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       Re: ST. PAUL JANE DOE: WF, 16-30, found in Mississippi River - 2
       0 July 1977 *Mary Jensen*
       By: Scorpio Date: December 12, 2022, 5:33 pm
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       DDP Goes International to ID Woman Pulled from Mississippi River
       in 1977
       A young woman pulled from the Mississippi River in St. Paul,
       Minnesota in 1977 has finally been identified by the DNA Doe
       Project and the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s office as Mary
       Jensen. Investigators at the time were unable to determine how
       long she had been in the water, or her cause of death, and the
       case went cold for more than 45 years.
       In March 2021, Butch Huston of the Ramsey County ME’s office
       reached out to the DNA Doe Project and submitted DNA extract
       from Jane Doe to a series of lab processes to create a DNA
       profile. Later that summer, a team of dedicated and skilled DNA
       Doe Project volunteer investigative genetic genealogists was
       assembled and research began using DNA databases at GEDmatch.com
       and FTDNA.com.
       From the beginning, the team faced challenges with the genealogy
       involved in working limited and distant matches, including
       immigrant grandparents from Finland and over 35 Italian
       connections. Talented DDP genealogists combined their skills in
       foreign language research and document investigation in the
       United States, Finland and Italy. They finally broke the case by
       thinking outside the box to put all the clues together. The
       team’s resourcefulness eventually led to the successful
       identification of Mary Jensen after 850 hours of cumulative
       research time.
       “This case was challenging due to distant matches and recent
       immigration from Finland and Italy,” said team leader Gwen
       Knapp. “We are very grateful for all who uploaded their DNA
       profiles to GEDMatch.com and my team and I are honored to have
       been given the opportunity to give Mary her name back.”
       The DNA Doe Project wishes to acknowledge the contributions of
       the groups and individuals who helped solve this case: the
       Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office, who entrusted the case
       to the DNA Doe Project; HudsonAlpha Discovery for DNA
       sequencing; Kevin Lord of Saber Investigations for
       bioinformatics; GEDmatch Pro and FTDNA for providing their
       databases; 28 generous donors who contributed to this case; and
       DDP’s dedicated teams of volunteer investigative genetic
       genealogists who work tirelessly to bring victims home.
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