My heart goes out to Teala’s family, it’s hard to fathom the fact that the concept of facial reconstruction techniques as it pertains to forensic science in America dates back to the 1940’s but yet forensic facial reconstruction wasn’t made available to Teala’s grieving family until 2016 49 years later. I commend Teala’s family for remaining stead-fast never giving up.
As victims families, we desperately need new laws involving forensic DNA. No family should be made to wait unimaginable number of years regarding DNA answers involving their loved ones.
I Pray for long awaited answers that Teala’s family deserves. God Bless your family!
Sincerely,
Rain03
My heart and soul absolutely bleeds for this family for so many reasons. (1) This was an incident that happened when racial hatred and killings was at its heights. (2) This beautiful baby was considered a half-breed, which in all truth back then wasn’t accepted by either worlds of relations. They were hated and spit on by Whites, and teased and bullied by Blacks! This was most likely why she was prone to be a run-away so often, because she was alone, and felt unloved. Put all those emotions together in a child, especially a girl child, and you’ll get a vulnerable emotional mess for a predator to come along and take advantage of that. She’ll confide in the wrong person most likely, thinking they are a friend when they’re nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
All those years in a landfill may have destroyed any DNA that was preserved in and on her body. What happened to the employer she worked for, where did he disappear to so quickly, and did the FBI try again to track this man from witnesses and other employees?
Did the cops question the child’s father? If the DNA isn’t too corrupted, can any salvagable DNA be tested against her father and other male relatives. Can they use any DNA to generate a biological genealogical research?