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Identifinders International is honored to have worked with the Calaveras County Cold Case Task Force and Intermountain Forensics in the identification of Reginald Frisby, a 29-year-old African American victim of the notorious serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. The Calaveras County Task Force led by Lt. Tim Sturm, has tasked itself with identifying 1000s of fragments of human remains discovered at the Wilseyville residence of the two killers and elsewhere in Calaveras County. It is suspected there were at least 25 victims, including Frisby.

Identifinders wished to acknowledge our forensic genetic genealogist Mr. Joe Barrus, for his research that led to Frisby’s identity. Frisby family had not had contact with him since 1984, and had not reported him missing. For more details about the case, click here.

For more information on this case or to donate to the the Cold Case Task force, please click here.

Three decades have passed since two young women were murdered by the so-called “Canal Killer” in Phoenix. The trial of their accused murderer, Bryan Patrick Miller, is scheduled to begin next week.

In 2005, when the days old baby girl was discovered wrapped in a sheet and trash bag, buried under garbage in a dumpster, she quickly became known as “Baby Doe.” Three people discovered her body behind Sam Houston Village, a campus dorm, while digging through discarded items at the end of the school year.

Identifinders International assisted the Michigan State Police in the identification of Patrick Gilham as the suspect in the 1982 homicide of Rosanne Wood. The investigation encompassed over 10,000 hours of investigative work by the MSP and its Special Investigation Section.

Identifinders International in collaboration with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, identified 71 year old Warren Luther Alexander as a suspect in the 1992 murder of Nona Stamey Cobb. Alexander was arrested in Diamondhead, Mississippi, and is being held in Hancock County Jail awaiting extradition back to North Carolina. Police said this is an ongoing investigation and are looking into whether there are any more possible victims.

Identifinders identifies suspect in series of sexual assaults and breakins in Pullman, WA after 18 years. Police arrest Kenneth Downing, 47, of Elk, in Spokane, Washington.

In January 1981, a dog wandered into the woods and returned with a human arm in its mouth. Local police later discovered a man who was beaten to death and a woman who had been strangled. The family confirmed the couple was Dean and Tina Clouse. However, their child, Hollie was never found…

The mystery of a teenage hitchhiker, now identified as Daniel Paul Armantrout, was solved 60 years later because of advances in DNA technology and genealogy.

The DNA was “degraded, it was low-level, it was contaminated with bacteria,” Measured at a trillionth of a gram, the team at Identifiers International was hired to extract data from the DNA sample.