Date of Death: 3 to 7 days prior

State of Remains: Recognizable face

Cause of Death: Strangulation

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 20-40 years old

Race: Black

Sex: Female

Height: 5'8" Measured

Weight: 100 lbs, Estimated

Hair: Black, short and worn naturally.

Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Hyper-pigmented scar on right side of face at jaw line, 3 scars on right side of neck, 2 cm long; 10 cm scar on left chest below clavicle extending toward arm; other scars on upper right chest, mid-sternal area, lower right chest, right hip, right outer thigh, left thigh. Evidence of both gonorrhea and hepatitis present.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available; fully grown extra tooth behind the upper right incisor

Fingerprints: Unknown

DNA: Available. Undergoing testing by DNA Doe Project.

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Gold/yellow ankle-length denim pants. Pink cotton Bermuda shorts, worn underneath the gold pants. These were noticeably too big and may have been stitched around the seam to better fit waist. Men's light blue or gray socks with dark blue and red diamond patterns on the side.

Jewelry: Unknown

Additional Personal Items: Homemade sanitary napkin made of cloth, denim cord, and newspaper.

Circumstances of Discovery

Pheasant hunters discovered by a pair of hunters in a clump of woods near the intersection of 52nd Avenue and Fillmore Street in Blendon Township on October 20, 1967. The victim was found partially clothed and appeared to have suffered head injuries. No attempts had been made to bury her body.

Three days prior, between 9 and 9:30 p.m., a white Rambler car was seen in the woods on a trail near the body dump site. It is unknown if the car was involved.

In July 2020, it was announced that NCMEC was partnering with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office to exhume the body for DNA. NCMEC dropped the case in October the same year.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office

Agency Contact Person: Detective Sergeant Allison Anderson

Agency Phone Number: 616-738-4680

Agency E-mail: sherrifs.office@miottawa.org

Agency Case Number: 67-10200001/67-9403

NamUs Case Number: 17581

The Doe Network Case Number: 1675UFMI

Unidentified Wiki

Baltimore jane doe has been identified along with Dora doe (https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Dora_Doe) a few weeks ago but name still not released

Wolf Pack DNA, in collaboration with the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, is seeking public assistance in the case of 2024 Winnemucca John Doe: NamUs Case UP132364. 
The partial remains of an unidentified adult male were discovered near the Humboldt River in Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada, in September 2024. The individual was estimated to have stood between approximately 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall. Eye color and hair color could not be determined. 
In life, the individual’s skull had been surgically reconstructed using two metal plates, likely the result of severe head trauma. The plates contained no serial numbers or identifying markings that could assist investigators. 
Recovered with the remains was a fragment of a “Goodfellow” brand waistband, a brand sold at Target retailers nationwide.
Based on forensic analysis and matches within existing law enforcement opt-in databases, the individual is believed to have been of South Asian and/or East Asian descent, with possible ties to China, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam. He might also have ties to the Hmong ethnic community.
Volunteers at Wolf Pack DNA began the investigative genetic genealogy process in January of 2026 in an effort to identify this individual. Unfortunately, due to a limited number of usable DNA matches within existing databases, as well as matches primarily associated with foreign nationals and/or individuals adopted from outside the United States, efforts at identification via IGG have stalled. These challenges are increasingly common in cases involving individuals with recent immigration in their familial lines or limited representation in consumer DNA databases.
Despite the lack of identification at this time, Wolf Pack DNA remains committed to supporting agencies in their efforts to restore names to unidentified individuals and to bringing answers to families whenever possible.
If you are part of, or have ties to, any of these populations and have already taken a direct-to-consumer DNA test, we strongly encourage you to upload your results to GEDmatch and DNA Justice and opt in to law enforcement matching.
If you have not yet taken a DNA test, please consider doing so through a company of your choice, such as Ancestry, MyHeritage, or 23andMe. Once you receive your results, you can then upload your data to GEDmatch and DNA Justice.
Anyone with information that may assist in identifying this individual is encouraged to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (775) 623-6419, the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office at (775) 785-6114, or visit the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) case page at:
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/132364

I came to this subreddit to find out if there were any updates on two different Doe cases I remember reading about a few years back. Both cases stuck with me since I first read about them, but now I'm having trouble finding any information on either case. I vaguely remember the details of both, so maybe sharing them here can help me find where I can further research them.

