descendant who lives about 30 minutes from where lori gaff it s found, i can tell you exactly how she s related but it seems that could be a huge coincidence if she wasn t fairly closely related. decided to be immensely exciting? we thought this is the mom. this is the family. this is it. and so of course, lieutenant hope with a brand-new optimism, drove out to sea her, and he came out empty. the woman had no missing relatives, and no idea who lavender doe might be. it must have been disappointing? it was. you thought you were in something and you weren t? you get your hopes up and you re let down. that had been happening for 12 years. i was saying, no, no, no. she s lying, she s. lying this is it. when you re researching family from another part of the country, and all the sudden you found this relative in the right spot, in the right place at the right time. it has to be.
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by the fall of 2018, they seemed close. dna and genealogy had led them to a woman named robert, whose daughter had disappeared. at that point, we were trying to think wow, this is got to be her. except, when they try to find her, this robinhood person they discovered she was dead. so, they kept scouring the internet. and the robin led them to another relative, who, if they were right, would be lavender doe s cousin. they tracked down a number and lieutenant hope called, asked if any young woman in this person s family was missing. he said, i haven t seen her in years. he said, last we heard she had ran away from home. just like she just disappeared. that he said, his missing cousin, had a half sister. lieutenant hope called her to. i talk to her several times and
doe was found. i contacted lieutenant hope. i told him we have this descendant who lives about 30 minutes from where lori gaff it s found, i can tell you exactly how she s related but it seems that could be a huge coincidence if she wasn t fairly closely related. decided to be immensely exciting? we thought this is the mom. this is the family. this is it. and so of course, lieutenant hope with a brand-new optimism, drove out to sea air, and he came out empty. the woman had no missing relatives, and no idea who lavender doe might be. it must have been disappointing? it was. you thought you were in something and you? weren t you get your hopes up and you re let down. that had been happening for 12 years. i was so, no, no, no. she s lying, she s. lying this is it. when you re researching family from another part of the country, and all the sudden you found this relative in the
she agreed to send kevin the dna kit. which meant sending the half sister s dna sample to the lab and waiting. how long did that take? it took about a month and a half, i believe. that must have been pins and needles? oh, yeah. it was a winters day. late january. when they got the news. it was a match. kevin called lieutenant hope. i was pretty excited. the whole department was excited. i was a prepared for the emotion that i had right then. i couldn t control myself. remember sitting on the couch and just crying, because i was so happy, that the emotion of 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, but she?