Castle Rock John Doe
Kit # 5937
The Douglas County Coroner’s Office and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Castle Rock,
Colorado, are working to identify the remains of an unknown male. Evidence of trauma was
noted. DNA analysis indicates he was of Italian ancestry, with family roots in southern Italy near Potenza. Despite extensive investigative genetic genealogy research, only very distant DNA relatives have been identified.
Investigators believe he died before the 1970s. Douglas County was a small rural community during the early to mid-1900s, with residents working in ranching, farming, railroads, stonework, and highway construction.
If you have taken a consumer DNA test, please consider uploading your DNA data to DNA
Justice, GEDmatch, and FamilyTreeDNA (and opting in for law enforcement matching where
required). Uploading is free and voluntary, and only limited matching information is shared with investigators. Even a distant DNA match could help restore this man’s identity and return him to his family. If you share DNA with this individual, an investigative genetic genealogist may contact you to assist with the identification effort.
Contact
Michele Kennedy, CLEA
Crime Analysis Supervisor
Accredited Investigative Genetic Genealogist (AIGG)
Cold Case Unit
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
4000 Justice Way
Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 660-7578 (office)
