The Spotlight: Genetic Informants
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Detectives are hoping that DNA testing will help them solve a Jane Doe cold case after a shoe containing a woman’s foot washed ashore in Western Washington.
In Dec. 2021, a shoe containing a foot was found in Port Angeles near the mouth of the Elwha River. It was a woman’s size 8 New Balance shoe.
But despite efforts to solve the case, the woman’s identity remains a mystery.
The sheriff’s office has teamed up with Texas-based Othram labs to see if DNA testing could help identify this woman or a close relative.
In this age of crowdfunding crimefighting, detectives are hoping the public will donate dollars and DNA for this effort.
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Anyone with information should contact the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.
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