New DNA tecnology may help identify 3 victims of the Green River Killer

Green River killer Gary Ridgway left an array of victims on his killing spree. In 1983 Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to murdering 48 women in the 1980s and 1990s.
All of the victims were identified, all but 3 that still remained unidentified today. Two of the victimes were located in Aurburn and Burein during the early 1980s. The third set of remains were located many years later in 2003 in Kent.
Bode Technology of Lorton, Va, have been able to extract a DNA profile using new DNA technology.



These 3 victims have remained unidentified but with the newly extracted DNA profiles maybe not for long. Clicking on the case numbers will direct you to more detailed information including who and where to contact if you recognise any of the victims.

source information www.doenetwork.org

• Estimated age: 12 - 18 years old (at closest estimate, 15 years old)
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5'3"-5'9"; 110-130 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair. She was probably left-handed, and she had a healed skull fracture on her left temple.
• Dentals: Available
• DNA: mtDNA Available 
• Case No: 97UFWA

• Estimated age: 18 - 28 years old
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5'0 - 5'4"; 120 - 140 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Her weight, hair color and eye color are undetermined due to skeletal remains.
• Dentals: Available                     IDENTIFIED
• Other: mtDNA available
• Case No: 99UFWA

• Estimated age: 14 - 19 years old
• Approximate Height and Weight: 5'4"-5'8"; 120-145 lbs
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Her weight, hair color and eye color are undetermined.
• Dentals: Available
• DNA: Available
• Case No: 98UFWA

North Yorkshire Jane Doe Exhumed

It has been over 30 years since the body of an unidentified Jane Doe was discovered in North Yorkshire. Know as the Sutton Bank Body police have recently exhumed the body in hopes to create a DNA profile. It was very successful.

Police were alerted to the discovery by an anonymous tipster. an unknown man made contact with the Police and informed them of the location of the body. That caller has never come forward and Police are making a fresh appeal for this man to make contact.

White Female
Found deceased on August 28th 1981 in North Yorkshire, UK. It is estimated she died at least a year prior to the discovery of her Skeletal remains.
Estimated Age: 38-40
Estimated Height: 5"2
Characteristics: Natural brown hair, she was of slender build and she had given birth to at least one child, possibly up to three
Poor dental health: See update information.

At 8.00am on August 28th 1981 a man reported the discovery of the body to Ripon Police. The body was found in weeds off a country road near Sutton Bank. The man remains unknown.


 North Yorkshire Police have confirmed that the forensic analysis on the samples taken from the body of a woman known as the “Sutton Bank body” has produced a full composite DNA profile.

* All her upper teeth were missing, she had an upper dental plate fitted and she had just six lower teeth.

* A post-mortem examination showed she had given birth two or three children.
* She had a displaced septum between her nostrils.
* Her toenails were painted pink - with varnish from the Max Factor Maxi range.
* She had an abnormality to her neck vertebrae, which would have cause back-ache.
* She had an old fracture to her ankle.

If you have any information regarding this case please contact:

North Yorkshire Police 01609 789452
                 Or
Contact: unidentifieduk 01212860047 Case NO: UNIDUK05 Yorkshire

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