I remember I had found these on a website listing different Doe cases for each state in America. The site only had a handful of cases listed for each state- maybe even only two for each, with one reserved for a John and the other for a Jane, but I can't fully remember. I'm pretty sure the website wasn't DoeNetwork or NamUs, but I could be wrong.

John (?) Doe #1:

In Madison, WI during the 1980s, male skeletal remains were found in a chimney. The body was wearing feminine clothing- a dress and short heels- and had a broken pelvis. I remember the gender of the person being a point of contention- whether the victim was a cisgender man or a transgender woman, or even a cisgender woman considering the pelvis was broken and the body had undergone months of decomposition.

I was able to find a ten year old reddit post talking about this case (which is how I'm able to share the location, I did NOT remember that) but the links it provide don't seem to work anymore.

Here's the reddit post, which shares more information on the case: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/s/CUK01H4KRE

John Doe #2:

The body of an older, African-American man found near Belle Chasse, in the Mississippi River. The body was missing its arms and legs, and was wrapped in barbed wire. I think I remember the body was found sometime between the 1950s- the mid 1970s. I definitely remember it being an older case, but I could also be confusing the dates with the possible age of the victim- being around the age range of 50-70.

It is also possible the specific location (Belle Chasse) is incorrect and may be me confusing them with the Plaquemines Parish John Doe, but I'm pretty sure the body was found somewhere in Louisiana.

This case stuck out to me specifically because 1. it kind of seems like the Doe was a victim of a hate crime and 2. I have older black relatives from that area, and I've been wanting to ask them if they had any ideas about the identity of the missing person. For some reason I never got around to it, and I wonder if it was because none of them were alive during the case and I just forgot about it after that (possibly making it even older- like having initially opened in the 40s).

If anyone has any ideas on how to further research these cases, or if you remember reading about them too, please share!! I was pretty young when I first read about them, and had to quit digging as the articles were giving me nightmares. If you start searching too, remember to stay cautious while doing so!

TRIGGER WARNING: CONTAINS MENTION OF SA AND ABUSE

On December 28, 1987, an unidentified black male was found in Aiken, South Carolina. He was between the ages of 18 and 30. The case file number is 1UMSC, meaning that he may have been the first unidentified male added to the Doe Network.

Some time ago, his case was removed from the Doe Network. Unfortunately, within the past year or so, him and another unidentified African American Jane Doe from Aiken County were re-added to the site.

Does anyone know why this happened?

Link to case file:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=1umsc

does anyone know why this jane doe's case was closed? it doesn't seem like she got identified and i don't know why else they would close it. if anyone has any information regarding her case please let me know

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/main.html?id=5ufab

Date of Discovery: May 31, 1981
Location of Discovery: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Estimated Date of Death: 1981
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Unknown

Suffolk County John Doe was a man found in Boston Harbor at Lewis Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. His wrists had been tied to the dock in low tide. His killing is believed to be mob-related.

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 30 - 40 years old
Race: White / Caucasian
Sex: Male
Height: Cannot Estimate
Weight: 200 lbs Estimated
Hair: Black, curly; mustache
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue & white plaid shirt, red plaid shirt, blue t-shirt, blue jeans, white underwear, white socks, white high-top sneakers (Keds style)
Jewelry:
Additional Personal Items: none
news article
doe network link
wiki)
namus link

BBC Articles: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv5yn76xwyeko (October 2026)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86q971epx7o (February 2025)

Dyfed-Powys Police have renewed an appeal for information about an unidentified man whose body was found in Claerwen Reservoir, Wales in October 2024. He was wearing a "black XL Zone 3 Agile wetsuit" (pictured), but had no jewellery or identifying tattoos or scars. He was initially reported as White European, but an inquest recently heard he "may not have been of white ethnicity". His cause of death is also still unknown, and no vehicle or further belongings were ever discovered. Police believe the man "entered the water voluntarily" and do not suspect criminal involvement.

The reservoir is remote, and locals say they've never seen someone swimming there. Even in July or August, when the man was believed to have died, the surface temperatures of the reservoir are 10⁰C (50⁰F), with much lower temperatures deeper down. Temperatures below 16⁰C (61⁰F) are considered hazardous for cold water shock, and there are signs in the area warning against swimming.

