burnett s victims, this has been the last chapter of a very painful book. and indeed it was. by then, amanda and jon had found a little solace. here in long view, the community that didn t forget. we felt like that was her adopted family. which is why they decided not to take her remains back home to florida with them. she will stay here in long view with her name carved in stone. it s a funny thing, isn t?
only ass lavender doe. the mystery murder victim with the purple shirt. now they knew her real name, lavender doe dana lynn dodd. what a story and named revealed. and amanda davey, i reject a toddler, whose all life been a cautionary tale. her long lost half sister amanda stepped in to help and get help. but then at age 16, she got a serious boyfriend that s when the problem started. the story is the same so then, amanda sent dana to live with her brother, john. i tried to make it where she always wanted. but, that boy again. did you give her ultimatum? i did. i told her, you want to stay with this guy? or do you want a better life? and she s like i love him. but that didn t work out
all this work. all these countless nights. you know? working all day and all night. and trying to figure this out. just all came together right then. so, who was she? who was the young woman who for so long had been a sketch known only as lavender doe. here she was. dana lynn dodd. it was dana s half sister, amanda, who had provided that dna simple and then naturally curious, she looked online and saw that clay model. and i called him back and i told him, that s dana. it s dana. was it like to see that? it s a real. it felt like somebody just punched me. i was angry that she was by herself. you know? her worst fear came true. she was forgotten.
which was the heartbreaking truth, amanda revealed about dana dodd. hearse was a life of instability, uncertainty and from the very beginning, ejection. her mom moved out when she was little. one mother figure after another came and went from her life. she was passed around between my dad and his, you know, her life current girlfriend at the time. and that s how we lost track between her and ask for about ten years. by the time dana was in her early teens, amanda was 23 years old and married, and raising a son of her own. and when she heard dana was living not far away, somewhere in florida i just looked at my husband and i said, this is what we need to do. and he knew it, and there was
dna doe project, still giving back victims their long lost identities. we made a little bit of a dent, where there is never gonna be a shortage, unfortunately, of jane does to help identify. and some are like dana lynn dodd, the little girl abandoned early. and one amanda and john try to help, she was in the end abused and discarded. but not forgotten. what do you hope her legacy will be? i hope that she knows that what choice you brought your life to me and our mandy in our family, my son she was a part of our lives. and to those armchair detectives and their partner, lieutenant any hope, she was as important as you or me. it doesn t matter what life you come from. everybody is a person. everybody has a mom and dad. it s not the way they should be treated. in december of 2020, who joseph wayne burnette pleaded guilty for the murders of felisha pearson and dana lynn dodd.