Apr 10, 2017
This Subreddit Solved A 20-Year-Old Mystery — Can It Happen Again?
Meet the web sleuths trying to identify unidentified bodies and find closure for families with missing loved ones
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This Subreddit Solved A 20-Year-Old Mystery — Can It Happen Again?
Meet the web sleuths trying to identify unidentified bodies and find closure for families with missing loved ones
tbt to the time I woke my friends up out of a dead sleep because Grateful Doe was identified
'Grateful Doe' identified 20 years after dying in car accident
‘Grateful Doe’ identified 20 years after dying in car accident
A car crash victim who became known as “Grateful Doe” because of two Grateful Dead ticket stubs in his pocket has been identified more than 20 years after he was killed, authorities said Thursday. See also: Families release video of their sons’ fatal car crash in hopes of saving lives DNA evidence confirmed that the man whose identity remained a mystery for two decades is Jason Callahan of…
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On 26 June, 1995, a car accident in Greensville County, Virginia, took the life of a man by the name of Michael Eric Hager, but it also took the life of a young hitch-hiker who was in the passenger seat. The man had no identification on him but he was wearing a Grateful Dead Anniversary Tour T-Shirt and had a ticket from a recent Grateful Dead concert in his pocket. Because of this, he became known as “Grateful Doe”. In his pocket he also had a note from two women who addressed him by “Jason”. Regardless of knowing his first name, his identify remained unknown until January, 2015, when somebody saw his composite sketch and thought he bore a striking resemblance to an old acquaintance who was a Grateful Dead fan by the name of Jason Patrick Callahan. His mother was traced to South Carolina and when questioned, she confirmed that she hadn’t spoken to her son since 1995 and never reported him missing because of his transient lifestyle. DNA testing is currently underway, and as you can tell from the image above, the resemblance is uncanny.
UPDATE: On 9 December, 2015, Grateful Doe was successfully identified as Jason Patrick Callahan.