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The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. It was established in Warsaw between October and November 16, 1940, sealed off from the rest of the city by 10 foot high walls topped with barbed wire and glass. Over 400,000 Jews from the vicinity resided in an area of 1.3 sq mi for a population density of 308,000 residents per sq mi. To give some meaning to these numbers, the United States has an average density of about 90 residents per sq mi; the currently most densely populated city on earth, Manila, has about 111,000 residents per sq mi. Starvation was [...]

Identifinders International in conjunction with the Pullman Washington Police Department (PPD) is pleased to announce the identification of 47-year-old Kenneth Downing as the suspect in a series of home invasion sexual assaults that occurred in Pullman between November 2003 and March 2004. Downing was taken into custody by the Spokane Police Department yesterday at a job site in Spokane where he works construction. It is not believed that Downing knew or had any connections to the victims nor did he live near them. Downing faces charges including four counts of first-degree rape, one count of indecent liberties, two counts of first-degree burglary, three counts of second-degree assault and three counts of [...]

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 of Nona Stamey Cobb. On July 7, 1992, Ms. Cobb’s body was found at the weigh station on the northbound side of Interstate 77, Surry County, North Carolina. Ms. Cobb, 29, was a resident of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Source: Surry County Sheriff's Office Alexander was arrested in Diamondhead, Mississippi on Tuesday, [...]

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 had been deceased approximately two months prior to their discovery on January 12, 1981, when a dog led searchers to their remains. Mr. Clouse was found beaten, bound and gagged. Ms. Clouse had been strangled. The couple left their home in Volusia County, Florida in 1981 with their one year-old baby for Mr. Clouse to [...]

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 & Exploited Children have been working with Identifinders International to identify this child. Our initial genetic analysis shows that the child has strong ancestral ties to El Salvador as well as Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She had long, thick, dark hair that came to just past her shoulders. Her remains also suggested that she had [...]