You are not going to want to miss this DOE: ID episode!  Jane Does found days apart in Kern and Ventura Counties were linked by DNA and their killer prosecuted – even though no one knew their names.  IGG analyses took years, scores of volunteers, and one of the largest family trees ever constructed by the DNA Doe Project.  The women were finally identified as Shirley Soosay and Maricela Rocha Parga. The episode also features an exclusive interview with DDP team leader Rebecca Somerhalder. 

15 year old Melissa Lee was home alone in 1993 when someone kicked in the door and drugged her, abducted her, and killed her.  The prime suspect, her boyfriend, had threatened to kill her that very day, and police believed he made good on that threat. But they could not build a solid case, and Melissa’s murder remained unsolved.  Three decades later, IGG pointed the cold case investigators right back to the case file, and someone in Melissa’s life – someone other than her boyfriend.  Luckily, Alan Dean was apprehended alive, and justice for Melissa was served at long last.

In September, 1992, the remains of a woman were found in North Houston, TX. Although it was clear she was a murder victim, investigators had no clues to establish her identity. For years this Jane Doe went unidentified until modern technology and FGG were able to provide police with her name. She was Joann Zamora, a mother of six who vanished earlier that year. Now police know who she is, but they now want to find out who murdered her. Unfortunately, that may be one part of this mystery that remains unsolved.