When a body was found in the Long Island Sound off the coast of Connecticut, it was clear to investigators that it had likely come from the Connecticut River. But nothing else in the case was clear, and John Doe remains unidentified even now. Listen now for all the details.
If you have any information about the identity of the Middlesex County John Doe from 1998, please reach out to the Old Saybrook Police Department at 860-395-3140 or the Connecticut Office of Chief Medical Examiner at 860-679-3980. If you have any information about Otava Radek, please contact the Middletown Police Department at 860-638-4134.
All pictures discussed in the episode can be found below.
All photos are from NamUs and The Doe Network.
- Slide 1-2: Facial reconstructions of John Doe
- Slide 3: Photo of Otava Radek
Source:
- https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/272umct.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_River
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/adipocere
- https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/272umct.html
- https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1821
- https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/3300/details?nav
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/176900834/?clipping_id=73378864
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/177142968/
- https://dnasolves.com/articles/middlesex-county-john-doe-march-1998/
- https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/US710RIS.pdf
- https://climate.uconn.edu/habitats-resources/coastal/tidal-marshes/#:~:text=Tidal%20marshes%%2020include%20all%20vegetated,brackish%20and%20freshwater%20tidal%20marshes.
- https://digital.library.txst.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/d31a7d72-3778-445a-8d15-1c515ca2cb15/content
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