with our unknown person. >> we thought, this is the family, this is it. >> surreal. it felt like somebody just punched me in the stomach. >> it's a funny thing, isn't it? that it would be important to have a storm with your name on. >> it is. >> it's written in stone. you're never forgotten. >> hello and welcome to "dateline". in many cold cases, a grieving family is desperate to find their loved ones killer. that this mystery was not a who done it. that color eventually confessed to the brutal crime. but who did he murder? that question haunted a small texas town for more than 12 years, until a team of tenacious strangers put a name with a face. here's keith morrison with "the woman with no name". >> here is where they put her. her permanent home court. >> nobody really knew anything about her. >> this little cemetery in east texas. one simple marker on her grief. and the name that was in a name. jane doe. >> it makes it personal, because you think what if this is your family? but if this could be your friend? >> she, who was she? this impossible enigma. >> they smelled it first. then they sought something burning. looked like a mannequin. a man approached. what was that? and then,. >>. >>. . >>. a recoiled. that was a young woman, dead and burning. you know, we have homicides just like the rest of the world. no one is far as trying to bring the body. which really struck fear in people around here >> lieutenant any hope was still a sergeant back then. great county sheriff's department. >> she had piled beneath her, and would piled on top of her. and there was i believe a gas can. >> wow! >> it looked like somebody tried to cover the tracks. >> she's in just a spare forever. >> right. >> the officers who responded noted every detail they could, that she was young, late teens early twenties. and she was riddled, maybe five four, 100 pounds. she was wearing jeans, a pale shirt. the color, lavender. $44 in her pocket. and this was unusual, baby teeth, she still had a few. >> she never lost one. it's highly unusual. >> that will be it other than that the young woman was impossible to identify. she had been murdered, and there was no doubt her last moments have been very bad. >> but, in most homicide investigations detectives burrow deep into the life of the victim, talk to every friend, interview the family, find about scone lovers or past mistakes. that's often how murders get soft. but in this case, none of it was possible. >> we didn't have a clue. >> what could you? do >> nothing. ran in and out, we had no grounds for who this could be or where she came from. >> they ran her dna profile, didn't match any known person known to them anyway. but the autopsy revealed semen in her body, and yet, it did match someone. unknown, local sex offender. so they pulled him in, and he admitted he had sex that day with a woman whose name he didn't know. but he didn't kill her. and he had an alibi two. so that was that. >> we would get people on the internet that they would say i think there's might be someone -- and we would follow up on that, and eventually ruled out. but we were think at the time was maybe she's not from around here, because nobody is missing her here. >> and so, great county paid for a burial plot, and for a little marker on the mark of her body. >> small -- hits stone. there was no other information we knew on her. >> and winter came. but they didn't give up. a texas ranger who somehow worked with him said maybe he could help. he was able to fly an artist to try to reconstruct our victim. >> and here it was. but a produce no leads. the county even made a bottle using an x-ray of the victims skull, including those babies. centered around the local media. still, nothing. and detective work? it's an unending drama that beats it all hours of the day and night. families, misdemeanors, the. lock demanding attention. >> we got cases every day and we get three, four cases each day. sometimes more. >> they didn't forget her as they went about their work. but the young woman remained nameless. no matter how many trails they followed. >> they just went on for years. that's basically all we had. >> a little bit here, a little there little bit there. but not much. and no solution. >> no solution, no name. >> and then, something unusual happened. the little details like her baby teeth caught the ice of amateur internet investigators. on sites like reddit and websleuths. and before too long, they began referring to the mystery woman with a kind of shorthand. it was their distinctive color of her shirt that did it. one of those armchair detectives took to calling her "lavender doe". >> this was a case that was followed online very closely by many people. >> people like this guy. and what happened after that? 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>> and so, given called the great county sheriff's department. and found himself on the phone with a lead detective, lieutenant eddie hope. >> i was glad people cared. because we live in a world where a lot of people are just worried about themselves and not others. >> and he was evidence that maybe there are people -- >> yes. >> some other investigator might have blown off. just as other civilian with an internet connection and the theory. but kevin seems to know what he's doing, and his internet skills, way beyond what lieutenant hope could do. and before long, they didn't actually meet in person, they began acting almost like partners. >> we just blew together. whatever he needed, that he couldn't get that i could get, law enforcement -- he would send it to. >> me he kind of meshed together these bits of information. >> yes. >> and two things happened. one, kevin realized lavender though was not one of the missing woman he'd been looking for. and to, he got hooked on the case of the girl in the lavender shirt, but he kept seeing that ends. he needed some specialized help, very specialized. >> i reached out to dna to see if i might be able to come out as a volunteer. >> the dna dna doe project, a nonprofit founded by a former rocket scientist named colleen -- and novelist and genealogy enthusiast margaret press. >> i barely knew what john and jane does meant,, but i had been retired