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Identifinders Collaborates with Multiple Agencies to Solve 1992 Homicide of Nona Stamey Cobb

Multi-agency collaboration leads to arrest in the 1992 murder of Nona Stamey Cobb. Authorities investigate possibility of additional victims. Identifinders International, in conjunction with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Cold Case Unit and the Surry County’s Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the arrest of 71-year-old Warren Luther Alexander for the 1992 murder […]

Identifinders Identifies 1981 Harris Co. John and Jane Does as Harold Dean Clouse and Wife Tina Gail Linn

Identifinders International, in conjunction with the Houston Institute of Forensic Sciences and audiochuck, announces the identification of 1981 Harris County murder victims as then 21 year-old Harold Dean Clouse and spouse 17 year-old Tina Gail (Linn) Clouse.  The bodies of the newlywed couple were found together in a heavily wooded area 100 feet south of Wallisville Road in Houston, Texas. They […]

2016 Baby Madison

In September 2016 a black suitcase was discovered off Interstate 45 in Madisonville, Texas. Packed inside the suitcase was a pink dress with hearts and butterflies that said ”Follow Your Dreams” a size-4 diaper, and the skeletal remains of a girl with a feeding tube. The Madisonville Sheriff’s office along with The National Center for Missing […]

2005 Sam Houston Infant Doe

The SHSU University Police Department and the Texas Rangers in collaboration with Identifinders International and the crowdfunding site DNASolves are seeking to help identify a Baby Doe. A DNASolves fund was established to cover the costs associated with case. The investigation was fully funded in just 48 hours. On May 4, 2005, the Spring semester was ending […]

1980 Ms. Harrison

On November 10, 1980 hunters in Harrison County, Mississippi (near Biloxi) found the skeletal remains of a 19-25 year old female in the woods near a small creek. Anthropologists have determined that she was a white female, 5’2″-5’5″ tall, and had been in the woods approximately 3-18 months prior to discovery. Homicide is strongly suspected. […]

2012 Smurfette Doe

The body of an unidentified female was discovered in Houston, Texas near Walters Road on October 16, 2012. She is believed to have died sometime during the month of September that year. She is described as having a small build, very dark brown, shoulder length, curly hair that was held back from her face with […]