UPDATED: Franklin County John Doe identified
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Ohio Attorney General's Office-
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a post-mortem image released on June 14 from the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation has resulted in the positive identification of Michael Kimble, 56.
“Our call for information was answered as over 100 tips were received,” Yost said. “My condolence to the family who can now fully grieve their loss.”
As previously announced, the man was found deceased April 28 in a parking lot of 3800 West Broad Street in Columbus.
A post-mortem image, which was based on a photograph taken after the man’s death, was completed by a forensic artist from Attorney General Yost’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. BCI’s Criminal Intelligence Unit also released a public bulletin about the case.
In addition to post-mortem images, BCI's forensic artist is available to assist local law enforcement with the creation of forensic facial reconstruction models to help identify unidentified remains and age-progression photographs to help locate missing persons.
BCI also offers the Ohio LINK (Linking Individuals Not Known) Program, a free service to police, coroners and families of missing individuals. The LINK Program was established through the Attorney General's Office in 1999 to help match DNA taken from family members of missing individuals to DNA from unidentified remains. Samples of DNA submitted by family members as part of the LINK Program are compared only to DNA samples of unidentified remains submitted through similar programs nationwide.
Analysts with BCI's Missing Persons Unit can also provide case review, investigative assistance, link charts and mapping.
Law enforcement officials or family members of missing persons interested in learning more about the services that BCI's Missing Persons Unit provides should call 855-BCI-OHIO (855-224-6446).
“Our call for information was answered as over 100 tips were received,” Yost said. “My condolence to the family who can now fully grieve their loss.”
As previously announced, the man was found deceased April 28 in a parking lot of 3800 West Broad Street in Columbus.
A post-mortem image, which was based on a photograph taken after the man’s death, was completed by a forensic artist from Attorney General Yost’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. BCI’s Criminal Intelligence Unit also released a public bulletin about the case.
In addition to post-mortem images, BCI's forensic artist is available to assist local law enforcement with the creation of forensic facial reconstruction models to help identify unidentified remains and age-progression photographs to help locate missing persons.
BCI also offers the Ohio LINK (Linking Individuals Not Known) Program, a free service to police, coroners and families of missing individuals. The LINK Program was established through the Attorney General's Office in 1999 to help match DNA taken from family members of missing individuals to DNA from unidentified remains. Samples of DNA submitted by family members as part of the LINK Program are compared only to DNA samples of unidentified remains submitted through similar programs nationwide.
Analysts with BCI's Missing Persons Unit can also provide case review, investigative assistance, link charts and mapping.
Law enforcement officials or family members of missing persons interested in learning more about the services that BCI's Missing Persons Unit provides should call 855-BCI-OHIO (855-224-6446).