Detective Andrew Houghton
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In his recent book, Nobody Homicide Cases, A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim is Missing, Tad lays out a ton of different statistics and information about nobody homicide cases.
Yeah, it certainly is.
And records also documented that only 12% of all missing people in 2014 were adult females.
So again, Whiteyria as a 45-year-old adult female is a statistical anomaly again.
When we consider the fact that she disappeared in 1982, has never been seen since, and has never returned, we have to at least consider, probably strongly, that she may have died.
And so that's where NamUs joined this story.
We explained that there are literally thousands of unidentified remains around the United States.
and that since Whiteria had ties or potential plans to go to a number of various places, a regional approach is the most appropriate way for us to work on this case.
The problem we had going into that, though, was that we had no way to compare unidentified people to her.
Well, as we conclude season three, at least for now, we unfortunately are not ending it like we did season one.
We don't have a big reveal, and as with many of our cold cases, we still don't have a final answer in this case.
Spending months on a case without a final answer or a solution is something that can be very frustrating, not only for the family, but also to us as investigators on these cases.
However, even though we haven't found Witeria, we have gathered new records about her, we've interviewed new people, we've identified new sites and visited them, and we now have DNA that we can review for her case in the future.
We've also remembered Witeria Jones and told her story to the public to honor her memory and hopefully continue to move her case forward.
There are so many cases like Witeria's that just don't get the media attention that they deserve, and we are working to try to change that.
We also want to thank the staff from the Joliet Motor Hotel, the Gale Borden Library, the Elgin History Museum, the Joliet Area History Museum, the Fox Valley Trolley Museum, the Pullman Library, the Illinois Railway Museum, and Pace for all the help they provide on this case.
When it comes to cold cases, historical societies, museums, and libraries are critical partners, so thank you for the emails, the calls, and the records you helped us gather.
They helped give us a glimpse into the past for Witeria's case, and we plan to continue using those types of resources to gather more records about her case as we wait for DNA results.
Witeria's case is still not over.
Lastly, we want to thank everyone who listens to and shares this podcast.
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