Eighty-two year old Monty McKennon worked for the Huntington Police Department for 24 years and was assigned to the case for 12 years. He said it took a long time to bury “Jane Doe”, because it seemed every time they started procedures, someone would call claiming to know her identity.
Finally, police used Facebook to do a little detective work and discovered that what had long been considered an important piece of evidence was in fact unrelated to the victim or the crime. When the woman’s body was found a wallet and number of black and white pictures were found. Detectives always believed the people in the photographs were relatives of the murdered woman.
After posting a picture of Jane Doe on Facebook, the police received more than 50 calls and it quickly became clear the photographs were not connected to the case. Lt. Russel Reinhart, a spokesman for the police department, said “We talked to the people who were actually in the pictures”. Reinhart said it is important that the wallet and pictures were ruled out in the case, and the department will use Facebook and other social media more in the future to help solve cold cases.
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