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Who Murdered Susan Poupart?

Dr. Eric Grabowsky — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:40:44 GMT

Susan Poupart was murdered in 1990. The use of DNA technology might help to solve this case. Please call the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office (Eagle River, Wisconsin) at (715) 479-4441 if you have information about Susan’s Poupart’s murder. You may also use the tip411 submission page that is linked below to submit anonymously online.

tip411: Submit anonymous tip to Vilas County Sheriff

“Murder in Flambeau: An MMIP Cold Case Gets Renewed Attention with DNA” (Mary Annette Pember, ICT News)

“Forgotten Wisconsin Cold Cases: Susan Poupart - Secrets on the Reservation” (Kassandra Sepeda, Sean White, and Tom Zurawski, WSAW-TV)

“Forgotten: Susan Poupart - Secrets on the Reservation” (Kassandra Sepeda, WSAW, Forgotten: Wisconsin Cold Cases Podcast)

Linked immediately above is the podcast episode. Here below is a broadcast segment from WSAW by Kassandra Sepeda. EG

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Who Murdered Sonja Kaye Blair-Adams?

Dr. Eric Grabowsky — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:35:12 GMT

Sonja Kaye Blair-Adams was murdered in 1969. She was born in 1948. Sonja was known as “Mountain Jane Doe” until her remains were identified in 2016. Through sources linked below, you can see that the workings of this case point to the importance of a proactive and collective focus on the large number of cases nationally that remain unsolved as the years move forward. If you have information that is relevant to solving this murder, please call the Kentucky State Police at (606) 573-3131 (Post 10 in Harlan, Kentucky) or (502) 782-1800 (main number). You could also use the crime tip form that is linked below to submit online. EG

“The Mystery of Mountain Jane Doe” (Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting)

“Kentucky Authorities Identify ‘Mountain Jane Doe’” (Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting)

Mountain Jane Doe (Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting)

Obituary for Sonja Kaye Blair-Adams (Mount Pleasant Funeral Home, Harlan, Kentucky)

Post 10 (Kentucky State Police)

Crime Tip Form (Kentucky State Police)

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Cold Cases and Genealogy

Dr. Eric Grabowsky — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:00:25 GMT

Over time, the use of genealogy to solve cold cases will be a major theme of #ColdCaseWeb. Genealogy is my main hobby (to research my own family history), and I have utilized genalogical approaches to resarch and analyze cold cases. From Ramapo College of New Jersey, “Investigative Genetic Genealogy Helps Identify John Doe in 43-year Cold Case” (press release) provides a good example of the use of genealogy for cold cases, particularly in this case the use of genetic genealogy.

If you have not watched it already, please watch (from 2022) Unfound On The Ground #16 (“Genealogical Research for Missing Persons Cases”). In this episode, various genealogical resources are discussed. You can find Internet links within the chat messages that accompany this episode on YouTube. Unfound On The Ground is a spin-off series (hosted by me) that is under the umbrella of the Unfound podcast. Unfound is owned and managed by Ed Dentzel.

Thank you.

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The #ColdCaseWeb Overview, Episode #1

Dr. Eric Grabowsky — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:37:50 GMT

Substack has a podcasting component, and I am using it for content variety. This is the first episode of The #ColdCaseWeb Overview, which is the regular audio program for #ColdCaseWeb on Substack. As time goes forward, if you have any suggestions, please share your feedback with me (coldcaseweb@substack.com).

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#ColdCaseWeb on Substack is Launched

Dr. Eric Grabowsky — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:14:48 GMT

I am finally moving forward on writing posts for #ColdCaseWeb on Substack. I have decided to post on Substack almost daily (probably five days a week during most weeks). Expect ongoing changes to this website as I am going through the Substack platform options somewhat regularly at this point in time. Also, I am still making decisions about other outlets (beyond Substack) for the #ColdCaseWeb concept.

Going forward, I will feature updates my own work, including collaborations. And, to one of my early ideas for the #ColdCaseWeb concept, I will be curating content from across the Internet pertaining to cold cases. As time goes forward, if you have any suggestions, please share your feedback with me (coldcaseweb@substack.com). I am focused on learning the functionality of Substack so as to maximize output quality.

If you have not read it yet, please read my recently published article in The Dickinson Press (on a freelance basis), “What happened to Keith Schmidt?” Keith went missing on May 20, 2024 in Dickinson North Dakota. My research and analysis are continuing for this missing person case. So, this is technically not a cold case (I won’t provide definitional references here—maybe in a future post I will go through the parameters of what makes a cold case a cold case). However, this missing person case is a high priority for proactive visibility. As I often say with respect to unsolved cases (including in the aforementioned article), someone out there knows something or knows someone who knows something.

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