Baltimore County Police Identify ‘Woodlawn Jane Doe’ In Decades Old Cold Case

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WOODLAWN, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police were capable to place the assemblage of a pistillate recovered successful Woodlawn backmost successful the 1970s.

There were fewer details astir the pistillate who became known arsenic “Woodlawn Jane Doe.” successful 1975, a young pistillate went missing from her location successful Virginia.

Her assemblage was yet recovered adjacent a cemetery successful Woodlawn and nary 1 could place her until now.

“It was yet familial genealogy that was capable to springiness her her sanction back,” said Teresa Vreeland.

Genetic genealogists astatine Bode Technology worked with Baltimore County Police and unneurotic were capable to place the missing teen arsenic Margaret Fetterolf.

“So we were capable to usage DNA from her remains that were recovered and did immoderate searches wrong the genealogy databases to physique retired household trees and yet place her,” Vreeland explained.

Teresa Vreeland is the Director of Forensic Genealogy. She says wrong the database, they were capable to find Margaret’s distant relatives and turned the accusation implicit to the police.

“So arsenic of close now, we’re similar I said, we’ve been successful interaction with the household to effort to find retired much astir who she was,” said Donna Carter.

Donna Carter is with the homicide and missing persons portion and says this is the oldest unidentified execution unfortunate successful the county.

“We person large investigators who conscionable don’t fto these cases go. So they’re ever being worked,” said Carter.

And present knowing her sanction Carter says they tin effort to enactment unneurotic a timeline from the time Margaret went missing.

Police are hoping that with this caller portion of information, they’ll beryllium capable to yet lick this lawsuit they privation to perceive from erstwhile classmates, friends, oregon anyone who whitethorn admit Margaret from her photograph to springiness them a call.

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