Identified: Doe Cases Resolved

The Fall Line: True Crime

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In our midseason episode, we discuss recent solves in John and Jane Doe cases we’ve covered on the podcast, interview Detective Matthew Filter of Metro Nashville Police Department, and bring you important updates in some of the cases you contact us about the most, like Vandy Jane Doe and Julie Doe--who has no been identified. Be sure to listen to gather vital information in many cold cases.

If you have any information regarding the open MNPD cases we’ve mentioned, please contact Detective Filter at 615-862-7803. You can also call Nashville Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME (615-742-7463). Callers remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

Trans Doe Task Force

Episodes: Julie Doe, Sherry Jane Doe , Leo Jane Doe

TN Does Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

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https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/

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0:00.0	This episode discusses unidentified persons cases, sometimes referred to as UHR or unidentified human remains.
0:08.0	This episode also discusses drug use and crime scenes, so listener discretion is advised.
0:13.8	We've included links to the pertinent episodes mentioned in the updates in our show notes.
0:26.1	Music the updates in our show notes. This is the fall line.
0:29.8	We've been covering John and Jane Doe cases on the Fall Line since season four,
0:34.6	when we covered three cases.
0:36.4	Dennis Doe, Christmas Doe, also known as Ware County
0:39.7	Jane Doe, and Julie Doe. At that time, all three victims had been unidentified for decades.
0:46.1	We've given you longer updates on Dennis Doe and Christmas Doe in previous episodes. But as a reminder,
0:52.3	the child known as Dennis Doe was found in DeKalb County, Georgia in
0:55.8	1999, and as we reported in 2022, he was identified as 6-year-old William Deshawn Hamilton,
1:03.3	after a former neighbor recognized forensic art developed in his case. His mother, Teresa Ann Black,
1:09.7	was arrested on multiple charges, including felony murder.
1:13.5	There has been an update regarding her court case. Per DeKalb County press release,
1:18.6	Black was acquitted on charges of felony murder, cruelty to children, and aggravated assault.
1:24.6	Black was, however, found, quote, guilty of concealing the death of another in
1:29.1	connection with the death of her six-year-old son, William Deshawn Hamilton. She was sentenced to, quote,
1:35.2	10 years in prison, the maximum allowed under Georgia law for that count. Black told investigators
1:41.3	that William had been sick for days before he passed away.
1:45.8	Christmas Jane Doe was discovered in a rural area of Ware County, Georgia, in December of 1988.
1:52.7	Though long thought to be a toddler, she was identified in 2023 as five-year-old Kenyatta Kiki Odom.
2:00.3	Kenyatta was identified via FIGI-G-G-Ferensive genetic genealogy.
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