for about a year and come back to the west coast to be near my daughter and grandchildren and to relax. >> it was winter 2017, when margaret, not the retiring type, was struck with an idea. >> she'd already been deeply immersed in genealogy. helping the finding her birth parents. >> if i can figure out jane does's parents, will know who jane doe was markets plan obtained remains from jane and john those retest their dna and upload their results to a public database, where maybe that dna would lead them to some relative of the victim. >> so i had my recipe, and i reached out to colleen and i said we know how to do it. and she said bingo, all we need is dna. and i know a couple of people. >> at first, they paid their dna test with their own saving. and then they set up a nonprofit, and started taking donations. and after just six months, they sold their first case. >> the mystery surrounding -- >> a few weeks later, another case made headlines around the world, showing the power of genealogy. >> police arresting a man they believe is a golden state killer, and a suspect a former police officer, discovered using dna. >> that one to change the world because that was a violent killer, and that was a huge impact on the world, on the community. >> sure. it opened everybody's eyes. >> yeah. >> and suddenly, calling and margaret had company. jeanne lah just came out of the woodwork, and i could see us as a very unique organization where law enforcement agencies could come to us with their bones and no money, and we could bring in volunteer genealogy assists who are begging to help us. >> which could bring to this process is a crowd sourced investigation like you know a bunch of beeps forming a hive and this burden either gonna do much for all together, they could really accomplish -- >> right, exactly. >> was kevin lord one of those beasts. he joined dna doe project as a volunteer, and then others followed. kind of mini high, looking for the truth about a mystery woman they called "lavender doe". >> coming up, the bees get busy. >> we spent hours working together, talking to each other. >> oh my gosh, did you see this? 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>> ten might be a slow day. this has become an obsession. >> then there was missy koski. a self-described search angel, who use genetic genealogy to find her biological father. >> what was that like to find him? >> it was incredible. it was absolutely incredible. >> so, she began helping other adoptees find at their birth parents. and one day, -- >> while i was helping helping an adoptee, that adoptee got a phone call from the dna doe project. and she was told that she was distantly related to a jane doe. i just got intrigued. and i said, can i talk to them? >> before long, missy was hooked, to. and the three, kevin lori and missy, formed a team. so you are like the three musketeers sitting there together. >> we spend hours working together, talking to each other, almost exclusively on life. >> and we just get in there and block all day long about, oh my gosh, did you see this? and what about this? and where is this? who's this? i can't find this? whatever. >> back in gregg county, after more than a decade chasing leads on lavender doe, lieutenant hope understood that investigations had changed. >> genealogy is the way of the future. to us on the side detectives, is way above our heads. to be honest with you. >> so, you welcomed their help. >> we did. >> and across the country, someone else had taken notice of the amateur investigators working with dna doe. >> i liked to help ordinary people and see how genealogy are dealing with the. any >> -- is a staff writer for the atlantic magazine. >> i like the fact that kevin was so invested in this case. >> passion like that was a story worth following. and she did. watching their process. her one thing, using the victim's skin, here are billeted to narrate the dna profile. which they have little to a genealogy site called jen match. >> we get a whole list of dna matches that in all of these people share some amount of dna with our unknown person. >> it's important to understand the volunteers work with public dna data bases. and where it is all this dna material come from that you're able to get? >> so, these are all people who have taken tests with companies like ancestry dining or 23 enemy. the consumer test. >> and who have given access to others to view their results. that's a relatively tiny percentage of the population, so the odds of finding an exact match? vanishing liesman. but -- >> just by the pure probabilities, we're often lucky enough to get a decent enough match. >> by decent match, he means a distant relative. someone who likely doesn't even know the victim. >> we kind of look for a match that's in the neighborhood of maybe a second or third cousin or so is a good starting point. >> a starting point to work, backwards, and try to reconstruct branches of the family tree. by scouring the internet, mining any every possible bit of information from her certificates to death notices, to marriage licenses, to social media. where the heck do you find all this stuff? i mean, you must spend hours and hours an hours and hours an hours, in front of a computer screen trying to find it? >> and lots of money. >> yeah. >> the dna doe project made a new stack sketch and they put it up on the line. they added a people to raise money for that test. for lavender doe's dna. and pretty soon, the online community that followed the lavender doe case answered the call. >> and with a four days, the public had come through and completely funded the testing that we had to do. >> but before they could even get the test sent out, something very unexpected happened. >> i get a call from lieutenant hope that the sheriff's office saying that he has big news. >> what could that be? >> coming up -- >> that's why i wanted to get this off my chest. >> he left no detail out. >> a break in the case and a frustrating discovery. >> we found that there were 27 first cousins -- >> whoa. >> where are they? who are their children? >> are they a life? what can be fine? >> when "dateline" continues. when "dateline" continues s quickly... instantly ready to start working. so you can bounce back fast with alka-seltzer plus. that's a nice truck. yeah, it's the chevy silverado. check out this multi-flex tailgate. multi-flex, huh? 