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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/IdentifindersIntl on 2024-01-12 18:50:25+00:00.
Identifinders International is pleased to have assisted the Dearborn Police Department with the identification of "Dennis Doe" as Biaggio "Bennie" Alestra, a known transient in the area.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 12, 2024 /
"Dennis Doe" was the nickname given to an unidentified male found deceased by city workers on April 23rd, 2019 in Dearborn Michigan. He was wearing an orange winter cap, Jerzees size XLthat featured a "distinct image" of a small dark-haired child near a high wheel bicycle, tan pants, and a tan Carhart-style shirt. He was also wearing a brown boot on one foot and a yellow rain boot on the other. He was known to be unhoused; his cause of death was undetermined.
Identifinders raised money to cover the costs of forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) to identify Dennis through generous donations to their Daniel Paul Armantrout Memorial Fund.We would like to thank DNA Labs International for donating the Kintelligence kit used to generate FGG data on the case, along with the subsequent STR confirmation.
We would also like to thank the many donors for their contributions, without which Bennie would never have been identified.To make a donation to Identifinders International cold case work, please visit the Daniel Paul Armantrout Fund.
Identifinders offers a fee-based forensic service to work with law enforcement agencies and medical examiners to apply forensic genetic genealogy to solving violent crime cold cases and to identify unidentified human remains. For more information, please visit www.identifinders.com. For Media Relations contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
Here is a news article about his remains being discovered and him still being unidentified: