MISSING PERSONS: FOUND (EPISODE 1) THE DETECTIVES BEST WEAPONS: DNA & GENEOLOGY

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Eight powerful stories revealing how DNA,Geneology.and cold case detectives solved missing persons case., some found alive, someproviding a final asnwer and closure for grieving relatives.

COMING NEXT: FALL SERIES (EPISODE 2) CALLING COLTER SHAW (When trackers succeed)

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https://websleuths.com/

https://www.doenetwork.org/closedmain.php

https://texasequusearch.org/about-us/#mission_statement

https://adventureswithpurpose.com/pages/contact-us

http://tracelabs.org/about/search-party-rules

https://www.investigationsforthemissing.org/

1-800-THE-LOST or 1-800-843-5678

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1:02.4	Indeed.com slash show. Terms and conditions apply. Of the 600,000 missing persons annually, the United States experiences, most are in fact found alive, but not all. Most are runaways. Children getting lost who failed to tell their
1:29.2	families where they're going. According to the national missing and unidentified person system,
1:34.9	76% of missing person cases are solved within hours or days of a report coming in.
1:41.3	The rest of the 24% are still missing and may never be recovered, especially if the
1:46.7	hours turn into days that turn into months and even years. The longer a person stays missing,
1:53.5	the less likely it is that they will be found alive and unharmed. But there are small miracles
1:59.0	every day, and with the new advancements in DNA technology, cold cases are being solved every year.
2:06.0	Here we offer two very unique DNA stories today, both similar stories, but with different results.
2:12.9	One offering good news, one offering closure, both having been unsolved for decades.
2:19.3	This is the first of six missing persons found stories that were doing this fall at 1001 Heroes,
2:25.8	Legends, Histories, and Mysteries podcast. The second, coming next week Sunday,
2:31.9	Missing Persons Found Number 2 is titled,
2:35.1	Colin Colter Jaw, and it offers the full story behind professional trackers,
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