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girl. >> by the way, detectives called hope. >> you are on the way home? >> it must have been good to hear. >> i was driving fast to get back. >> that was -- said if it happened yesterday they left no detail out. >> that's when i went down and grab a rope, but around her neck -- >> she never saw it coming. a rope around her neck. not only took seconds. >> i choked her, she just quit moving. >> he confessed to killing her, but there was something else. >> personally, i don't know her. i think her name was ashley. >> he thought her name was ashley. he wasn't really sure of that >>. just the first name, ashley. maybe. but even if ashley was a real first name, that didn't solve the mystery. he had a confession we still don't know that this person was -- it's not how it's supposed to go. >> despite his confession, burnett pleaded not guilty. justice for a victim still labeled lavender doe in court documents would take some time, time volunteers couldn't waste. >> that made it a lot more real and put more weight behind what we're doing. >> who was lavender doe? that was what was left at that point. >> lavender doe we tested in a return from the lab on october 2018 and the team want to work looking for potential relatives. just nine days later, they found one. a woman in east axis, right near the spot where lavender 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 right spot, in the right place at the right time. it has to be. >> then, the woman wasn't flying and there was still a chance she could help. kevin had a hunch. perhaps, she knew something without knowing she knew it. >> what did she know? >> she told us that she did not know who lavender doe, but she had taken a test herself with ancestry dna. and she would be happy to share her results with us. >> well, what happened when she did? that >> when we compared her dna to lavender doe's dna, we could see let that it look like do lavender doe's parent was probably a first cousin of. >> hearse suddenly, they fell close. only had to do is find the right cousin. the right cousin who might be missing a daughter, and he's, or someone. >> not so easy. >> as we started looking and researching every person in this family, we found that there were 27 first cousins, who could have possibly been lavender doe's parents. >> you think wow. this is our big break. now all we need to do is to find the cousin. >> it turns out there's 27 of them! . >> 27! some of the people on the family had had several marriages, and several children from each marriage. and so we started with that list. and we had to go through, and see if we could find each of these people. where are they? who are their children? are they alive? what can we find? >> one by one they pulled on their threats, hundreds of them, leading nowhere. but then, it was kevin who founded that texas woman had a distant cousin, who lived out of state. a woman she didn't know and never met, whose name was robin. and robin had a daughter, and when they try to find her -- >> she had addresses up until right around 2006, and then kind of just fell off the map, and couldn't find her anywhere. >> 2006, what a coincidence. it was the year lavender doe was murdered. >> coming up, i wasn't prepared for the emotion that i had right then. i couldn't control myself. i remember sitting on the couch, actually crying. >> a search fence, and the story begins. >> we lost track between her and us for about ten years. >> when dateline continues. line continues you'll find a better life. it all starts with the most innovative technology. like the new miracle-earmini, available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small that no one will see it, but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a thirty-day risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-800-miracle right now and experience a better life. what can i du with less asthma? 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>> 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? who was the young woman who for so long had been a sketch known only as lavender doe. here she. 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 plea 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 no questions asked. she moved right into the. home >> after all, she had been through. it was almost like a fairytale. a willful. was she happy about it at first? >> very, very happy. she said she liked the normal life. feeling normal. not having to worry. you know? the loved is what she said. the able to sit down at dinner time with a family and then able to discuss your daily things that we take for granted. >> it was good. for a while. so, what happened to dana dodd? how did she become that mystery victim? so far away from. >> coming up -- a young girl, alone. >> that's when the problem started. >> a story is all this time? >> yeah, oh yeah. >> and on her own. >> it's just a form of human trafficking. it kind of puts him into a whole different world. >> when "dateline" continues. ine" continues ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing] ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day... ♪ no matter how you got copd it's time to make a stand. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. it's time to start a new day. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. and save at trelegy.com. we do it every night. