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Marin County Jane Doe — IDENTIFIED 2024-12-04

StatusCLOSEDStageArchivedPrioritySTANDARD
Othram Lab ID OTH-2024-1102Lead A. MendozaUpdated Dec 18, 2024, 11:00 AM UTC · J. Wilson7 sources · 0 active / 0 excluded
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Evidence

7 released · 0 in review · avg reliability B · avg credibility 2

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OFFICIAL RECORDS

3 sourcesFederal, state, and agency records
EV-00080
A1

NamUs UP Report #UP-150221 — Unidentified Female, Marin County CA

NamUs RecordRetrieved 2024-06-14
RELEASED

Original NamUs Unidentified Persons record from the 2011 Marin County recovery; baseline forensic profile.

Analyst Summary

Established the baseline forensic profile that ultimately matched candidate CD-00190.

Supports

  • Recovery occurred 2011-08-19 in Marin County, CA

Source: NamUs Unidentified Persons Database, Case #UP-150221, accessed 2024-06-14.Released 2024-07-01

EV-00085
B1

Family-Filed Missing-Person Report — Sonoma County SO, 2010

Agency-ProvidedRetrieved 2024-11-04
RELEASED

Original 2010 family-filed missing-person report; surfaced through the genealogical lead in EV-00084 and confirmed against the candidate identity.

Analyst Summary

Direct match to the genealogical hypothesis. Together with EV-00083, supported the formal identification.

Supports

  • Confirmed identification (CD-00190 → CONFIRMED)

Source: Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, Missing-Person Report SCSO-MP-2010-0317, filed 2010.Released 2024-12-04

EV-00086
B3

Public Employment & Vehicle Records — Subject's Last Year (2010)

Property RecordRetrieved 2024-11-12
RELEASED

Compendium of public-record material — last documented employment, last-known vehicle from public DMV-style references, last public utility footprint.

Analyst Summary

Forms the substantive content of the post-ID Handoff Package — investigative context for the agency's case-closeout work.

Caveats

  • No living-person PII is included; the compendium documents the subject's footprint, not associates' contact information.

Supports

  • Investigative context is sufficient for the agency to proceed with case closeout

Source: Sequenxa public-records compendium for SX-2024-0098, 2024-11-12.Released 2024-12-12

NEWS & ARCHIVAL

1 sourceNewspapers, archives, obituaries
EV-00081
B2

Marin Independent Journal — "Hiker discovers remains in West Marin" (2011-08-22)

News ArchiveRetrieved 2024-06-14
RELEASED

Original local news report on the recovery; details on hiker, location, and initial sheriff response.

Analyst Summary

Confirmed recovery context, supported the working window for date of death.

Supports

  • Initial recovery context was documented contemporaneously

Source: Marin Independent Journal, "Hiker discovers remains in West Marin," 2011-08-22, p. A2.Released 2024-07-01

LAB & REFERENCE

2 sourcesProvided by lab partners or experts
EV-00082
A1

Prior STR Test Report — Marin County Sheriff's Office, 2012

Lab-ProvidedRetrieved 2024-07-08
RELEASED

Original 2012 STR test report from the agency's contracted lab. Result was a partial profile insufficient for CODIS upload.

Analyst Summary

Confirms prior STR attempt failed, justifying FGG approach.

Supports

  • FGG was the appropriate next-step methodology

Source: Marin County Sheriff's Office STR Test Report, ref. MCSO-DNA-2012-0044.Released 2024-07-15

EV-00083
A1

Othram FGG Sequencing Report — Case OTH-2024-1102

Lab-ProvidedRetrieved 2024-09-22
RELEASED

Othram's full forensic-grade sequencing report and kinship inferences that drove the genealogical search.

Analyst Summary

Top kinship match at second-cousin range drove the identification of CD-00190.

Supports

  • Identification of CD-00190 is grounded in second-cousin kinship resolution

Source: Othram Inc., FGG Sequencing Report, OTH-2024-1102, released 2024-09-22.Released 2024-09-25

INTERNAL ANALYSIS

1 sourceSequenxa-derived synthesis
EV-00084
B2

Sequenxa Genealogy Tree Memo — CD-00190 Hypothesis

Internal AnalysisRetrieved 2024-10-18
RELEASED

Internal Sequenxa genealogical reconstruction extending the kinship match into a candidate-bearing family line.

Analyst Summary

Translated the second-cousin kinship into a single candidate, enabling reference-DNA outreach and confirmation.

Supports

  • Candidate CD-00190 is the working hypothesis for identification

Source: Sequenxa Internal Memo SX-2024-0098-002, Vale M., Genealogy Tree Memo for CD-00190 Hypothesis, 2024-10-18.Released 2024-10-22