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Hi, My name is Ellen
I started this site to help find the missing and give the unidentified of Mississippi their names back.
I have worked with various missing persons groups for over 13 years.
I have helped identify 8 persons and given their families much needed closure. I hope to help more families in the future.
I have lived in Mississippi since 2001.
I am also in the Gulf Coast Search and Rescue, a volunteer since 2009.
* Cases I've helped solve
Gregory May from Bellvue , Iowa ( missing 2001-identified 04/2005) located deceased
http://www.doenetwork.org/Solves.html
CBS 48 Hrs Mystery : http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/04/...093_page4.shtml

Robert Ezzell from Jacksonville, Florida ( missing 2001-Identified 08/2005) located deceased
http://www.doenetwork.org/Solves.html

Jean Marie Stewart from Miami-Dade , Florida ( missing 1981-Identified 12/2007) located deceased
http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/in...showtopic=26306
Article on Jeans case& solve: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07347/841307-85.stm

Laquita Smith from Atlanta Georgia ( see comment below in another posting)
Missing 2008,Identified 08/ 2011... Located deceased

Robert Baynard from Phoenix, Missing 2004 - Identified, 09/ 2011 - located deceased in Glendale AZ ( see link in another posting below and comment)

Richard Bakker, missing 7-4-1950 from Holland , located alive and well in Austrailia ..located Aug- Dec 2012
This is an assisted solve, as I helped him communicate with the Dutch Missing site, Sent documents, ect...
http://z13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightAust...=599&st=0&#last

Kevin O'Brien from West Chester Pa missing 8/2009... Located deceased in Maine 9/2009 ... Identified by DNA 3/9/2012 (e-mail from ME and article below)

Christine Miller a January 1989 case from Tulsa, Ok... ID'd Dec. 2012, verified March 1, 2013.. ( letter below)

Credibility:

CBS 48 hrs. Mystery , with a clip of me trying to match a jane doe with a missing person(full video): http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=513...ain;contentBody

Officer.com article:
http://blog.officer.com/2008/07/19/leaving-the-light-on/

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Hello Ellen,

Thank you for your kindness and humanity. Few give missing persons any thought, But with public awareness sites such as this and with education for the law enforcement community, Hope can be generated for the grief riddle families of "The Missing". I laud loud praises for your accomplishment, and wish for you continued success in your quest for peace(of mind).

My son is a missing person's case in Mississippi (Yazoo county) but he isn't listed here. Then I noticed; "If you have a missing person to report, contact your law enforcement ageny." I did that, They even assigned a case #..(m-p 07-09-644) But I'm pretty sure that's as far as it went.
It's unfortunate that I live in Kentucky(for that reason) If I were able, I would have a second home at the SO in Yazoo. I would know everyone by first name. I would become a fixture.. Till my son was found..

Again Ellen, I thank you kindly, And pray for your success.
Stephen Johnston

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This is another of my matches in Atlanta, Georgia, Laquita Smith
Match Confirmed 08-03 2011
This was just a jaw bone located....no reconstruction

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/in...opic=66923&st=0

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sorry for the delay. We’ve been trying to catch up with a couple of former UID cases here.



Yes, Laquita Smith was identified as our unidentified case 09-0952 through dental comparison last week. Det. Loy pickedup the dental records from a dentist here in Atlanta and Dr. Mary Beth Hauptle reviewed the radiographs and charting over the span of a couple of days and eventually arrived at the identification.

Thank you for your continued help and suggestions!


Tami J. Schroder

Senior Investigator

Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office

430 Pryor St SW

Atlanta, GA 30312

tami.schroder@FultonCountyGA.gov

(404) 613-4422

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Robert Baynard

Match confirmed 9-29-2011

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/in...showtopic=67438




I am responding to your inquiry about the unidentified remains found in Glendale, Arizona on August 11th, 2011. I receive confirmation via DNA analysis the deceased is in fact Robert Anthony Baynard of Phoenix (ref:Phoenix Police missing report #2004-41218287). Local media outlets were asked to profile the decedent on their websites and newscasts in anticipation that viewers may have information about his demise. Thank you for notifying us about Mr. Baynard, it was invaluable for expediting the DNA process. Your work is an invaluable service to those who are still missing and their families.



Thank you,



Detective Sergei Droban

Glendale Police Department

Criminal Investigations Division

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an old article in Desoto Mag.

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Part 2 DeSoto Mag.

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I sent this possible match into ME and LE Jan. 2011

Maine unidentified located 9-13-2009
Matched with Kevin O'Brien missing from Pennsylvania 8-24-2009
There was no reconstruction..... just stats
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e-mail from David King ( ME)
Reply from David King:
King, David David.King@maine.gov

7:24 AM (47 minutes ago)
to me

Yes indeed, our unidentified in Windham was identified as Kevin O’Brien.

Thanks for all your help.

Dave


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Windham police, state close cold case
Story
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Posted: Friday, April 6, 2012 4:48 pm
John Balentine | 0 comments
After a two-and-a-half-year investigation, Windham police has closed its investigation of a body that was found off Webb Road in 2009 and deemed a suicide.
According to a press release issued late Thursday, authorities were able to identify the body after investigation by the Maine State Police Crime Lab. The body, identified through the process of DNA analysis and comparison, is that of Kevin O’Brien, 29, of West Chester, Penn.

The crime lab issued its findings to Windham police March 9. Since then, Windham police had been in contact with the West Chester Police Department and a member of O’Brien’s family investigating the details of O’Brien’s initial disappearance and how they may have played a part in his death in Maine. As a result of that investigation, the initial ruling of suicide was confirmed.
Both the Windham police and medical examiner have closed their involvement in the case
http://www.keepmecurrent.com/lakes_region_...19bb2963f4.html

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Richard Bakker / Allan Mckenzie

Letter from Allan:


Spoke to my half sister for the first time briefly last night
It really is amazing how all this is unfolding.

Thank you again for being part of it. It would not have happened without your involvement. I will stay in touch and let you know how it pans out.

My best

[Ell]

Christine Miller case: ( there wasn't any stats on Christine, I went by timing and reconstruction of unidentified)

Hi Ellen-

We received verification in December 2012 that the DNA for UP 8908008 matched the familial DNA of MP Christine Miller.

Thanks for your help and let me know if you see any other potential matches-

Angela



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This a match I had sent in but not getting credit for because someone else had sent it in before me:

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/in...2898&st=0&#last

http://z10.invisionfree.com/usedtobedoe/in...3068&st=0&#last

Hughes, 45, disappeared from Tiptonville, Tennessee on December 4, 1982. She left home with a male companion, L.V. Young, and never returned. A month later, their vehicle was found in the Mississippi River with Young's body inside. Hughes remained missing until May 2013, when her remains were identified. They had washed ashore on the banks of the river in a small Arkansas town 150 miles from where she disappeared.

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