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. do it. run your dishwasher with cascade platinum to save water & energy. certified dishwashers use less than 4 gallons of water per cycle. and you can also save up to $130 dollars per year on your energy bill. cascade platinum ♪ when you hear 'cough cough sneeze sneeze' ♪ it's time for ♪ 'plop plop fizz fizz' ♪ alka seltzer plus cold relief, dissolves quickly... instantly ready to start working. so you can bounce back fast with alka-seltzer plus. at pnc bank, we believe in the power of taking steps forward. moving ahead. whatever the pace. and whatever the size. that's why we set out to help make it easier for everyone to move forward financially. with small business, personal banking, wealth, and corporate solutions that help you reach your goals and plan for the future... it's a girl! ...we're doing everything we can to help you get where you want to be. because sometimes a little help is all you need. welcome back. see how we can make a difference for you at pnc bank. police had a confession in the lavender doe murder case. but another mystery remained out of reach, until a team of amateur detectives, working closely with police, managed to discover the victims to identity. now, the strangers who spent years untangling this mystery realized they had one more mission to complete. here's keith morrison with the conclusion of "the woman with no name". >> the 12 years, they knew her 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 either. dana, determined to finally take control her own life, decided to get a job. it was with a magazine company, she said, that would allow her to travel, selling subscriptions and other products. it sounded like a bad idea. >> in contrast between you and those folks in the magazine, you didn't stand a chance. >> because she was trying to do something for herself, so she was trying to prove something. >> she was just looking for substance, and anybody that accept her and take her. and that's what she was looking for her whole life. >> dana was 18, and full of optimism. >> she would call me every month, and say hey, i'm in indiana. hey, i'm in cincinnati. for like six months, five six months, she would call me every month. >> summertime, 2006, it's when she called him the last time. >> i told her i took of, and she said no, i want to do it -- >> so that was the last time i heard from her. >> how long do you talk to her that time? >> about an hour. >> long conversation on the phone? >> trying to convince her to come home. >> you are begging her to come home? >> oh yes, begging. or we will take care of you. >> and then, a long silence. where was she? they had no idea. >> would it help us feeling that must have been? >> it was hard. who was very helpless and more so because we didn't know anything, even about the company where she start we know we're traveling all over the country. >> some of those magazine sales companies are notorious for exploiting their young employees. praying on them. eddie hope knows this all too well. it's just a form of human trafficking. >> they track these kids, they promised them a good live. once they get them away from home, they live in motel rooms, with that drug dealers, and around the prostitutes. you around the pence. it kind of puts this into a whole different dark world. >> dark, and in dana's case, deadly. >> dana met her faith in this walmart parking lot, trying to sell magazines to joseph wayne burnette. that's where he told police he picked her up, took her to this bridge and killed her. why? he said it was because she stole money from him. impossible to know if that was true because of what he did next. >> i put him out of -- i lead her body and set her on fire. and when i did that, i left. >> she wasn't trash, she wasn't a piece of trash that he took upon himself to discard of. and i want everybody to know who dana was, and who she was as a person. even with her difficult life, and her upbringing, she still had a good heart. >> maybe it's not the greatest ending, but at least we know. i guess i go back to the truth. they know the truth, and it just feels good we can hand them that truth. everybody deserves to know the truth. >> so, after 12 years, he knows to gaiters, professional and amateur, finally knew her name, knew what happened to her. but it felt unfinished somehow. so they all made a kind of pilgrimage to see the place with their own eyes. and that was the very first time the trial would actually meet in person. >> we would stay up all night working on the internet and messaging back and forth, but we've never met each other personally. >> here, lieutenant hoped took them to the walmart, and to the cemetery where she'd been all this time. >> i think the thing that surprised me the most is that they were already flowers there. the community over the years paid attention and didn't forget her. >> they left her their own flowers, lavender, of course. science writers harrison who set out to learn from the volunteers, saw their journey to the end. >> it did strike us that we were the first hour gone to -- knowing who she actually was. >> so that was extremely pointing. she had been able to stand there -- i don't know i could not articulate what was that. >> like this really, i think, change doesn't change the way we work. >> it changed how? >> it makes it personal, because you think, one of this is your family? one of this could be your friend? >> kevin became a licensed private investigator and continue to work with the dna 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. >> 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? it that it would be important to have a stone up above the place you're lying down with your name on it. and yet, it is. >> it is, exactly, you never think about it. but it's important to have that. because you are never forgotten, and you know, your name is there. >> lavender doe no longer. eternally, dana lynn dodd. >> so that he was to go by her graveside and still put flowers, and things like that. and that's what we wanted. because she is part of long view. >> and she never be sent away again. >> no, she's home. >> that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm andrea canning. thank you for watching. you for watching >> breaking on msnbc, at least three people are dead and potentially dozens hurt. after an amtrak train carrying more than 100 people derailed in montana. investigators are now trying to figure out what went wrong here in what appeared to be a street section of tracks. >> a time of intensity. speaker nancy pelosi describing the busy week ahead on capitol hill. morning house democrats the musket if instructor done and reconciliation pass quickly. that can moderates and progressives come to an

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