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Body Found on Lake Michigan Shoreline in 1988 Identified as Missing Chicago Woman
Advances in forensic DNA and genetic genealogy identified Dorothy Glanton, resolving a 37-year-old cold case and providing closure to her family, Michigan State Police said.
- Michigan State Police announced Wednesday that New Buffalo Jane Doe is 71-year-old Dorothy Glanton of Chicago.
- Dorothy Glanton was reported missing after leaving her Chicago home on Dec. 9, 1987, and her remains were recovered along the Lake Michigan shoreline near New Buffalo, Michigan, on April 8, 1988.
- Using investigative genetic genealogy, the MSP Niles Post extracted DNA from remains, uploaded it to genealogical databases, and built a family tree that led to identification with lab assistance.
- Detective Sergeant John Moore said the identification brings closure to a family that has wondered for nearly four decades and Michigan State Police remain committed to returning unidentified persons to families.
- Early 1988 assessments misidentified the age and race as a white woman in her 40s or 50s, but genetic genealogy findings showed Glanton was African American and in her early 70s, with the New Buffalo investigative file later revealing a newspaper ad referencing Dorothy's elderly mother.
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Remains found in southwest Michigan in 1988 identified as those of missing Chicago woman
NEW BUFFALO, MI. — Authorities in southwest Michigan say they have identified the remains of a missing Chicago woman whose body was found along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in 1988. According to Michigan State police, the woman was identified as 71-year-old Dorothy Glanton, a Chicago woman who went missing on Dec. 9, 1987, after [...]
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