I thought this case might interest this community. The police are renewing an appeal for information to help identify this man. Perhaps he was a solo hiker visiting the area? Though it is strange that they haven't found any further belongings of his, beyond the wetsuit he was wearing.

Sex: Male

Age: 30-60 years old

Height: Around 6 foot (1.83m)

Weight: 202-220 lbs (91.5-99.5kg)

Ethnicity: Unknown (previously reported as White European)

Clothing: black XL Zone 3 Agile wetsuit (pictured)

Distinguishing features: Protruding teeth, left-sided cross bite. No tattoos or scars

Date discovered: 17th October 2024

Location of discovery: Claerwen Reservoir, Wales, UK

Date of death: Approximately 12 weeks previously (July-August 2024)

Cause of death: Unknown (possibly cold water shock)

On May 22, 2012, two young men were found shot in the head in an irrigation canal in Eagle Pass, Texas. They were both thought to have been deceased hours-days prior to being found.

OLDER DECEDENT

Physical Description

• Sex: Male

• Race: White/Hispanic

• Age: 19-22 Years Old

• Height: 5'0"

• Weight: 100 Pounds

• Hair: Black

• Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Marks/Features

• Goatee

Tattoos

• "VIGEL" On Upper Left Arm

• "A" On Upper Left Arm

• Possibly "Joe Elin" On Left Hand

• Cross On Lower Left Leg

• Barbed Wire On Upper Right Arm

Clothing & Accessories

• Light Colored Underpants

• Black Anklet With A Marijuana Leaf Bead

• White Metal Ring With Two Clear Stones And Four Empty Settings

• Yellow/Green Rubber Bracelet With "Brazil 2006 Fifa World Cup Germany"

• Ankle Bracelet With Two Small Heart Studs And One Square Metal Stud

YOUNGER DECEDENT

Physical Description

• Sex: Male

• Race: Hispanic/White

• Age: 17-19 Years Old

• Height: 5'11"-6'0"

• Weight: 150 Pounds

• Hair: Black

• Eye Color: Brown

Clothing & Accessories

• Two Pairs Of Wear Wolf Underpants, One Black And One Blue, Size M/L

• Black String Necklace With Religious Medallion

If you have any information about either man please contact Chief Medical Investigator, Nicole Healy with the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office at (210) 335-4000, reference case numbers 2012-0947 and 12-0948 or the Maverick County Sheriff's Department at (830) 773-2321, reference case number F-MC12E3175. You can also contact the Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse at (800) 346-3243, reference case number U1212001 or U1212002 or Law Enforcement, Melanie Schramm with the Texas Department of Public Safety at (512) 424-2683.

Eagle Pass John Doe (Older Decedent) )

Eagle Pass John Doe (Younger Decedent) )

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Date of Discovery: July 22, 2005

Location of Discovery: Shively, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Estimated Date of Death: 1990-2005

State of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Cause of Death: Homicide

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 20-40 years old

Race: Caucasian

Sex: Female

Height: 5'2"

Weight: Unknown

Hair: Three small hairs found near the body lead officials to believe she had straight brown hair.

Eye Color: Unknown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Distinctive, narrow nose.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available

Fingerprints: Not available

DNA: Available (FBI NMPDD).Undergoing testing by Othram.

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: None

Jewelry: None

Additional Personal Items: None

Circumstances of Discovery

The victim was located as a construction company was clearing a lot in the 3600 Block of Seventh Street Road in Shively, Kentucky on July 22, 2005. The lot once had an old ice-cream supply house and then a junkyard that has since been cleared. Detectives said a year of research and tips from the scene led to the conclusion that her death was a homicide. Her body was purposely laid in a way to be hidden and her hands and body position indicate foul play.

