Josh Mankiewicz

When we come back, we have an extra clip from the DNA Doe Project co-founder, Margaret Press.

When we come back, we have an extra clip from the DNA Doe Project co-founder, Margaret Press.

We're going to listen to some more of Keith's interview with the DNA Doe Project co-founder, Margaret Press. And she's going to talk about what got her interested in the cases of people like Lavender Doe, Jane and John Doe cases.

We're going to listen to some more of Keith's interview with the DNA Doe Project co-founder, Margaret Press. And she's going to talk about what got her interested in the cases of people like Lavender Doe, Jane and John Doe cases.

I actually remember that case in Lompoc, California, because my grandfather used to live in Lompoc, yeah, in a trailer. Interesting guy. I love that she was inspired by Sue Grafton. My favorite of the Sue Grafton series, by the way, is K is for Keith.

I actually remember that case in Lompoc, California, because my grandfather used to live in Lompoc, yeah, in a trailer. Interesting guy. I love that she was inspired by Sue Grafton. My favorite of the Sue Grafton series, by the way, is K is for Keith.

Yeah, not a well-known novel, but underappreciated. One of her best. Yeah, underappreciated, let me just say. So it took 12 years. To give Lavender Doe a proper name, even after her killer had confessed to killing her.

Yeah, not a well-known novel, but underappreciated. One of her best. Yeah, underappreciated, let me just say. So it took 12 years. To give Lavender Doe a proper name, even after her killer had confessed to killing her.

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, no, I thought that was great. And I loved that the members of the Lavender Doe team had never met until after they had already given her her name back. What was that dynamic like between them when they're all three sitting there?

Yeah, no, I thought that was great. And I loved that the members of the Lavender Doe team had never met until after they had already given her her name back. What was that dynamic like between them when they're all three sitting there?

It makes the point that knowing someone, the definition of that is kind of changing. Because they clearly did know each other. I mean, they'd communicated a lot, but it was all probably by email. Sure.

It makes the point that knowing someone, the definition of that is kind of changing. Because they clearly did know each other. I mean, they'd communicated a lot, but it was all probably by email. Sure.

I wouldn't want to. No, I feel the same way. What you were able to uncover about Lavender Doe, real name Dana Lynn Dodd.

I wouldn't want to. No, I feel the same way. What you were able to uncover about Lavender Doe, real name Dana Lynn Dodd.

is that let's say her ID had been in her pocket at the time and they had been able to identify her or her prints had been on file someplace or a DNA hit had come back. I don't get the feeling she would have had as many people at her funeral as there ended up being.

is that let's say her ID had been in her pocket at the time and they had been able to identify her or her prints had been on file someplace or a DNA hit had come back. I don't get the feeling she would have had as many people at her funeral as there ended up being.

This is a little off topic. How often did your father sort of give you that kind of lesson? I mean, daily? Annually? I know.

This is a little off topic. How often did your father sort of give you that kind of lesson? I mean, daily? Annually? I know.