Police Search New Avenues In Precious Doe Case
Process May Reveal Fingerprints On Plastic Bag
Two avenues gave investigators new hope Tuesday in the search for the identity of a girl whose decapitated body was found last month, KMBC 9 News' Peggy Breit reported.
New Roads Offer Hope
Sgt. Dave Bernard spent most of Tuesday at 59th Street and Kensington Avenue with a film crew from "America's Most Wanted." Bernard said he hopes more national attention will generate more leads.
Police have dozens of leads, but the 3- or 4-year-old girl is still unidentified.
"You have to start with the identity of the victim. You really can't go anywhere without that," Bernard said.
The crew from "America's Most Wanted" has followed the Precious Doe case almost since the beginning, Breit reported.
"The name Precious Doe ... really speaks to our most valuable, precious resource -- a young child -- who definitely didn't deserve to have her life ended in such a violent and gruesome manner," "America's Most Wanted's" Tom Morris Jr. said.
The girl's severed head was discovered three days after her body was found. It was discovered in an area about 100 yards from where the body was found.
The bag in which the head was found will now undergo a special test called vacuum-metal deposition, Breit reported. The plastic bag will be taken to the headquarters for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Vancouver, B.C. The bag will be placed in a chamber with gold and zinc, and investigators hope that fingerprints will emerge from the process.
The procedure is done at only a few locations in the world, Breit reported.
Investigators believe that this is the best chance that they have of retrieving fingerprints from the bag.
As a result of the airing of last weeks episode of "America's Most Wanted," 56 new leads were developed in the case. The FBI is helping investigate the leads.
The expanded story is scheduled to air Saturday night on the Fox network.
The reward for information in the case has grown to $10,000. If you have information, call (816) 474-TIPS or Move Up at (816) 531-0000 or (816) 753-1111.
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The bag in which the head was found will now undergo a special test called vacuum-metal deposition, Breit reported. The plastic bag will be taken to the headquarters for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Vancouver, B.C. The bag will be placed in a chamber with gold and zinc, and investigators hope that fingerprints will emerge from the process.
The procedure is done at only a few locations in the world, Breit reported.
Investigators believe that this is the best chance that they have of retrieving fingerprints from the bag.
As a result of the airing of last weeks episode of "America's Most Wanted," 56 new leads were developed in the case. The FBI is helping investigate the leads.
The expanded story is scheduled to air Saturday night on the Fox network.
The reward for information in the case has grown to $10,000. If you have information, call (816) 474-TIPS or Move Up at (816) 531-0000 or (816) 753-1111.
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- May 7, 2001: Search Goes Nationwide For Girl's Identity
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- May 3, 2001: Girl's Identity Remains A Mystery
- May 2, 2001: Police Search For Dead Girl's Identity
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- May 1, 2001: Police Try To Identify Decapitated Girl
- April 30, 2001: Decapitated Body Of Young Girl Found
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