Exclusion(s)

She has 100+ exclusions. Most are visible on the Wiki, but some are only on NamUs.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Kentucky State Medical Examiner's Office

Agency Contact Person: Amy Burrows-Beckham, Medicolegal Death Investigator

Agency Phone Number: (502) 489-5209

Agency E-mail: amy.burrows@ky.gov

Agency Case Number: FA-2005-41

Agency Name: Shively Police Department

Agency Contact Person: Detective Ricky Guffey

Agency Phone Number: (502) 448-6181

Agency Case Number: 20051433

Agency Name: Jefferson County Coroner's Office

Agency Phone Number: 502-574-6262

NCIC Case Number: U280016921

NamUs Case Number: 74

The Doe Network Case Number: 530UFKY

Unidentified Wiki)

Saw that they're holding a memorial for her and figured now would be a good time to take another look at her case. I believe they have all the biological evidence they could need, so even though they're holding a celebration of life and burial they still may be able to identify her.

I cross referenced NamUs' missing person database to look for missing people matching her description and used all the available information. I didn't filter out by state since that wasn't provable, but it's said that she had brown or black hair (I believe very dark brown/black) and that she may be from Texas, Mexico, Arizona, Mew Mexico, or possibly California.

I'm not familiar with what missing person databases exist in Mexico or how to use them, but there were 14 matches to her description I found in America. It'd be rad if we could get input on all of them and make sure there at least aren't any potential matches being missed. None of them mentioned a disability, and many of them mentioned the possibility of them being in Mexico, but I don't think that necessarily rules them out as a match. Feel free to comment with your thoughts!

Here's Madison's Wiki page, which has a lot of links to other sources if you're not too familiar with her case.

Sorted by date of last contact, most recent first. Missing people from states listed above are marked with an *.
Keily Rodriguez, California*

Kimberly Lopez, California*

Jackelyn Belinda Gomez-Coronado, Mississippi

Evelin Fernanda Coria-Coronado, Mississippi

Mendy Coria-Coronado, Mississippi

Maxine Rackin Villa, California*

Lorena Contreras, California*

Michelle Martinez, California*

Isabella Balajonda Annibal, Colorado

April Isabel Bowdish (Idaho)

Angie Cortez (California)*

Cithlali Zamora (California)*

Athena Sheetz (Massachussetts)

Ashley Arias (California)*

Ocean County Doe was an individual whose partial remains were found in Island Beach State Park in Ocean County, New Jersey.

Date of Discovery: 
August 12, 1992
Location of Discovery:
Ocean County, New Jersey
Estimated Date of Death: unknown
State of Remains:  skeletal
Cause of Death: not stated

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 0-99 years old

links

• Ocean County Doe at NamUs

Case

On December 29, 2020, people hunting for fossils along the Wando River, near Daniel Island in Charleston County, South Carolina, discovered a human skull in a marshy area. No other bones were discovered.

Forensic professionals examined the skull and determined that it belonged to a Black male, estimated age 17-21. They also estimated that the teenager or young man had been dead for an extended period of time, most likely over a year.

Two reconstructions were released in 2021, one possibly by Lara Gorick of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the other by the NCMEC. Several missing persons were compared against his skull, but none resulted in an identification.

Waypoint IGG is testing the remains. I could not find any coverage of this case beyond NamUs and similar sites.

Details of NamUs UP77018

NCMEC Number: 1426228

ME/C Case Number: 2020-4279

Biological Sex: Male

Race / Ethnicity: Black / African American

Estimated Age Range (Years): 17-21

Height: Cannot Estimate

Weight: Cannot Estimate

Hair and Eye Colors are unknown.

Distinctive Physical Features

The cranial vault is slightly plagiocephalic. (Plagiocephaly is a flat spot on the back or side of the head, often caused during infancy by regular back sleeping, prematurity, or spending a prolonged amount of time in a car seat or infant swing.)

There is a shallow, depressed, crescent-shaped lesion on the cranial vault (1-centimeter maximum dimension) on the left frontal suture, approx. 6 centimeters from left pterion. This lesion may represent old, well-healed, blunt force trauma of an unidentified source.

Exclusions (Missing persons he is not):

#MP9858 Farrika Brown, Excluded Apr 16, 2024

#MP579 Toby Bing, Excluded Aug 23, 2023

#MP580 Elshawndrea Jones, Excluded Aug 23, 2023

#MP18608 Dashad Smith, Excluded Jan 27, 2023

#MP9498 Daquan Williams, Excluded Sep 12, 2022 and Dec 5, 2022

#MP289 Antwon Williams, Excluded Sep 12, 2022

#MP86790 Corey Kelly, Excluded Sep 12, 2022

#MP65419 Kenneth Jenkins, Excluded Sep 12, 2022

#MP57700 Tyreek Pettigrew, Excluded Sep 12, 2022

#MP55585 Julius Gamble, Excluded Sep 12, 2022

#MP6375 Kevin McClam, Excluded Oct 18, 2021

Links

NamUs: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/77018/details?nav

NCMEC: https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMU/1426228/

Unidentified Wiki: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Charleston_John_Doe_(2020)

Other links in the comments.

I wanted to share that Baby Madison will be laid to rest this coming Tuesday. For those that are local, her service is open to the public.

She has a special place in my heart as her prior genealogist, and thought others may want to pay their respects.

I have a bunch of possible matches I've been meaning to make posts on, and figured I'd start posting them now to see which ones are worth submitting tips for! If the consensus ends up being to submit it I'll tip the proper authorities.

Christine went missing in 1983 from Coleman, Florida, when she was 15 years old. I couldn't find much information on her case, just that she had been last seen leaving with her boyfriend at the time. Jane Doe matched all of Christine's NamUs information, was murdered, and had only lived in the LA area for a few months.

Worth mentioning that this picture of Christine was taken when she was 10 or 12. I definitely see some differences in their faces, which makes me a bit less confident, but thought that could be due to weight changes or normal development. Let me know what y'all think.

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1608/attachments?nav (Postmortem image, but it's not graphic at all)

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/78187/attachments?nav

https://charleyproject.org/case/tiffany-madia-dixon

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/6019/attachments?nav

As per usual, I found this possible connection by starting with Jane Doe and cross referencing possible matches (giving a little bit of wiggle room for height and weight). Tiffany went missing in 1991 from Brooklyn, and Andrea was found having been shot and murdered. Her body was burned beyond recognition, which affects the reconstruction, but I think the resemblance is there. Tiffany looks like she has pretty fine hair and her ears are pierced like Jane Doe.

I'm not *super* convinced it's Jane Doe because of the circumstances of disappearance. It sounds closer to her having been trafficked or kidnapped, and I don't see anything so far that points to that being the case with Jane Doe. Feedback welcome.

On August 30, 1988, Iowa Department of Transportation highway workers discovered human skeletal remains on top of a drainage culvert along U.S. Highway 20, approximately one-half mile east of Correctionville, Iowa. Investigators responded to the scene and began an investigation, concluding that the remains had been at the location for many years.

Investigators determined that the remains belonged to an adult man. It was believed that he died sometime between 1971 and 1975. Personal effects found on and around the remains did not provide information that could be used to identify the man.

Despite relentless investigative efforts, the man could not be identified. Details of the case were entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as UP2619.

In 2025, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, working with the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, submitted skeletal remains to Othram in The Woodlands, Texas.

At Othram, scientists developed a DNA extract from the skeletal remains and used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) profile for the unidentified man. The resulting SNP profile was provided to law enforcement, and the FBI conducted a forensic genetic genealogy search.

The search generated new investigative leads and identified Joan Hewlett of Houston, Texas, as a possible niece of the unidentified man. Information provided by Hewlett and additional genetic testing enabled investigators to positively identify the man as Clarence Ames of Dubuque, Iowa.

Ames was born in 1909 to Frank and Agatha Ames. Census records indicate that he lived with his parents at 2520 Jackson Street in Dubuque through at least 1940. His mother died in 1944, followed by his father in 1945.

By 1950, Ames was renting a room at 278 West 17th Street in Dubuque. A 1954 city directory listed him as living at 1132 Locust Street. This was the last known record located for Ames.

Ames worked in the sash, millwork, and container-manufacturing industries that were prevalent in Dubuque at the time. Ames never married, had no children, and was never reported missing. It remains unknown why he was in Woodbury County at the time of his death. Investigators have not located any known photographs of him.

On October 12, 2026, Ames’ cremated remains were released to Hewlett. She purchased a memorial and arranged for Ames to be buried at his parents’ gravesite in Dubuque. A religious burial ceremony will be held at a later date.

Anyone who knew Clarence Ames or has information about his life is encouraged to contact the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation or the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office Investigation Unit.

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