Amateur Sleuth Names Anonymous Dead

Amateur Sleuths Name Anonymous Dead

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His obsession began two decades ago, when Lori told him about the unidentified young woman wrapped in canvas whose body her father had stumbled on in Georgetown, Ky., in 1968. She had reddish brown hair and a gap-toothed smile. And no one knew her name.

So locals blessed her with one. They buried her under an apple tree with a pink granite tombstone engraved with the words "Tent Girl."

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[edit on 31-3-2008 by schism85]

This man is an amateur slueth dedicating himself to matching missing people with unidentified dead bodies. This must be a difficult task and must take alot of heart to do. He is bringing closure to heartbroken families. He recently identified a woman who has been missing since the late sixties. And to my surprise, he is not the only one, in fact there seems to be a network of amateur sleuths sharing this amazing task. I wanted to applaud these courageous people and Mr. Matthews for a job well done.

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[edit on 31-3-2008 by schism85]

[edit on 31-3-2008 by schism85]

Originally posted by schism85

This man is an amateur slueth dedicating himself to matching missing people with unidentified dead bodies. I wanted to applaud these curageous people and Mr. Matthews for a job well done.

A star issued for providing us with a really interesting article...and perhaps a calling for those of us who have an inordinate amont of free time and spend a lot of it in front of a computer monitor.

reply to post by JohnnyCanuck

Thank you. I thought that as well, maybe somone would be intrested in spending some free time doing this if they had enough free time and was intrested in detective work.