Sarasota News Leader

02/07/2014

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help determine where a person was raised," the release points out. "A bone sample will determine where someone lived in the last seven to ten years before they died. Hair pro- vides information about where the person lived in the few months prior to death," the release says. All of this information will be synthesized by staff at the University of South Florida with the hope of determining what region of the country she was from and where she lived in her final years, to further assist efforts to identify her, the release explains. Detectives and crime scene investigators have used many resources to try to identify this woman for the past seven years to no avail, the release notes. Her DNA profile is in the CODIS database, and her dental profile is in the National Crime Information Center/ Florida Crime Information Center database, the release points out. An earlier sketch based on FBI facial reconstruction has been distrib- uted internationally, and her information is in state and national missing persons databases and websites, it adds. Anyone with information on this case, or any- one who knows someone who disappeared prior to February 2007 who matches this physical description, is asked to call Criminal Investigations at 861-4900, contact Crime Stoppers at 366-TIPS (8477) or go online at sarasotacrimestoppers.com. Images show how the craniofacial reconstruction was undertaken. Image courtesy Sheriff's Office Sarasota News Leader February 7, 2014 Page 87

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