We have a match
My colleague, Don Mecoy, was kind enough to point out this AP story. Enjoy.
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Canada coroner matches pair of mysterious feet
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A coroner has matched a pair of dismembered female feet that mysteriously washed up on the shores of British Columbia.
The British Columbia coroner said Friday it had matched a female right foot discovered on Canada’s West coast in November with a left foot discovered in May. Both were encased in New Balance running shoes.
They were among five feet that have mysteriously floated ashore along the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland since August 2007.
A sixth foot was found on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula about 30 miles west of Port Angeles in August. The peninsula is separated from B.C.’s Vancouver Island by the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
All six feet were found in athletic shoes.
“In all cases, these remains appear to have naturally separated from the body,” said the B.C. Coroners Service.
DNA testing linked one of the Canadian feet to a depressed man who disappeared in 2007. Investigators have also concluded that two of the five feet belonged to one man who has not yet been identified.
Experts say that when a human body is submerged in the ocean, the arms, legs, hands, feet and head usually come off the body. The Coroners Service said it is difficult to determine how long remains have been in the water.
The Coroners Service uses physical characteristics and DNA analysis of the feet to establish a profile. Those profiles are maintained in a provincial database for future comparisons.
Police have said they are reviewing almost 300 missing persons files to try to match up the feet.
(This version CORRECTS SUBS first 4 grafs to correct coroner statement was issued Friday sted Saturday and location where foot found in Washington state.)
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Comments
PLEASE KEEP LOOKING FOR THE MAN OR MEN WHO TOOK BRENDA WHITE AND JUDITH ELWELL .. BRENDA WHITE IS MY COUSIN , WE WILL NOT STOP LOOKING UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHO TOOK HERE ,WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KIDS THEN BUT WE ARE GROWN NOW . IF THE RIGT PERSON ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ,SOME OF US MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP NOW .PLEASEEEEEE KEEP LOOKING. REBECCA
We hope to have a new case up soon. Cold Case has been on hiatus while I’ve tackled the “Life is real” project (www.NewsOK.com/jimchastain), but we haven’t shelved it. Thank you for your patience … and for continuing to care.
Ken
I don’t know if you take up the challenge of really old cases. But here goes. My great grandfather was killed on the military base at Ft. Sill in 1962. His name was Harold Jones and he was a taxi driver. What makes the case unusual to us is that the family remembers that the FBI, the OSBI, the CIA, the local police and the military police all had some interest in the case and interviewed the family. They even put my mom and dad under protective surveillance after his death and they were in Washington state at the time. My dad was stationed there.
Why all of this hype over a taxi cab driver? They kept asking the family if they knew where a brief case was. They knew all about the family and where each family member was. Why? Why would they need to interrogate the family with all of these agencies? We figure by now if there was some kind of security event that it should be de-classified by now. But we have not been able to find out anything and there have never been any arrests in the case.
Thanks if you can help.
Lorrie
HEYWHATS GOIN ON ARE YOU GUYS NOT GOIN TO HAVE ANY NEW CASES???