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A child thought he'd found a rock - it was actually a Marine's jawbone
Pocketed and taken home, the remains of Yager were swiftly turned over to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office where it became known as "Rock Collection John Doe" until January 2023. That's when ...
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A mom found a jawbone in her son’s rock collection. 22 years later, genealogy researchers ID’d the remains of a US Marine
The remains were dubbed “Rock Collection John Doe.” It’s not clear how the jawbone ended up in Arizona, but it’s possible, according to Ramapo College, that a bird picked it up from ...
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Jawbone Found in Arizona Boy's Rock Collection Belongs to Marine Who Died in 1951, Experts Say
Yager — who was long referred to as “Rock Collection John Doe” — died in a military training exercise in July 1951, according to Ramapo College. Related: Family Went to Clean Out Home ...
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Stark County John Doe mystery solved decades after skeletal remains were found
CANTON, Ohio — A mysterious John Doe Case that baffled Stark County investigators for a few decades has been solved. The ...
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NJ genealogy students prove ‘rock’ in boy’s collection actually jawbone of US Marine dead almost 70 years
For the time being, the bone belonged to Rock Collection John Doe,” Ramapo College said in a release. Traditional DNA tracking yielded no results, but experts made some progress with whole ...