Posted on Dec 14, 2022
Ohio authorities solve "mystery of 31-year-old remains" found by hunters in 1991
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"More than three decades after hunters discovered a set of human skeletal remains near a farm in central Ohio, authorities have identified the bones, previously known as John Doe, as former Columbus resident Robert A. Mullins...
The case remains an active homicide investigation, authorities said. They are asking anyone with information to report what they know to Lt. Jonathan Strawser at the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office."
The case remains an active homicide investigation, authorities said. They are asking anyone with information to report what they know to Lt. Jonathan Strawser at the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office."
Ohio authorities solve "mystery of 31-year-old remains" found by hunters in 1991
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...""This is a case about science advancing," said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost at a news conference on Tuesday. "DNA gets better all the time. In 1991, you couldn't get DNA out of bones. That required a later advancement called mitochondrial DNA."
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After spotting what authorities described as a significant lead on Nov. 1, 2022 — the 31st anniversary of the discovery — they contacted Mullins' family members and were ultimately able to successfully match their DNA to the samples taken from his remains.
"Thirty-one Christmases have gone by while this family waited for answers," Yost said in a statement. "When the results weren't immediate and the case grew cool, Pickaway County law enforcement dug in their heels and kept trying until the evolution of DNA technology finally yielded an identity for John Doe."
Mullins' family reported that he went missing at the end of 1988 or the beginning of 1989, officials said. They told investigators that he was about 21 years old at the time of his death, and stood at 5 feet, 3 inches tall, according to the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's officers thanked Mullins' relatives for their cooperation in the case, as they are Mullins' distant cousins and never met him, the office said in a statement.
The case remains an active homicide investigation, authorities said. They are asking anyone with information to report what they know to Lt. Jonathan Strawser at the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office."
...""This is a case about science advancing," said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost at a news conference on Tuesday. "DNA gets better all the time. In 1991, you couldn't get DNA out of bones. That required a later advancement called mitochondrial DNA."
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After spotting what authorities described as a significant lead on Nov. 1, 2022 — the 31st anniversary of the discovery — they contacted Mullins' family members and were ultimately able to successfully match their DNA to the samples taken from his remains.
"Thirty-one Christmases have gone by while this family waited for answers," Yost said in a statement. "When the results weren't immediate and the case grew cool, Pickaway County law enforcement dug in their heels and kept trying until the evolution of DNA technology finally yielded an identity for John Doe."
Mullins' family reported that he went missing at the end of 1988 or the beginning of 1989, officials said. They told investigators that he was about 21 years old at the time of his death, and stood at 5 feet, 3 inches tall, according to the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's officers thanked Mullins' relatives for their cooperation in the case, as they are Mullins' distant cousins and never met him, the office said in a statement.
The case remains an active homicide investigation, authorities said. They are asking anyone with information to report what they know to Lt. Jonathan Strawser at the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office."
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The advances in DNA science is amazing...I don't beleive in closure because after something like this happens there is no "closure" but there can still be justice if anyone comes forward. Great story...Thanks for the share.
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